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Re: Priority Mail boxes (not likely to be of interest to non US readers)
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 05:31:05 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.market.shipping, Kevin Salm writes:
> >
> > Funny thing about PM supplies--it seems that some/all of the little
> > rural post offices have a hard time getting certain box sizes. So every
> > few months my local postmaster asks me to order a few cases of the #4
> > cube box since it is not available to her. Dunno who she is giving them
> > out to, but it would be nice if they would order their own. It would save
> > me from returning cases to the post office that my letter carrier has just
> > delivered.
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> Hmm, why doesn't she order them herself, and pick some bogus address that
> her staff is well aware means "deliver to us." Hmm, like the actual street
> address of the Post Office??? :-) (that would then be a funny way to
> initiate a new driver, sub him in on the route which includes the Post
> Office, and watch as he manhandles the boxes into his truck, and sets off
> to deliver, only to realize... yup, they go right back where they came
> from... :-)
>
> Frank's evil twin...
I suppose that would make too much sense for my postmaster to order the
boxes as a civilian and have them delivered to her directly (or for a
bogus address).
Actually, I don't mind doing my postmaster a favor now and then. I get
extra special treatment by all of the staff.
I get all of my packages picked up right at my mailbox so I am able to
ship every day without going to a post office. And I can get stamps in
any demonination that are available. Last month, for example, I bought
2 sheets of 30 cent stamps that were ordered specifically for me.
Post offices with automation do not sell non-standard denomination
stamps anymore--they use their postage meter and those adhesive labels
for that. So I simply ask my postmaster to order whatever I want--if
I want 20 sheets of 55 cent stamps and 10 sheets of 80 cent stamps,
she will order them for me.
This keeps me happy and ensures that I do business at my hometown post
office. Since small, low-revenue post offices may be in danger of being
closed down sometime in the future, I am helping my community by making
my postage purchases at our own post office and not from one in another
community.
__Kevin Salm__
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