Fed up

[wolf*song]

Three times straight, with two different sellers, my comic book bags and boards orders will be late, and I'll be forced to compensate my customers.  Both sellers used Media Mail, which I discovered after ordering from the second seller and awaiting my shipment from the first.

I'm fed up with it.  And I've decided to do something about it.

I paid the extra postage just so the postal clerk could open the first seller's package to see what was inside, and appropriate steps could be taken.  I'll be doing the same with the current seller, and any others that ignore the rules.

I'm a straight-up honest seller.  My items are described without sugar coating, I take numerous scans, and I mail Priority Mail, or standard with insurance.  I don't try to game the system.  I expect those I buy from to do the same.

Rant over.

[wolf*song]

I care.  And if you ship USPS, you should, too.

Abusing the system hurts people.  It's why people with gambling problems can get social security, and people with legitimate claims can not.  It's why the USPS raises shipping costs, because they lose money when people send a curling iron Media Mail.  It's why doctors won't prescibe pain killers anymore, because some idiot sells them illegally and drug addicts overdose.  

Go ahead, turn a blind eye, ignore it.  But by doing so make no mistake: You are part of the problem.