Sadness is spending $83.00 on 100 83-cent stamps…then getting home to discover they gave you 100 76-cent stamps instead.

09 April 2003



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10 April | 11:05  |  karen

oh, now that really sucks.

12 April | 6:29  |  josie

Oh, damn. I hope you took them back & I hope they believed you when you told them about the mistake.

12 April | 13:37  |  josh

They were. They evidently noticed it as soon as I left and had been hoping I would come back to swap.

12 April | 21:40  |  doris

say what you will, but the u.s. postal service is filled with really nice employees, and you really can't beat the price. (even when they short you.)



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