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So my parents have finally decided to allow me to order stuff online. Even though I'm 18 I haven't been allowed to place any orders myself because my parents don't want me giving away our address online. Anyways, the catch is that I have to use my own money and I can't pay through them. That means no credit card and no paypal. The site I wish to buy from accepts checks and money orders so I thought that I would just send in a check (I have my own checking account). I'm just curious, is there a proper way to mail somebody a check? Is putting the check in an envelope enough or should it be concealed/enclosed with a letter?
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Threads, isn't it a problem that ordering something online usually involves giving someone a shipping address? Or is it the address restriction that is finally being relaxed?
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Ignore the other suggestions and use a security envelope. There is really no reason to buy any other kind (the price negligibly different.) You need do nothing else. Consider that millions of people mail several checks a month to pay various bills and such.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I don't have a way to weigh my envelope so I'm not sure if one stamp will suffice. Currently the envelope contains two papers and the check. According to the post office website two papers + envelope should be 1 ounce meaning I only need one 42 cent stamp. Is that a good guess or should I put two stamps on?
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Oh, and if you're putting papers in anyway, it's good practice to put the check in the middle of the folded papers-- even in a security envelope.
That way, if it happens to come open partway no one sees that there's a check in there, and also, if they rip it open and dump it it doesn't fall out and get separated, it stays with the papers it came with.
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quote:Originally posted by HollowEarth: Ignore the other suggestions and use a security envelope. There is really no reason to buy any other kind (the price negligibly different.) You need do nothing else. Consider that millions of people mail several checks a month to pay various bills and such.
That's exactly what I meant by secure envelope, a security envelope. Geesh! The whole "seal" idea was kind of funny to me.
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quote:Originally posted by Threads: Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I don't have a way to weigh my envelope so I'm not sure if one stamp will suffice. Currently the envelope contains two papers and the check. According to the post office website two papers + envelope should be 1 ounce meaning I only need one 42 cent stamp. Is that a good guess or should I put two stamps on?
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Dude relax. Mailing something should be this hard.
You can get away with an awlful lot in an envelope with a single stamp. I've mailed literally bulging envelopes with a single stamp and they've gotten through.
Consider briefly, regular paper is ~ 20 lbs / 2000 sheets (8.5"x11") (Accourding to this). So this is 6.25 sheets/ounce. That seems like a low estimate to me.
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I like the idea of buying those prepaid credit cards in cases like that. You have a credit card number, but it is anonymous and limited.
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You're 18? You need to move out. Get your own mailing address, a separate checking account, a debit card, and some personal freedom.
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Just 'cause someone is 18 doesn't mean they're in a place to be able to move out, or that they should automatically want to.
I do agree on having your own checking account once you're 18-- provided, that is, that you have a job.
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Just 'cause someone is 18 doesn't mean they're in a place to be able to move out, or that they should automatically want to.
I do agree on having your own checking account once you're 18-- provided, that is, that you have a job.
Over-generalize much? Nowhere did I say what you think I said. If you're confused, how about asking instead of assuming?
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'cause we (not necessarily you and I, but Hatrack, with me participating) have had this conversation before, and I don't want to get into it.
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What are you talking about, EI JT de Spang? There's only one way to interpret what you said, and it's the way ketchupqueen did.
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