Snail mail letter clubs?

 

Snail mail clubs?

May 12, 2026

 

 

I’ve been searching online for a couple of snail mail clubs to join, but honestly, I’m ready to give up and just start my own.

First, most of them are too damn expensive.   I don’t want to spend $10 a month for a photocopied, typed letter, a couple of stickers, and a bookmark.  Oh, and maybe a postcard with “original art”.   I’m NOT an artist, so that doesn’t even appeal to me.

What I want is an interesting handwritten letter.   I DID find a couple of monthly samples that I ordered on Etsy and I’ll do a YouTube video of them when I receive them and I’ll let you know what I think of them.

I also restarted my account on Postcrossing (a postcard exchange website) because, well, I enjoyed seeing all the postal stamps from around the world and I DI make a few friends when I was doing this last year.   It’s just that international postage is now…SIT DOWN!...$1.70 each!  I asked for someone’s address yesterday and thankfully got a man in Indiana, so that was a regular postcard stamp which is $0.61, which seems outrageous.

Anyway, I’ve been searching on Instagram, YouTube, Google Search, and Etsy looking for a REASONABLY PRICED monthly snail mail subscription.   They seem to range from $8.00 a month to $11.00 upwards to $15.00.   That seems a LOT for a 79 cent stamp and some items thrown into an envelope.

I found one gal who sends out about 500 envelopes a month.   NO THANK YOU.   I would love to write to about 5 or 6 people, but that’s it.  I DO write the 5 grandkids weekly and I make some handmade cards for them, I throw in some stickers and a bookmark of two, but I hand write (or print) my letters.   None of this photocopied garbage!

What do you think?   Do you have any experience with a snail mail letter club?  I did get one letter a couple of years ago from some book club and it was garbage, so I cancelled that subscription.   I’m pretty picky.   If I’m going to pay $6.00 upward, I want some… QUALITY, not QUANTITY.  Let me know your thoughts.   And, let me know if you would like a handwritten letter from me.

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