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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
I have been known to ask for and tear up priority mail boxes to fit inside the envelopes.
Unreal story....I would have been mad as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
Tell me again why the postal service is bankrupt?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
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Moderator
 United States
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Conder101
What a lot of sellers do is keep a supply of styrofoam peanuts on hand and stick one in the package to make sure it is the proper thickness. I wondered why some of my coin orders came with one styrofoam peanut in the packaging. Now I know  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the guy took his hand and pushed down hard on my package and it blew the air back out and said it still couldn't qualify.  Once, I had a post office that liked to play these games. Once I switched to a new PO, no more monkey business--and everyone got their coins. |
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
They are losing 22 Million per day! That kind of service might explain it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
548 Posts |
The exact same thing happened this morning at a local post office. A guy had printed his shipping label at home and placed it on a very thick, padded envelope. Wanting to make sure the postage was right, he waited in line to ask an agent.
She told him the package thickness wasn't right and needed to charge him more than he'd paid for.
He asked for a supervisor and she was more reasonable.
I don't think it was the agent's fault. I think this is a directive from upper management to enforce their rules.
But the rules are so blasted complex that a regular guy doesn't understand them. And when one is shipping a bunch of boxes as part of a business, having simpler rules is a needed optimization they must do.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
652 Posts |
In Australia, the thicker the envelope the higher the cost. Seems strange that a parcel that takes up more room and/or weight is cheaper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use plain 6X9" Kraft envelopes and sandwich my coin(s) between two thick pieces of corrugated cardboard which I salvage from old boxes. With the cardboard plus receipt and packaging tape the final package thickness seems OK to our local Post Office. Total weight is almost always 3 oz or less so the PayPal shipping cost with delivery confirmation is $1.75. That's the most cost-effective method I've found.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that why some of my coins come encased in cutouts of cereal boxes and tissue paper boxes? I just thought those were to protect them while in transit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yass, you hit the nail on the head. Now you understand how our government works. If it is a stupid plan, they go with it.....
I too always throw a couple packing peanuts into the envelope to "puff it up"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use plain 6X9" Kraft envelopes and sandwich my coin(s) between two thick pieces of corrugated cardboard which I salvage from old boxes. With the cardboard plus receipt and packaging tape the final package thickness seems OK to our local Post Office. Total weight is almost always 3 oz or less so the PayPal shipping cost with delivery confirmation is $1.75. That's the most cost-effective method I've found. Good idea, Jaobler. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I ship exactly how you do, Jaobler. Using corrugated cardboard is excellent for protection during shipping and it also bumps up the envelope to the right thickness. I only pay $1.75 for First Class Mail with Delivery Confirmation as well. Obviously it gets more expensive as you add insurance and move up to priority shipping for higher valued coins, but in the end, there really is no better way to ship.
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Forum Dad
United States
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Seems strange that a parcel that takes up more room and/or weight is cheaper. It's all about the Delivery Confirmation Yass. It's not allowed on First Class flats, which is anything under 3/4" thick. It's allowed on any Priority package. So if a First Class flat package with DC is discovered along the way, the DC becomes technically invalid. So they upgrade it to Priority, which instantly makes the DC valid... but also makes it postage due because of the difference in price between First Class and Priority. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've been told this 3/4" rule a couple times in the past. However, now I'm friends with ALL of the PO workers and they don't say a word to me anymore. LOL I've never had a problem down the line. I personally think once it gets past the "first line" it never gets checked again.
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Posted 12/16/2011 6:29 pm
