Soooo....

[Kevy Baby]

I'm trying to figure out why they still sell a First Class stamp with a postage amount on it.

Excepting for philatelists, this makes no sense.

[Alex]

Why wouldn't they?

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Meh, I don't think it's smart to "stock up" on a forever stamp. On the other hand, since it's extremely rare for me to actually mail something out, if I had to go buy stamps I'd buy the forever ones. It saves the cost of my sanity. I hate buying 1 and 2-cent stamps to cover the difference, and usually, I'll just slap two stamps on.

In that sense, someone like me would benefit. But not in the sense that its an investment of any sort. I'd buy a sheet of 20 and it would probably last 5 years for me. And for those five years, I wouldn't have to go back to the post office for a new stamp.

How could anyone consider this anything but a convenience?

I'm still working on a roll of 37-cent stamps. I bought about 18 more 2-cent stamps a couple of months ago but didn't manage to use everything up before this week. So now I'll have to double up on the 2-cents and buy a few more. I rarely use snail mail. A roll of 100 "forever" stamps would probably last me just about forever.

[MouseWife]

Maybe the 'Forever Stamp' was an after thought?

Mousey Girl, strenghth to you in handling Nickolas tonight. This is a very delicate situation, not to mention what you yourself are going through. This is hard. Who can resist a baby?

Fvckers. They cheated. {in more ways than one, this is sneaky, bringing a baby in to the mix...forcing the issue, etc.}

Stay strong.

[lindyhop]

I managed to clean off my desk at work today. I tend to keep everything that I'm working on in little piles close at hand but when my two visitor chairs were full and I couldn't find a place to sort my mail I knew something had to change. I know I think more clearly without so much clutter but I rarely let myself take the time to get organized.

I'll forget about it over the weekend and surprise myself when I get in on Monday. (Who took my stuff?!)

[Morrigoon]

Wait, that was the phone call? They announced the baby? (I've been wondering ever since she posted about getting it)

[katiesue]

In case you didn't get the memo - today was bring as many obnoxious kids as you can to Targe and Vons and just let them run rampant day.

[Alex]

If it is purely a convenience purchase then by all means get the forever stamps. But a lot of people are thinking of them as an eventual cost savings. As the article mentioned one guy went in and bought $8000 worth, presumably to use over the course of his lifetime.

Me, stamps are always a money loser. I use them rarely and always buy a book of 15 when I do. Then I use a few and lose the rest. And then buy another book of 15.

[MouseWife]

ha, I always lose them too....

sadly...yes, they seem to have called a little boy at 7 a.m. in the morning with such news....

katiesue, do tell!

[katiesue]

It was just madness. At Target there was a group of youngins sitting on chairs in the isles chatting on cells, anther mom with say 6-8 kids all running rampant. That was just in one isle - it went on and on.

Then I went to Vons. Three different bigger kids with the mini-carts running rampant in the isle. Goodness. Madzer would be departing the store immediately for that kind of behavior.