ChicagoKim
10-20-2006, 12:52 AM
Hey Carise :) Andy's still loving his stuff from you.
The stuff I receive in inside-out Priority Mail boxes is usually sent that way because they're sending parcel post or UPS or something.
What really got me is one of the "bigger" chin supply places using an inside-out box for my wood chin house, then using 3 boxes as packing! And I got 2 houses, so that was EIGHT Priority Mail boxes they used. That really bugged me. I haven't, and won't, do business with them again. Maybe they'll catch wind of this thread (if they haven't already) and stop. I can't believe how blatant people are with this. I guess they don't have a clue how they're being perceived.
I always use priority boxes for priority mail, I never turn the box inside out, or use other boxes as filler, I use newspapers, or bubble wrap.
I try whenever I can to re-use boxes I've received when I buy things online, or that things I buy in the store come in to try to do my part in recycling, I even use the boxes that the priority boxes come in so they are not wasted! Occasionally, I'll have to find a box around the house that is big enough to fit everything I'm sending, though. I never use USPS boxes to ship UPS either!
Whoever thinks that it is ok, then has problem with the cost of postage going up, should maybe re-think the whole situation.....that is one of the reasons postage is going up!
My dad was a postman, so I guess I feel obligated to abide by thier rules!
Another thing some people don't understand is when they turn the box inside out to try to aviod high shipping at USPS is that they are not! Priority mail starts at $4.05 no matter what the weight (anything over 13oz is automatically priority), then goes up by weight/zone from there, so if you use the priority box as you should (right side out) and send a box that weighs 1lb, it will cost you $4.05, and if you turn the box inside out and send it with 1lb in it, it will still cost you $4.05, so I wonder why people do it in the first place????
The stuff I receive in inside-out Priority Mail boxes is usually sent that way because they're sending parcel post or UPS or something.
What really got me is one of the "bigger" chin supply places using an inside-out box for my wood chin house, then using 3 boxes as packing! And I got 2 houses, so that was EIGHT Priority Mail boxes they used. That really bugged me. I haven't, and won't, do business with them again. Maybe they'll catch wind of this thread (if they haven't already) and stop. I can't believe how blatant people are with this. I guess they don't have a clue how they're being perceived.
I always use priority boxes for priority mail, I never turn the box inside out, or use other boxes as filler, I use newspapers, or bubble wrap.
I try whenever I can to re-use boxes I've received when I buy things online, or that things I buy in the store come in to try to do my part in recycling, I even use the boxes that the priority boxes come in so they are not wasted! Occasionally, I'll have to find a box around the house that is big enough to fit everything I'm sending, though. I never use USPS boxes to ship UPS either!
Whoever thinks that it is ok, then has problem with the cost of postage going up, should maybe re-think the whole situation.....that is one of the reasons postage is going up!
My dad was a postman, so I guess I feel obligated to abide by thier rules!
Another thing some people don't understand is when they turn the box inside out to try to aviod high shipping at USPS is that they are not! Priority mail starts at $4.05 no matter what the weight (anything over 13oz is automatically priority), then goes up by weight/zone from there, so if you use the priority box as you should (right side out) and send a box that weighs 1lb, it will cost you $4.05, and if you turn the box inside out and send it with 1lb in it, it will still cost you $4.05, so I wonder why people do it in the first place????