Swordfish1989
New Member
I ship out things for trades on the gym a LOT. I also ship things out for ebay sales, and trades in other forums. What that means is that I use a bubblemailer envelope, get tracking, and call it a day, like many other traders and sellers country-wide.
So today, I stroll into the post office, mind you, like I do EVERY week to ship out trades, and I politely ask the lady at the front for the usual first class shipping with tracking. The following exchange goes down:
Her: You have to use Priority to ship this
Me: No, I ship it first class with tracking every week. You just have to classify it as a package, not an envelope.
Her (taking out a measuring device!!): Nope, nope, it fits through here which means it's not thick enough to be a package.
Me: But I've been doing this for years... sometimes it's off by like an eighth of an inch
Her (Turning to the Post Office Employee who ALWAYS runs things through for me): Do YOU classify it as a package?
Other Post Office Employee (who I must re-iterate, ALWAYS ships my things for me): I'm not answering any questions about this.
Me: .... You'e got to be kidding me...
Her: Sorry, but it has to be shipped Priority
Me: Forget it, I'll go to a different post office.
So now I'm sitting here, package unshipped, because this Ogre of an employee thought that the 1/8 inch that my bubblemailer was off by wasn't enough and because it just BARELY fit through her measuring thingy. And her co-worker, who never questioned whether I could ship it or not, didn't even stick up for me. Guess I'll never be going back to that post office.
In conclusion... stuff your bubblemailers with paper I guess, if you don't want the post office police to take out a measuring tape on you :nonono:
So today, I stroll into the post office, mind you, like I do EVERY week to ship out trades, and I politely ask the lady at the front for the usual first class shipping with tracking. The following exchange goes down:
Her: You have to use Priority to ship this
Me: No, I ship it first class with tracking every week. You just have to classify it as a package, not an envelope.
Her (taking out a measuring device!!): Nope, nope, it fits through here which means it's not thick enough to be a package.
Me: But I've been doing this for years... sometimes it's off by like an eighth of an inch
Her (Turning to the Post Office Employee who ALWAYS runs things through for me): Do YOU classify it as a package?
Other Post Office Employee (who I must re-iterate, ALWAYS ships my things for me): I'm not answering any questions about this.
Me: .... You'e got to be kidding me...
Her: Sorry, but it has to be shipped Priority
Me: Forget it, I'll go to a different post office.
So now I'm sitting here, package unshipped, because this Ogre of an employee thought that the 1/8 inch that my bubblemailer was off by wasn't enough and because it just BARELY fit through her measuring thingy. And her co-worker, who never questioned whether I could ship it or not, didn't even stick up for me. Guess I'll never be going back to that post office.
In conclusion... stuff your bubblemailers with paper I guess, if you don't want the post office police to take out a measuring tape on you :nonono: