Comments on: Postage Fail

By: PB&J

PB&J — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:37:44 +0000

Justin- Yes, I noticed that, as well.
There’s a big fat stamp on it that says ‘returned for postage’.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:21:42 +0000

Yes. Indeed.

By: PraZe

PraZe — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:21:36 +0000

Penultimate!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:39:21 +0000

If you read the story its too bad that they are lying. The writer said that it was delivered but if you look on the envelope in the closeup it says returned for postage.

By: JB Whatchacallit

JB Whatchacallit — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:44:56 +0000

I get that it was an experiment to see if it would work, and I’ve often wondered things like this. Of course, calling the postmaster would’ve been easier. I thought the tip thing was cute but unfortunately, the sorting machines don’t care for things being placed like that, and so it got snagged and torn (look at the direction of the tear or ask your local carrier if you don’t believe me). Of course the fact that he mailed it from the post office, he fails with the “no time” comment as there is a stamp vending machine within a few feet of him. They only forwarded it because they’d rather get the letter to where it’s supposed to go and eat the cost than to send it back and possibly piss of a customer. The post office is still the cheapest way to send a letter and has gotten even better since all the new machines were put in place. Oh, and they did mess something else up…if you’re going to tape the money in place, don’t tape it with packing tape, and don’t tape it in a way that makes them have to destroy the envelope to get it off! The weight of the letter is the weight you put in the box and so they’d need to pay for an extra ounce no matter what 8o).

As for the person who talked about him blotting out his girlfriend’s name, etc., you’re an idiot, or brand new to this site.

As for the person saying they “have” to accept the letter with the money on it, you fail too. The Post office can refuse to send anything they want for any reason they want. Of course they don’t so as not to piss people off, but the PO is a privilege, not a right.

By: NYNY

NYNY — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:41:07 +0000

Haha typicql staten islanders.

By: Editedcub

Editedcub — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:15:27 +0000

Yes, that many coins would’ve brought it up to about two or three ounces, costing approx. 43 – 47 cents.

Plus, if you look at the picture that proves his girlfriend “actually got it”, it has Return for postage stamped on it.

My guess is that it came back to him RTS, then he sent it to her priority, having torn the five cent tip off himself

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:42:38 +0000

Exactly. This is a postage WIN.

By: dead_squirrrel

dead_squirrrel — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:42:47 +0000

facebook

By: kris

kris — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:39:40 +0000

I’d call this a win

By: popo

popo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:50:38 +0000

cute. if a child did this.

haha, and ‘5 cents for your trouble’

By: Detlef

Detlef — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:03:48 +0000

How can everyone go on about how great Obama is? He’s not even in office yet. He hasn’t DONE anything. Let’s wait and see how smart you were for electing him.

By: savage yeti

savage yeti — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:56 +0000

nice

By: Zizzy

Zizzy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:17:24 +0000

Ahahaha! Epic!

By: Drexel

Drexel — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:21:01 +0000

To Iyla. Yay DREXEL!!!!!

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:02:19 +0000

Pick me up on the way.

By: fejj strebor

fejj strebor — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:56:21 +0000

What I wonder – If you put the address that you want it to go to in the return address spot, and don’t put any postage on it, will it be sent to the return address, therefore getting to where you want it to go without paying postage for it?

By: TL

TL — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:34:41 +0000

this is a win! she got the letter

By: THE DEEZER

THE DEEZER — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:38:04 +0000

AGREED, BUT THEN WHEN YOU’RE IN NEW JERSEY IT’S EVEN LESS SURPRISING..

By: lemon pie

lemon pie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:35:40 +0000

thats quite sweet actually
at least they’re paying, and giving a tip
i think they should let it be posted XD

By: Ryo

Ryo — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:46:10 +0000

…Hopefully I’m not the only person that realizes that the government failed to receive full funding for sending the envelope… Just the person who ripped off the five cents. So LOL FAIL @ the government for being stupid.

By: V

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:12:28 +0000

It’s more of a fail, because when you read the guy’s story, he has only blanked his girlfriend’s address out, his own return address is clearly visible

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:24:27 +0000

How can it be that no one sees the real fail here is on the person that taped the coins to the envelope?! Of course there a millions of letters that get handled every day. This just went into the sorting machine with everything else, the scanner sucked the nickel in and probably shut down the whole line for 20 minutes. Yes, in a rural area, you can make friends with the mail person and put some cash in the mailbox and they’ll stamp it for you. Don’t be a failing idiot and drop it off at the post office 5 feet away from the Coin operated vending machine that sells stamps!!! The only point you prove is that you have no respect for others. FAIL!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:38 +0000

I am a mail man so if I saw this I would punch the person in the face! Buy some fucking stamps!

