Originally Posted by
Mr H
I send postcards and love receiving them too.
Although people may not mention spotting that cards have been posted from back home, I bet they notice. I certainly do and TBH, it devalues the experience. It is worth going the extra mile to find stamps and sometimes it adds to the adventure.
As far as I know, people haven't mentioned noticing the postcard's stamp was from the US or if they did, they didn't care enough to mention it. They did care enough to say they enjoyed receiving it.
To you it devalues the experience. To others they're happy that I thought enough of them to pick out a postcard, write & send it. To each their own on what's important. Shrug...
And my guess is I send out more postcards than the average person (40-80 at a time when I do send them), so with the exchange rate of Euro/GBP/US, it's more expensive for me to mail them from Europe or UK. If I mailed them from overseas the number of people receiving them would drop significantly. In the US I can basically send 4/$1. So I pay the extra to buy the postcards overseas w/ exchange rate, but save on the postage by sending them from the US. Works for me & so far no complaints from family & friends.
Cheers.