Reusing stamps

1. 2018-08-13 at 3:03 PM UTC

   #1
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   This is bit of a stretch for the Bad Ideas forum, but let's get postal!
   
   I got a package today with a $6-7 dollar stamp and the postman forgot to mark it. I have something I want to send back to amazon, and would like to reuse the stamp if I can get it off of the priority cardboard without ripping it too badly (harder than it sounds).
   
   Would dry heat help get it off? I've heard of a blow dryer helping to get stickers off of things, but I don't have something like that.
   
   Maybe the heat from a stove would work if I held it in the air above for awhile, I just hope that it wouldn't get warped that way.
   
   Any ideas for removing stamps would be appreciated, or else talk about cheating the postal system/free postage methods as you please.
2. 2018-08-13 at 3:06 PM UTC

   #2
   EllariaSand African Astronaut
   Cut them out and glue them to the outgoing package
   
   Don’t put clear tape over the stamps or the PO will return the package to you...they have to be able to stamp the stamps
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   • The Self Taught Man
3. 2018-08-13 at 3:08 PM UTC

   #3
   

   Bologna Nacho African Astronaut
   If you want to send a letter across town just put the address you want to send to as the return address and don't put a stamp on it.
   They will get it with postage due.
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   • The Self Taught Man
4. 2018-08-13 at 11:53 PM UTC

   #4
   

   cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]

   Originally posted by DietPiano This is bit of a stretch for the Bad Ideas forum, but let's get postal!
   
   I got a package today with a $6-7 dollar stamp and the postman forgot to mark it. I have something I want to send back to amazon, and would like to reuse the stamp if I can get it off of the priority cardboard without ripping it too badly (harder than it sounds).
   
   Would dry heat help get it off? I've heard of a blow dryer helping to get stickers off of things, but I don't have something like that.
   
   Maybe the heat from a stove would work if I held it in the air above for awhile, I just hope that it wouldn't get warped that way.
   
   Any ideas for removing stamps would be appreciated, or else talk about cheating the postal system/free postage methods as you please.

   
   
   Mail Fraud will get you a federal holiday.
   
   Amazon has at least 2 ways of returning a purchase.
   
   If you dont know what they are you need to read their purchase agreement before availing yourself of their service.
5. 2018-08-14 at 9:38 PM UTC

   #5
   

   esbity African Astronaut
   You know, you can SL-> Receiptless Return, and use the gift cards to buy stamps. Much easier imo. Less risks.
6. 2018-08-17 at 5:39 AM UTC

   #6
   

   mmQ Lisa Turtle
   The person said to cut the stamps out, put them in warm water and they'll float to the top eventually.
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   • The Self Taught Man
7. 2018-08-17 at 9:10 PM UTC

   #7
   

   cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]
   Lol
8. 2018-08-17 at 10:26 PM UTC

   #8
   

   Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
   Marking stamps so they can't be reused is called "franking" and the traditional way to get them off is to use a boiling electric kettle to steam them off.
9. 2018-08-20 at 11:26 PM UTC

   #9
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I taped the corners and they sent it back to me
   
   
   That was a bad idea becous I live in buttfuck nowhere and I see the postman and postlady at the desk a lot
   
   O wel