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Sos0033
VIP September 2017

Return address on back flap of envelope?

Sos0033, on July 18, 2017 at 11:02 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 37

I just read a "PSA" post on another website from a couple who put their return address on the back flap of their invitation envelopes. They ended up having a bunch of the invitations come back to them because some of the envelopes were put in the machine upside down and it read their address as the...

I just read a "PSA" post on another website from a couple who put their return address on the back flap of their invitation envelopes. They ended up having a bunch of the invitations come back to them because some of the envelopes were put in the machine upside down and it read their address as the "send-to" address. We sent out test invitations and they were fine, but now I'm nervous some won't be delivered. Anyone else run into this problem?

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  • stephanie
    Super October 2017
    stephanie ·
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    I have never heard of this issue and also had never heard about etiquette of putting the return address on the back. Good to know!

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  • Bunnycita
    Super October 2017
    Bunnycita ·
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    Im doing mines on the back. *fingers crossed*

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  • Sunshine
    VIP September 2017
    Sunshine ·
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    I did ours on the back for STDs months ago and invitations ~3 weeks ago and and nothing has come back.

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  • Laura
    Master July 2017
    Laura ·
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    We had 2 come back to us this way, out of 115 that we sent out.

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  • lyla
    Master July 2017
    lyla ·
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    About a third of our invites were delivered back to us because of this. The second time, we went into the post office to do it. That time, none of them were sent back.

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  • Kelly King
    Kelly King ·
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    Formal invites have been printed with return address on the back flap for decades. The postal worker who put them in backwards made an error. This doesn't happen often.

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  • GymRat
    Master May 2017
    GymRat ·
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    I had mine on the back - it was a round sticker I ordered from WPD. I didn't have any issues.

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  • Dreamer
    Master May 2013
    Dreamer ·
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    We put our return address on the front, upper left corner, because that's what the US post office recommends. Everything goes on one side.

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  • Deanna
    VIP October 2018
    Deanna ·
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    We are doing ours on the back for the save the dates. Not sure what we will do for wedding invites, but other wedding invites I have received in the past have done this and I don't see where there were any issues.

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  • HolyMoly63
    Super September 2017
    HolyMoly63 ·
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    We did ours on the back and didn't have any returned!

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  • Meet_The_Clarks
    VIP June 2018
    Meet_The_Clarks ·
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    I have a stamper with our address. I started stamping a few envelopes for std. hopefully this doesn't happen to us

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  • Ella
    Super August 2017
    Ella ·
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    We had ours on the back, sent 135 invites, zero issues.

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  • Bee
    Master April 2017
    Bee ·
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    Ours was on the back and everything got to the right addresses. Don't worry about this too much.

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  • Courtney
    Expert September 2017
    Courtney ·
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    I did mine on the back (100 invites) and none were sent to our house

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  • FinallyMrsJennings
    Devoted April 2017
    FinallyMrsJennings ·
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    I put labels on the back flap and none got returned to me.

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  • S
    Just Said Yes November 2016
    Stephanie ·
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    I just sent out mine and more than half of them came back. I swear I'm about to die.

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  • S
    Just Said Yes November 2016
    Stephanie ·
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    Did they compensate you at all? We ordered expensive custom stamps Smiley sad


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