About a month ago I purchased a package of Breast Cancer Awareness stamps. As you probably already know the price of stamps have increase from thirty-seven cents to thirty-nine cents. These stamps were purchased at forty-five cents each. Of course with the extra going towards the "Fund the fight, find a cure." Shortly after the increase I went into my local post office to purchase some two cent stamps to make up the difference. I took my envelopes that I intended to mail out up to the postal clerk, and asked for the extra stamps. She informed me that I had already paid extra for my stamps, and that I didn't need to put extra postage on the envelopes. She took my mail and out the door I went.
The other day I dropped some mail into my mailbox with these same stamps on them, with no extra postage. When I checked my mail later that day I received a little brown envelope in my mailbox with a letter from my postal carrier stating that I didn't have enough postage on my envelope so she added a two cent charge (which was suppose to go into this envelope). She also included a copy of my envelope with the postage stamp on it. I went along and inserted my two pennies into the little brown envelope, then I sent the copy of my envelope along with a little note from me explaining what was explained to me at the post office. BTW, I did think it was nice that she did add the postage for me and bill me instead of returning it back to me (it was a payment for a bill), but I felt the need to explain it to her. Obviously someone was mistaken, and if it was me I really do like to know.
Today I checked my mail and guess what I found? Yep, my two pennies and an apology from the carrier.
3 comments:
that's interesting first of all because of the extra amount you originally paid which was passed on to the breast cancer foundation. it's very confusing though.
I really didn't understand it either. I figured that extra amount was already taken out to go to the foundation. That is why when I first went in there I just assumed that I would have to pay the extra postage. I wasn't there to argue with her I just wanted to pay my bills. I probably would have probed deeper into questioning her about it, but there was a serious line behind seeing that everyone was there getting the extra postage.
I see how it could be really confusing.
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