Comments on: Laundering Stamps http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:49:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jim http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 jim Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:17:34 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1906 One is the "official" way and the other one is the real way that real people do it. :) I saw someone ask for $2 in 2 cent stamps the other day at the post office until the teller talked some sense into the person and he realized he didn't actually need a hundred 2 cent stamps. One is the “official” way and the other one is the real way that real people do it. :)

I saw someone ask for $2 in 2 cent stamps the other day at the post office until the teller talked some sense into the person and he realized he didn’t actually need a hundred 2 cent stamps.

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 mapgirl Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:15:51 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1902 That process seems complicated. I've just walked up to the counter at the post office and showed them stamps stuck together and been able to get them replaced for full face value. Why not give that a try first? Simple! That process seems complicated. I’ve just walked up to the counter at the post office and showed them stamps stuck together and been able to get them replaced for full face value.

Why not give that a try first? Simple!

]]> By: Nikki http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Nikki Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:13:28 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1825 thanks .. learn something new every day! thanks .. learn something new every day!

]]> By: jim http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 jim Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:02:09 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1811 I know people use enjoy peppering priority mail envelopes with small denomination stamps. it's kind of funny to see sometimes too, you can fit a lot of stamps on them... I know people use enjoy peppering priority mail envelopes with small denomination stamps. it’s kind of funny to see sometimes too, you can fit a lot of stamps on them…

]]> By: Jose http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Jose Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:02:17 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1809 I have even been able to get a refund from stamps. And they have also changed the denomination of my stamps for higher ones. I do collect stamps. And I do buy old collections and big lots, sepparating them into valuable and unvaluable things. Sometimes I have mint US stamps that have no real value (nobody would buy them for more than face). I use them for postage. But a bunch of 3c stamps is not fun to put as postage. So I have changed for higher denominations. I have even been able to get a refund from stamps. And they have also changed the denomination of my stamps for higher ones.

I do collect stamps. And I do buy old collections and big lots, sepparating them into valuable and unvaluable things. Sometimes I have mint US stamps that have no real value (nobody would buy them for more than face). I use them for postage. But a bunch of 3c stamps is not fun to put as postage. So I have changed for higher denominations.

]]> By: jim http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 jim Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1803 Good tip Nickel... I'll have to remember this one. Good tip Nickel… I’ll have to remember this one.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Blaine Moore Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:58:33 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1801 Nickel: Think of stamps like cash. They are legal tender. Daytonscott: And don't light your $100 bill in front of the popo since you can be arrested for that. Defacing money, and all that jazz... Nickel: Think of stamps like cash. They are legal tender.

Daytonscott: And don’t light your $100 bill in front of the popo since you can be arrested for that. Defacing money, and all that jazz…

]]> By: Daytonscott http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Daytonscott Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:15:19 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/09/laundering-stamps/#comment-1800 You can do something similar with damaged paper money at the bank. In fact, I have heard that all you need is at least half of the bill, and they'll replace it. So, you *can* light your cigarettes with $100 bills--just put them out before they burn half way through! You can do something similar with damaged paper money at the bank. In fact, I have heard that all you need is at least half of the bill, and they’ll replace it. So, you *can* light your cigarettes with $100 bills–just put them out before they burn half way through!

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