# Where are my stamps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277 "2009-08-30T19:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/1 "2009-08-30T19:30:49Z")
OK Dopers, help me out here: I need to mail an electric bill after I get paid this week. I can’t do so without a stamp (because while the electric company charged me $110 this month, they are in such hard times that they can’t afford to include a business reply envelope with the bill). Thing is, I lost the book of stamps I bought last weekend. So Dopers, you’re all super duper smart: Where are my stamps? All answers of course will need to show cites. Please let’s not let this devolve into a Great Debate kind of thread, and let’s leave mention of airplanes and treadmills out of it (as I have neither an airplane nor a treadmill). ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/2 "2009-08-30T19:32:48Z")
As I pointed out in MPSIMS last week, it is only logical that you will find your stamps in the last place you look for them. Where this is, is left as an exercise for the astute reader. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/3 "2009-08-30T19:33:41Z")
They’re under the couch of course. Cite: www.underthecouch.huh ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/4 "2009-08-30T19:35:55Z")
The stamps are inside the house. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/5 "2009-08-30T19:40:44Z")
Your wallet. You bought them at the grocery store and didn’t want them to get lost so you put them back into the wallet instead of one of the bags. Your address book. You finally got around to writing Grandma a thank-you note for that $5 in your birthday card and left the stamps in there. Your box of envelopes, see above. In the desk mess. Or the junk drawer. Maybe they slid under the printer? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/6 "2009-08-30T19:44:50Z")
Not under the couch (just looked), not in my wallet (looked before posting), I don’t have an address book, but I do have a pocket notebook, which I can’t find. Looked all over the desk and the entertainment center, and I’m quickly running out of places where I could have put the stamps. Should probably start throwing them in a particular drawer. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/7 "2009-08-30T19:47:16Z")
Correction: Not in my notebook either, which I just found in my laptop bag. I did find a piece of signed paperwork verifying that I have been trained to operate a Humvee though. Don’t need it anymore, since I got the paperwork done again, but hey, was wondering where it got to. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/8 "2009-08-30T19:52:35Z")
Also found: My external hard drive that I haven’t seen in a month or two. Backing up the photos I’ve taken since moving to Kansas. Still searching for stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/9 "2009-08-30T20:02:15Z")
I keep my book of stamps in the checkbook, because almost the only time I need them is to pay a bill. So have you looked there? ---
**Author:** ![FORTRAN\_forever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FORTRAN\_forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FORTRAN_forever)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/10 "2009-08-30T20:09:03Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > they are in such hard times that they can’t afford to include a business reply envelope with the bill. Quick comment: I’ve never to my recollection received a bill with a reply envelope that didn’t require a stamp. Offers always seem to arrive with envelopes that don’t require stamps, but once they’ve got you on the hook… As to your stamps, I have them, If you ever want to see them again, send me $10 in a stamped env… uh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/11 "2009-08-30T20:09:20Z")
I’d suggest looking in MPSIMS for them. Let me help you out. **samclem** Moderator, General Questions ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/12 "2009-08-30T20:15:13Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I’d suggest looking in MPSIMS for them. Let me help you out. > > **samclem** Moderator, General Questions Don’t see 'em over here yet, but I’ll keep looking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/13 "2009-08-30T20:39:39Z")
They’re not here on my desk, either. Wherever you end up finding them, though, please look in _just one more_ place, to disprove the old adage that “It’s always in the last place you look.” If all else fails, go to [www.usps.com](http://www.usps.com) or call (800) STAMP-24 (782-6724) to order more. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/14 "2009-08-30T20:41:19Z")
I also often find mine in the checkbook. Do you have a table or desk where you usually pay bills? ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/15 "2009-08-30T21:00:46Z")
My stamps are in an envelope in my mail delivery vehicle. I don’t see yours though… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/16 "2009-08-30T21:06:22Z")
Where did you buy your stamps? If you bought them at the grocery store, might they be lying forgotten in the bottom of your grocery sack? Can you pay your bill online? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/17 "2009-08-30T21:22:02Z")
Bought my stamps at the post office, and coulda sworn I put them on top of the entertainment center so as not to lose them. OK, finally figured out the logon process for the website. It’s a little weird. Just seems like a waste to buy a whole book of stamps and only use like, one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/18 "2009-08-30T21:39:18Z")
… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/19 "2009-08-30T21:45:41Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > As I pointed out in MPSIMS last week, it is only logical that you will find your stamps in the last place you look for them. Simple solution: begin your search in the last place you’d look for them. I guarantee they’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277/20 "2009-08-31T21:39:57Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Bought my stamps at the post office, and coulda sworn I put them on top of the entertainment center so as not to lose them. They must be then, behind the entertainment center! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-stamps/508277.md?page=2)