Wasting Time By Saving It
Boy, wouldn't it be convenient, I thought, to print postage directly onto my envelopes during my resume sendout blitz. And Stamps.com has a 4-week free trial offer. So I signed up. They pull you in with "Free $25 postage, Free digital scale, Free supplies kit." So why not.
Besides the fact that after I signed up I learned I only get $5 worth of free postage during the trial period and the rest comes in intervals after the 4-week trial if I remain a paying customer. Sleazy.
But OK, I still get $5 free, right, plus the added convenience of not having to drive the entire mile to the nearest post office.
But by the time I'd installed the program, reformatted my Excel address file to only contain the info I wanted included in the first phase of my blitz, converted it to a .csv file, uploaded that into the program, and gone through their tedious address verification process (in conjunction with the US Postal service, so you can imagine how quick and efficient it is)--well, I've wasted a helluva lot of time.
Damn technology. Lures us into thinking we're saving time and energy and money, when in the end it just complicates things.
Besides the fact that after I signed up I learned I only get $5 worth of free postage during the trial period and the rest comes in intervals after the 4-week trial if I remain a paying customer. Sleazy.
But OK, I still get $5 free, right, plus the added convenience of not having to drive the entire mile to the nearest post office.
But by the time I'd installed the program, reformatted my Excel address file to only contain the info I wanted included in the first phase of my blitz, converted it to a .csv file, uploaded that into the program, and gone through their tedious address verification process (in conjunction with the US Postal service, so you can imagine how quick and efficient it is)--well, I've wasted a helluva lot of time.
Damn technology. Lures us into thinking we're saving time and energy and money, when in the end it just complicates things.
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posted by Michelle at
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1 Comments:
I suppose if you were sending out hundreds or thousands of letters, it might pay off, no?
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Dedwarmo, at 5/04/2006 8:37 PM
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