When an envelope is marked postage paid, when is the company charged?

The amount gets tallied at the receiving post office, and a fee (a couple of cents) is tacked on as well.

So if the postage is 65 cents, the receiver will be charged 68 or 70 cents.

That’s in addition to the Business Reply Mail fee, which is $160/year.

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Wow. I thought it might be cheaper not more expensive. Thanks.

To me it’s not a tax. Anytime I get something that is postage paid, I appreciate it but generally I expect to have to pay postage to mail something. The funny thing is the other day without realizing it until after the fact, I put a stamp on a postage paid envelope. (facepalm)

Sending in a bill is completely different than voting in my opinion.

@JLeslie It’s cheaper than sending stamps to everyone since many people won’t use the postage-paid return envelopes.

@Zaku Definitely. I wonder what percentage of ballots are mailed through USPS in my county. The Republicans ruined the mail service, so most of us don’t trust it and hand our ballots in at early voting.

Hmm, yeah. I put mine in a ballot box.