I am going to assume this is most of the thread. now, I know what I was missing. Thanks.
Mr. j just purchased a stack of prepaid flat rate envelopes. The Post Master asked him what he planned on sending--he said 'paper only' and the fella was ok with that. Made the sale. No biggie....so far. Now, I'll have to keep an eye out when we mail them from here and see what happens. Thanks for the head's up.
Butterfly (Some PO's are nice and some you wonder why they got outta bed)
Maybe they see "flannel" and think "flammable". ;-p
If you pay online, you use a credit card, so presumably they can trace you if needed.
L>??? So how would paying online solve any of that? I wanted to get some
Linda PATCHogue, NY
I see now.....I couldn't figure out why using a credit card would make a package more or less dangerous! Duh!
See? I'd have to hear about the classified stuff. There is no way I could be married to someone who couldn't tell me what he did.
One of my best friend's husband worked at Boeing-Boeing for the Feds. He worked on Air Force 1 and had high level security clearance. I was always bugging her about what he was doing and she never did know. It didn't bother her, but - It. Drove. Me. Batty.
Her husband Larry used to say he'd have to kill me. I think he meant it.
Cindy
Just my two cents worth regarding the online postage purchases: I've used this method for more than five years and have never had a problem (knock wood--tapping forehead with knuckles). For the first couple of years I used my Citi virtual account number generator for a new fake number every purchase. Later I simply fed a credit card number into the system and all the postage gets charged to that card. Never been overcharged, and since that's the only thing I use that card for, I can clearly see that the account has not been charged for anything but postage. I think the USPS site is very safe.
Also, the Priority flat rate envelopes and boxes are a real bargain, in my book. Stuff a box full of lead and it will cost no more to ship than if you filled the box with feathers or ghost poo.
Several times I have ordered small items (example--5 spools of threads from Joannes.com) and had the package sent in a ridiculously large box and cost an equally ridiculous amount in postage. Shipping departments can be operated by some real idiots!
Again, just my own two cents worth.
I'll add our recent post office adventure to the mix.
We were recently in Hawaii on the island of Molokai and heard that the local Post office had a section called "post a nut". You could go inside the post office, choose a coconut, grab a permanent pen or three and address that coconut to anywhere in the world and decorate it too. As long as it had the address and your return address clearly written the post man was happy.
He'd weigh it and staple the postage sticker directly onto the coconut. Then he'd add a priority mail sticker and toss it in the box.
Done. Very fun souvenir.
We had to laugh though. It's certainly not in a post office approved box using the correct tape (and you better not use string on the box!) My local guy gets upset about sticking postage on those colored/printed plastic envelopes that he sells, yet this guy was happy to sticker and staple a hairy coconut.
It was perishable and contained liquid!
Yet he said the PO had no problems with them. It's just crazy, or rather, nutty.
When I got home I asked the nice PO man (not the hates colored envelopes guy) about it and he said he'd had the coconuts come through and it's no big deal. He said people also mail empty wine bottles all the time. That was weird to me. He said it was common though.
And yet they worry about some fabric.....Maybe next time you should wad it up in a coconut husk or wine bottle?
marcella
You and me both .... I shudder to think how dangerous a yellow shirt sized for a preemie baby can be, should it fall into the wrong hands.
Just curious...did your friend ever get the package?
amy in CNY
You can mail a package from home with plain postage stamps if the package weighs no more than 13 oz. If you ever need to mail flannel, batiste, a pattern and a yellow diaper shirt, you will want to divide the weight into two envelopes (or wad it into two wine bottles). Easy enough. Not particularly reasonable but who am I to question the wisdom of the post office? Coconuts are another matter entirely. Polly
"Marcella Peek" I'll add our recent post office adventure to the mix.
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