Post Office is Petty and Wrong!

[endbossgames]

Sent tons of these out and this is the 1st time I have ever gotten a message like this! The package was under 16 oz and mailed in a 10x13 inch polybag mailer! Someone at the post office is obviously wrong and must have been really bored.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@endbossgames wrote:

It was almost 16 oz. ....

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Then it couldn't have been judged to be a flat, but USPS might have decided that the weight was over 1 pound.  If you paid for 15.999 ounces postage, that's $4.94.  Adding the $5.86  charge in the notice brings the postage total up to $10.80 which happens to be the Commercial Base price to ship 2 pounds to Zone 8.

[nickoftlme]

I'm not sure where everyone else is getting their information, but I was to understand that the cutoff weight on USPS first class is only 13 oz. So anything weighing 13oz or over cannot be shipped first class and is bumped up to priority mail.

[nobody*s_perfect]

@nickoftlme

The weight limit for retail First Class packges is indeed 13 ounces.  But when you purchase psostage online (e.g., through ebay), the weight lmit is 15.999 ounces.  From the current USPS rates publication:

 

http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/notice123.pdf

[sam9876]

"I'm not sure where everyone else is getting their information, but I was to understand that the cutoff weight on USPS first class is only 13 oz. So anything weighing 13oz or over cannot be shipped first class and is bumped up to priority mail."

You might want to read the Domestic Mail Manual so you can learn that packages up to 15.99 ounces can be shipped via First Class if you print postage online. 

[mg152]

One pair wouldn’t be over 3/4” thick. Anyway I don’t take chances. I put a heavy piece of cardboard or thick piece of foam in all my polymailers. My buyers probably think I’m nuts but I do it anyway. It covers the 3/4” or the rigid rule.

[mg152]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@myangelandmyprincess wrote: 
I don't think boxers would have qualified for flats 

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Especially not if I'm wearing them...

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😂😂

[princess_phones]

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@nobody*s_perfect wrote:

@nickoftlme

The weight limit for retail First Class packges is indeed 13 ounces.  But when you purchase psostage online (e.g., through ebay), the weight lmit is 15.999 ounces.  From the current USPS rates publication:

 

http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/notice123.pdf

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True and wonderful story, I’m surprised that more sellers aren’t aware.