Posts by velvetwalker23

wanderingcobra76 said:It isn't dangerous, nor will it cause you any actual trouble—really. The only thing that truly matters is ensuring that if you ever need abdominal surgery down the road, the surgeon isn't caught off guard by what they find.

Alright, thanks a ton 😍

Just got my radiology report back and one part has me a little worried—anyone here know what this actually means?

"There is an anomaly of the inferior vena cava, featuring a duplicated inferior vena cava running on both sides of the aorta, from the level of the renal vein confluence moving caudally, where the common iliac veins are connected via a wide venous collateral at the level of the aortic bifurcation while maintaining flow.
"
So, I've got some kind of anomaly... but why does it matter? How does this affect me, and is it actually dangerous?

thanks 🙂

Zachary Peterson6 said:I'm buying from the exact same seller and my stuff is taking foreverrrrrrrrrrrr
man, he’d bring it to you if he actually had anything😉
just ask him🙂
and look, if you're hitting up the USPS, get there by 7:30 AM before the mail carrier heads out on their route—then maybe you can actually corner them and see if your stuff showed up🤣

It’s not just an Amazon thing, it happens with pretty much any package. It’s impossible for two things to show up at once when they shouldn't, but I order tons of stuff from within the US—it shouldn't take weeks or months to arrive, yet I've got a mountain of packages all ordered at the same time
yeah, whatever, I'll just ask him and call it a day

p.s.
seriously though, I can't even fit all these damn packages in my bag😁

Zachary Peterson6 said:welcome to the world of Amazon🤣🤣
that’s just how it works—some packages from China go through Russia (slowest), others hit London or Paris first... it’s totally normal. I order a ton of stuff at once and they show up one by one just like yours, all the time. It's got nothing to do with the mailman or your mailbox or whatever.🤣

And what exactly would you even pick up at the USPS if there’s nothing waiting for you there?🤷
If there actually was something, the mailman would have already dropped it off—that's just how we do things.😛

aaaahh... look, I know how it works, I'm not THAT stupid.😁
But everything I ordered was from China—some from the exact same seller, all ordered on the same day... so let's say I ordered 50 items, how is it even possible that every single one of those 50 arrives separately? (The guy comes twice a week and literally every single time it's just one package after another) and this keeps happening because I'm constantly ordering stuff... it goes on for weeks.

Forget Amazon for a second—I've ordered from US sites too and it's the same story... I've had plenty of orders, but never, and I mean NEVER, have two packages arrived on the same day.😳 Plus, seriously, I don't even have the space to put them all!
Fine, whatever—I'll just head down to the post office and pick everything up all at once.

Zachary Peterson6 said:How the hell would you even know he’s bringing them one by one?!!🙂

Because they were all ordered at once—there’s no way they just happen to show up one by one for weeks on end. It’s too convenient, right? Like, it’s never happened where two show up at once, but it’s always exactly two every single week, matching his visits perfectly. Seems a bit too "random" to me. Plus, his bag is tiny—it wouldn't even fit everything, haha. 😁

Fine, let's say I'm wrong (which I'm not 😛). Even if he *is* lugging them in one at a time... could I just walk into the USPS and pick everything up all at once? Or do they charge you extra or something?

Zachary Peterson6 said:Look, it’s not just about the mailman🙂—you’ve got Customs, China, and a million other things messing with how fast our packages actually show up...

I get that, but he's literally carrying them one by one because they won't all fit in his bag 😁 so I was wondering—can I just head down to the USPS and have them hand over everything that's arrived at once?

So... I went on an Amazon spree and ordered a ton of stuff, but my mail carrier only swings by twice a week. Every single time, it’s just one lone little package—one at a time! I’m stuck in this endless waiting game when I just want everything delivered in one big haul
I was thinking, can I just head down to the local USPS office and demand they hand over all my packages at once? Or is that gonna cost me extra or something? Like, what's the deal?
Help me out here 🙂

Nicholas King said:Just take this fact as a sign and move on 😬.