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:05:41 +0000

Lol Obama ftw

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:20:43 +0000

next to last?

By: SFR

SFR — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:25:02 +0000

Ha! if you look at the follow up site, they have a close-up of the envelope that even has a stamp next to the change “Returned for postage”

By: SFR

SFR — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:23:20 +0000

The post office uses machines to read the sender information on letters. That is what that printed strip is across the bottom of your average letter, bill etc.

What looks to have happend is that the nickle got caught in the machine and ripped off. A postal staffer then sealed the letter in one of their return envelopes and sent it to the address.

Notice in how the picture that the front of the bigger envelope was blurred out? I believe that the letter was sent postage due.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:13:35 +0000

I think the “5 cents for your troubles” was the part that made me laugh

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:14:48 +0000

I was a postal carrier at one point in time- The carrier should accept this as a form of payment. The carrier will take the letter and buy a stamp with your money. If they refuse they are just lazy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:52:44 +0000

NEXT TO LAST!!!!!

By: msa

msa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:58:06 +0000

Actually, Nick is right…mailboxes used to have little coin boxes inside of them, where you could leave change to either buy stamps or pay for postage on outgoing mail. I gather that most of you aren’t old enough to remember this.

I think this piece was accidentally run through the machine sort, and the real reason the 5c is missing is because it jammed the machine and tore the envelope.

USPS delivers!

By: Wubba

Wubba — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:52 +0000

Obama’s from Kenya. Geography fail!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:31:38 +0000

LOL that’s my zip code, 10306.

fail.

By: Me

Me — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:21:46 +0000

It’s fake though

By: Essie

Essie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:59:00 +0000

http://monkeyfaq.com/mail/index.html

Also: It’s even more win that they didn’t take the coins meaning free service!

By: bman

bman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:07:56 +0000

god, I hope you’re an Obama voter who just like making funny jokes..
It was funny though! )

By: barboid

barboid — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:49:26 +0000

That’s really funny. They went through all that trouble and didn’t even take the money! Just the tip! That’s great. Thanks for posting the story. We had a good laugh, my family and I.

By: Jeck

Jeck — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:31:48 +0000

wouldn’t it be a win since the postal service let it through, as absurd as it looked?

By: S

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:40:38 +0000

That’s addressed to my Staten Island zip code.

By: Rachey

Rachey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:57:05 +0000

LOL

By: Bridget Delaney

Bridget Delaney — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:41:37 +0000

No, they don’t make “self licking” stamps. They make self sticking stamps. The stamps do not lick themselves. This comment is a FAIL.

By: Bridget Delaney

Bridget Delaney — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:40:08 +0000

Agreed. Not a fail. I’ve heard of this. It works in some places, not in others. Sometimes just depends on the mailperson.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:32:17 +0000

Nah… you really only need 22 votes. 2 in the 11 most populous states versus 1 each for every other candidate.

By: Neko

Neko — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:14:55 +0000

AHAHAHAHA! this will NEVER work in Germany…..But I´ll do a try, I guess x´D

By: Me

Me — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:14:08 +0000

Hah. This site FAILs because it removes comments about the fakes that appear here.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:49:08 +0000

Two things. 1. In most places you can leave the money for postage in your mailbox with a note and they will place stamps on it for you. 2. The letter was received in a “new” envelope because the initial envelope was DAMAGED during processing, not because the person took the tip. Mail slides through a machine that scans the numbers in the addresses and imprints routing codes on the bottom. The nickel this jack ass taped to it, got caught in the machine subsequently tearing the envelope. Anyone who believes that someone would take the nickel for a tip off an envelope fails at life.

By: yoyoma

yoyoma — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:00:48 +0000

LOL Win

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:49:21 +0000

Well, that’s one way to put “Cash on delivery”.

By: Tch

Tch — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:04:46 +0000

This isn’t a fail. The only fail here is that you guys think it’s a fail. How are you people on the internet and NOT know about this? It was an experiment to see if it would work, and it did in theory. One of the post workers took the tip (the nickle) by ripping it off the envelope. Since the envelope was ripped by someone working at the post office it was sent on for free with a sticker that said “we are sorry for the damage to this package, as an apology this has been sent on free of charge”.

You guys fail at not keeping up with the times on the internet. =\ Besides, this is OLD.