"We Care" - USPS - My surprise yesterday...

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Originally Posted by ZachS

Once again, everyone is assuming that there was no additional packing inside the envelope. The card itself could have been bubble wrapped.

As the previous post states, it seems doubtful that there was bubble wrap used in the mailer because the package looks like it was damaged in a letter sorter. (Of course, only the sender knows if bubble wrap was used.) What likely happened was that thick pieces of cardboard was used to protect the card. This made the manila envelope thicker. However, the package was likely in that in between thickness that post office worker thought that it was still thin enough to go through a letter sorter. Which it wasn't ...