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 tiggressoflove
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:24:40 PM
My post office told me that any item that is in a box cannot go first-class regardless of the weight. Is this true??

 
 iowaantiques
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:33:08 PM
Total BS! Find yourself another post office and file a complaint about the first P.O. There is no reason to put up with this kind of ignorance.

 
 vargas
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:33:10 PM
How the heck else are you supposed to send it if it weighs 13 oz or less?

Priority?

NOT

I ship small boxes first class every day.




edited to correct a typo
[ edited by vargas on Jun 22, 2001 12:34 PM ]
 
 capotasto
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:34:22 PM
Typically, the PO worker is an ignorant doofus.

From the USPS web site: "Any mailable items may be sent as First-Class Mail. Each piece must weigh 13 ounces or less. "

I just returned from my local PO to discover that the ignoramus overcharged me on an envelope containing a thingy that was 1/8" thick. He charged me an extra 11 cents becasue it was "non-machinable." Truth is, anything under 1/4 inch thick is ok!

I guess to work in the PO you take a test that's scored like golf.

 
 tiggressoflove
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:35:20 PM
vargas,

yes, the p.o. said that if it's in a box, it must go either parcel or priority, unless it's a book, which can go media mail.

 
 cabledogii
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:35:37 PM
Same here. I send many boxes daily that weigh under 13 oz. via 1st class.
 
 photogeyk
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:40:42 PM
file a report with the post master general, there is currently an investigation into price gouging at many branches, and depending on the outcome of the investigation there will be a class action.
every 20 seconds in america a woman is giving birth:SHE MUST BE FOUND AND STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................................................................
 
 llama_lady
 
posted on June 22, 2001 12:45:46 PM
hockey-feathers. I send small boxes weighing less than a pound first class mail all the time. Maybe this postal person has had too many boxes drop on their head and suffers from a brain dead condition.


 
 
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