Post Office Confusion

Funny you mention this. My first ever shipment of coins last week was strange. I use Stamps.com and print all of my postage in my office, and use the USPS for most of my shipping. I weighed the package, chose the shipping, ins, etc. and printed my postage as I normally do. When I got to the PO the guy behind the counter, who I know well, looked at it and asked me if the package was insured (huge postage tipped him off). When I print postage from Stamps.com "insured" is printed onto the label, but this time it wasn't. I told him how much I insured it for and when he rang it through his system the numbers didn't match up. He couldn't figure out why the combination of insurance and the package size and weight didn't match to what I came up with. I know I did my end right as he chose all the same options as I did and came up with the same weight too.

Hello Jerry....


I use our wonderful Post Office almost daily between trading coins and selling LEGO through the 'net (you wouldn't believe how much money these old things can be wroth) and have thought long and hard on the subject. I have come to a conclusion....it makes no sense what-so-ever. Everything about it is a bunch of BS. You know I sent a package about 2 hours ago to Finland and a check to my bank in the City and it cost me $1.07 Last week, I sent a envelope to Washington State and it cost more than $2...it is honestly one of the worst run businesses I've ever come across.

If it wasn't a Federal company, it would have shut its doors a hundred years ago

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Hello Jerry....

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"When you control the mail, you control... information!"

Somehow, I feel better now!

next time they ask what your sending just tell them a little paper a little plastic and a little metal. LOL no I don't think its any of their business. They have a right to ask if your sending liquid, flammables, or living plants/animals. Especially if your sending overseas but what exactly I am sending I shall not tell

As for me, I havent had problems sending or receiving

i mail all items as first class and put on a confermation .it only cost 50 cents more then you know they got it!they even bend the envolopes to see if the are flxable.it the machines for the mail.any way they also told me there is no ins for money.for to have ins you need to send it by reg mail to put ins on it.that will cost 10.00 or more with the ins.i had some one pay for a ebay item from the state of iowa to ill and this letter took 21 days.i could drive there in 3 hours.no wonder they want to charge more they want to go slower. any time I mail out the items to some I say I mailed it by snail mail!

My favourite one was "numismatic teaching aids". LOL