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John Patrick wrote:
OK, when it comes to shipping, you need to know the rules. In fact, you need to know the rules better than most of the post office employees.
The issue is that the receiving post office doesn't trust you putting a stamp on it, and they think it was a parcel when it was a letter. Unless it is in a larger envelope or over 1/4", you should only pay for weight + non-machineable fee (which used to be $0.20). The trick here is that you need a metered (at the Post Office) postage. You can't use stamps, or you will be getting Postage Due.
Unfortunately, getting meter postage means going to the post office, waiting in line, then waiting for them to meter each envelope. If they suggest stamps, tell them NO. Explain to them the issue with Postage Due. They will then meter everything.
I was shipping 100 CDs a week for a while, and I took them to the post office in 30-40 increments. And I always had to meter it or else there would be Postage Due and upset customers.
Read the rules of maximum size of a "letter", and that unbendable means non-machineable. That's it. Keep it under 1/4" thick and you're set.
John
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If you build a nice rapport with your PO, you can leave all of your parcels with your CC and pick up your card and receipt later in the day if you don't want to wait. Quite often, I drop off all of my TC ships in the AM before work and then pick up the mail carrier carton, CC, and credit card on the way home from work. I only let them talk me into stamps just once in the very beginning and it was a nightmare... 3 of these, 2 of these, and 2 penny stamps on each mailer and I had like a 100 of them. I was licking non-stop for like 3 hours... ridiculous. Never again I told them... they got it.
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