Crowdfunding: Trial By Error [David Tuller]: Reporting on ME, ME/CFS, long Covid, and "Medically Unexplained Symptoms", Oct 2022

Oy, lots of stickers! Are you in US or...?

 

Ha! That would be quite a shock!

 

I'm in the UK.

 

Fantastic news, well done and may the battle continue........x

 

I received this too. Mostly non-recyclable, I think.

 

Congratulations! Very happy and relieved to see the target has been reached!

@dave30th I, too, have received the 5+ years thank you letter with stickers etc. I'm in Sweden.

I feel the same way.

(But I can't deny that the paper quality brings me a lot of joy! It's so lovely, tactile and feels so luxurious to the touch! I've kept some to use as bookmarks )

 

Yes I had one of these. I even found myself a bit disconcerted with the "America Forever" on the stamps, which to me feels uncomfortably close to "America First", which is something that worries me a lot. Just me I expect.

 

Barry, in the U.S. we have Forever Stamps and they say "forever" on them. It doesn't mean "America Forever," but rather these forever stamps can be used even if you purchased them years ago and mailing rates have increased since you first bought these stamps. They are still valid and can be used. Below is an explanation put out by our Postal Service.

• The first Forever Stamp went on sale in April 2007 and it featured an image of the Liberty Bell. In 2011, all first-class one ounce stamps became forever stamps with the exception of stamps in coils of 500, 3,000, and 10,000.
• As the name suggests, Forever Stamps can be used to mail a one-ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future.
• Forever Stamps are always sold at the same price as a regular First-Class Mail stamp.
• The Postal Service developed the Forever Stamp for consumers ease of use during price changes.
• Customers can use Forever Stamps for international mail, but since all international prices are higher than domestic prices, customers will need to attach additional postage. The value of the Forever Stamp is the domestic First-Class Mail letter price in effect on the day of use.

Hope this helps. No need to worry.

 

Thanks, yes. I would never have twigged that because in the UK I think all our stamps are like that anyway.

 

@dave30th

Still reporting on mail from Berkeley.

Today I received a card from Michael C Lu enclosing a request for a monthly gift.

 

I received a card today too - didn't notice who from but it was probably the same.

Such a waste of resources.

 

With careful planning and foresight I managed to avoid getting one.

 

I got one too

 

oh well, I guess there's no stopping it!