[In the Drunk Tank]

Do you have a big network of people you send and receive cards from or do you never bother?

I have received a grand total of three - from my parents, my Uncle and my neighbours. I sent five to the people above plus my Grandma and one to a pen pal I have in Germany (who sent me a festive postcard earlier in the month so that maybe counts too)

My parents still send and receive around 50 every year so I always think I should put more effort in but then it also seems a bit of a dying tradition and a big faff especially given the price of stamps these days

[Cherry Christmas]

I sent a grand total of 6 cards by post this year due to the astronomical cost of posting to Ireland and American 3.40

I hand delivered a further 7 and that is me done....

Made me laugh to see the Royal Mail actually encouraging people to send cards in an advert..... maybe if they reduced the cost and made it a more generic price for cards at Christmas they wouldn't need to advertise

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Cherry Christmas

I sent a grand total of 6 cards by post this year due to the astronomical cost of posting to Ireland and American 3.40

I hand delivered a further 7 and that is me done....

Made me laugh to see the Royal Mail actually encouraging people to send cards in an advert..... maybe if they reduced the cost and made it a more generic price for cards at Christmas they wouldn't need to advertise

International stamp prices here are ridiculous, it only costs €1.25 to send mail from Germany to the UK

[Christmas Dynasnow]

5

One each from daughters, one from my brother and family, one from the Met Office and one from Fife Country. I sent none

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by In the Drunk Tank

International stamp prices here are ridiculous, it only costs €1.25 to send mail from Germany to the UK

The prices of everything here is ridiculous tbf, this year for some absurd reason RM decided to lump all the pricing together so now it costs the same to send a card to Ireland as it does to Australia

[Livia]

I sent three parcels to Germany, three to the USA and one to Australia. Cost me the best part of a hundred quid.

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by Cherry Christmas

I sent a grand total of 6 cards by post this year due to the astronomical cost of posting to Ireland and American 3.40

I hand delivered a further 7 and that is me done....

Made me laugh to see the Royal Mail actually encouraging people to send cards in an advert..... maybe if they reduced the cost and made it a more generic price for cards at Christmas they wouldn't need to advertise

My ****ing word



USPS costs $1.70 for postcard and letter internationally but could take a while.

I send everything through UPS now using Pirateship and the bonus is I don't have to deal with the post office. I needed a thermal label printer and a small food scale and it's already paid for itself...

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Yuki Maru Hoshi

My ****ing word



USPS costs $1.70 for postcard and letter internationally but could take a while.

I send everything through UPS now using Pirateship and the bonus is I don't have to deal with the post office. I needed a thermal label printer and a small food scale and it's already paid for itself...

I know right, I dont think we have another option for letters, there is a myriad of ways to send parcels though

[The Human Santapede]

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I don’t send cards. It’s literally throwing money away. People look at them for all of 5 seconds before putting them somewhere for a week or two before throwing them away.

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by The Human Santapede

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I don’t send cards. It’s literally throwing money away. People look at them for all of 5 seconds before putting them somewhere for a week or two before throwing them away.

This, I haven't sent cards in years. My parents try to avoid sending as many as possible nowadays too, it's actually so pointless