Usps

[buymycards]

Craig, I always try to tell my customers at the Post Office -"If you don't want it bent, then put it in a package that won't bend". Sounds simple, but people are too cheap to purchase a photo mailer and too cheap to pay the parcel rate, then they complain when the item is bent.

If someone is sending T3's through the mail in a flexible envelope they should expect the worst. Large envelopes go through high speed sorting machines at 15-20000 pieces per hour. They go around corners and through rollers and they have barcodes sprayed on them.


Rick

[steve B]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Craig, I always try to tell my customers at the Post Office -"If you don't want it bent, then put it in a package that won't bend". Sounds simple, but people are too cheap to purchase a photo mailer and too cheap to pay the parcel rate, then they complain when the item is bent.

If someone is sending T3's through the mail in a flexible envelope they should expect the worst. Large envelopes go through high speed sorting machines at 15-20000 pieces per hour. They go around corners and through rollers and they have barcodes sprayed on them.


Rick

Great advice. And keep in mind that even boxes get handled roughly at times, and may be beneath stuff like what I used to ship 20+ lbs in a 7x7x6 sort of box. Or the stuff a friend of mine ships, he gets about 50lbs into the medium flat rate box. If there's no packing material and your package is in the bin before the heavy stuff comes in it will get squashed.

Steve B

[jcmtiger]

I always charge the 4 bucks or so when sending packages, I hope anyone sending to me will do the same. Priority mail box.

Joe

[novakjr]

Shit! I came home today to a package sitting towards the front of my yard, near the sidewalk...USPS should not leave a package on your step when there's high winds(we had gust up to 55 today) and rain(box was pretty wet)... Needless to say, I was a little pissed, but luckily, the contents were unharmed..

[freakhappy]

Another reason to buy graded