Yesterday I took a package to the local post office for shipment. I use the Ebay shipping labels, package was weighed and measured and proper postage was attached. I used two medium flat rate boxes and put them end to end...in other words they were sealed on one end and open on the other. When I took the package to the post office I was told it could be returned. I have been shipping priority mail for YEARS...and in altering boxes have always paid the actual weight and distance shipping. Last night I went to the USPS website and pullled up the POSTAL BULLETIN ISSUE 22435 DATED 2/18/2016. It states:
If an FRE or FRB is presented at the office of mailing and the customer has manipulated or reconstructed it, the container is accepted using weight and zone — not the Flat Rate price. A customer is not required to repackage an item unless the contents are fragile and would be at risk of damage during processing and transit.
This is FYI...I will keep a copy of this bulletin in my purse from now on just in case this happens again.
