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Originally Posted by steve B
Nope, for DC on first class the item must be 3/4" thick. Parcel applies to inflexible OR 1/4" and over. But for DC the parcel still needs to be 3/4" or more. I had a big discussion with my postmaster about it and even talked to customer service in Providence, RI. when I had a package returned to me for the postage due. I used Paypal click and ship which makes no mention of the required size.
Funniest part was that they wrote it up wrong, which caused the whole problem in the first palce (As postage due for a required priority upgrade- claiming DC couldn't go on any first class mail!) And to top it off the postage due ammount was for the prior years rate which had been changed over 6 months before.
I did get a neat item for my stamp collection, but had to repack the item in a thicker package.
I still don't get the requirement. The packages I sent out after that with excess bubble wrap or for cards just a single styro peanut in the bubble envelope havegot to be harder to handle than the stiff flats I sent before that.
Steve B
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Not the story I got and I was given a page out of the thick hand book the post office had a copy of. Wish I could find it, but it was there unless they've changed it since.
Not to mention, just about every photo auction I've won on Ebay from other sellers over the past several years, has been shipped flat with Delivery confirmation. I certainly won't start putting bubble wrap in there, as it negates the purpose of rigid flat packing to begin with.