Procrastination cost me an extra $27.34 to mail a birthday card :(

[RossMAN]

This is what I get for waiting until the last minute.

My friends birthday is tomorrow, 6/22.

So at 4:50 PM I go to the USPS, take the time to address a USPS Express overnight slip, drop the b-day card into the envelope, seal it up, wait in line ... walk up to the counter the guys says "so when's the birthday?", I reply "tomorrow" he chuckles and says "well this won't get there until Monday". WTF? Then he suggests I go to FedEx which might get it there tomorrow or even Sunday (a day after the b-day).

Ross arrives at FedEx where it's super busy, lady says if I do it within the next 5 minutes before the 5:00 PM cutoff it'll be there by tomorrow Noon. I'm thinking GREAT, I ask her how much she says $27.68!!! Apparently there's a Saturday delivery fee of $10 on top of the $17.68 regular fee. So I said damn this is one expensive b-day card, so I did it.

Had I used my noggin' and mailed the b-day card on Monday it would have only cost me $0.34 postage but noooooooooooooooo! I had to wait until the day before.

Procrastination = BAD!

 

[thawolfman]

holy sh!t :Q

 

[J3anyus]

Be selective with your procrastination 🙂

 

[Utterman]

$27.34 just to send your friend a card :Q:Q:Q

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Utterman
$27.34 just to send your friend a card :Q:Q:Q

That's what I was thinking, $27 to send a $2.99 Hallmark card ... I was telling myself, "Ross you dumb sh!t, it's the thought that counts but damn you could buy a stick of RAM for that kinda cash".

So I did it.

Dumb 'eh?

 

[Geekbabe]

LOL,don't feel bad, I've done that more times than I care to admit 🙂

 

[xxXoxox]

Why dont you just call your friend and congratulate him?

 

[sheselectric]

shoulda send him an e-card for tomorrow and mailed the real thing 34-cent style. he would've understood. 27 bucks for a friggin' card?!?! :Q

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: sheselectric
shoulda send him an e-card for tomorrow and mailed the real thing 34-cent style. he would've understood. 27 bucks for a friggin' card?!?! :Q

People who are important to you deserve that extra measure of thoughtfulness

 

[kranky]

<soup nazi voice> You no give financial advice here one week! </soup nazi voice> 😉

 

[brtspears2]

oh well, just add it to your debt.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: baffled2

Originally posted by: sheselectric
shoulda send him an e-card for tomorrow and mailed the real thing 34-cent style. he would've understood. 27 bucks for a friggin' card?!?! :Q

People who are important to you deserve that extra measure of thoughtfulness

$27.34?!?! That's usually $2.34 more than what's in the card if I ever send a friend a birthday card..
-- mrcodedude

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: baffled2

Originally posted by: sheselectric
shoulda send him an e-card for tomorrow and mailed the real thing 34-cent style. he would've understood. 27 bucks for a friggin' card?!?! :Q

People who are important to you deserve that extra measure of thoughtfulness

$27.34?!?! That's usually $2.34 more than what's in the card if I ever send a friend a birthday card..
-- mrcodedude

The times I've done that have been because I was so busy with work that I didn't have time to get stuff out
and/or it was needed ASAP by someone close to me. I'm a woman of my word and keeping on top of stuff is important to me even if I do occasionally eat extra costs associated with doing so 🙂

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: kranky
<soup nazi voice> You no give financial advice here one week! </soup nazi voice> 😉

Hehe I find it funny that I give financial advice to people and work at a bank when I can't even mail a freakin' birthday card on time 🙁

brtspears2 - I was going to but I left my cc's at work, so I had to pay for it with CASH.

 

[Azraele]

Ouch, that is one expensive birthday card. :Q

Have you learned your lesson? 😉

 

[RossMAN]

Yes I have learned my lesson.

Unfortunately it was a costly lesson but at least the birthday card will be there by 12:00 Noon tomorrow.

 

[fr]

Hope he's home.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: fr
Hope he's home.

If they're not I told them to leave it without signature, after all it's only a birthday card.

 

[Cyberian]

You should have just put a 34 cent stamp on it and wrinkled the hell out of the envelope.
Makes it look like it got caught in a sorting machine or something.