Yeah, I’ll take it as a sign that I should probably just shut up about Lord Byron and his "super helpful" comments 🤣

melloworca6 said:Hehe, I didn't even check if you were a guy or a girl—I was just building off what Nicholas King said. 😁

If you have a vague idea of the username or their post count, you might be able to track this lady down here: http://www.reddit.com/subreddits/users. That’s how I hunt down specific users when I need something—just get a rough handle on the handle and the activity level and start digging. Honestly, nobody else is gonna be able to help you more than that. 🙂

thanks, but the issue is I don't even know a single letter of the username 😁

Nicholas King said:Request that she writes something just as sweet next time. 😁.

melloworca6 said:Maybe it was just some random graphic in the game or whatever. 😬

What the hell? 🤣
Nah, it’s not even about the message—I basically know that thing by heart at this point. I just can't for the life of me remember the username of the girl who sent it, and honestly? It's huge for me. 😢

Btw—not a lesbian. 😁

Anthony Barrett37 said:There’s no way you can undo that.

Oh, just great. 😢

how do I get back a message I accidentally deleted? :/

Zachary Peterson6 said:Look, I'm a real sweetheart, I say please and thank you🙂but people really get under my skin when they start labeling us all as thieves...

Not exactly EVERYONE, though.😁

Zachary Peterson6 said:And who exactly do you think is stealing???!!
Why would anyone steal someone's letters??? That’s just straight-up nonsense—it's like saying bankers steal cash or doctors steal blood... hello? It's our job to deliver the mail!!!
And as for the Red Cross stuff, they run those drives a few times a year where there's a tiny surcharge on all shipments, so quit whining about it!

Then please, by all means, explain to me—where exactly are these packages vanishing to? Since you're clearly such a perfect example of a polite postal worker (though I haven't met one yet, and honestly, I don't see any on this forum either) 🙂
And I didn't say people were stealing letters, I said packages... obviously nobody's stealing letters—who wants a pile of paper? That's why the letters arrive and the regular packages don't.

Fine, the charity drives exist... but shouldn't we be asking if people actually *want* to participate? It's not a big deal for me to chip in a couple of bucks, but it's a real issue when that charge piles up because the drive lasts a whole week and I've got multiple shipments a day... hold on a second, right??
At this rate, am I gonna get hit with some random fee for every little thing $17 according to your logic?
Besides, prices are already hiked up enough as it is for a single standard shipment, lol... if the postal service is so "charitable," maybe they should just fund their own damn causes from their own pockets!

Rebecca Grant26 said:Yeah, because NEVER again. Honestly, I don't even think it was actually sent.😢 Seriously, they don't give a damn. They couldn't care less about putting in any effort—just totally indifferent. DON'T send stuff via standard mail, people. Don't just send it off blindly. Now I'm kicking myself over those $5.00 bucks I didn't spend on tracking.

Hmm, what if the package is stuck somewhere, right? Like, someone finally finds it after months of sitting there past the holding period at the post office—does it just get sent back to the sender?

If you pay for certified mail, maybe they'd actually give a crap, but with standard shipping? They don't care!
It's total nonsense. Whether you sent it standard or certified, you paid your money and sent the package—it should arrive... isn't it weird how it's always the standard packages that vanish? They don't just "vanish"—they get stolen because they know you can't prove anything without a signature. I mean, certified always shows up, but standard doesn't, right? Someone please tell me there's another explanation.🙄

Anyway, I was at the post office today, and some lady tried to charge me like 6 bucks plus change... basically a week's worth of Red Cross donations.😕 Okay, and? What's that got to do with me? Isn't it enough that their prices are already insane?
If there was any other way to ship things besides the USPS, I'd take it in a heartbeat. This whole system is pure evil.

Can I just "borrow" some of those shipping forms—you know, the ones for standard packages and registered mail—and fill them out at home before bringing them in? Or would people give me weird looks if I just grabbed them? 😁

Nicole Lee4 said:We clearly had a misunderstanding. You bring it in unsealed, sure, but they’re the ones who seal it up after they check everything inside.
You can send it via standard mail (up to 2kg works too), but there's zero security there. Usually, you shouldn't even bother showing up with it unsealed.

No problem 😁

So how much does standard shipping actually run?
I need to ship a package overseas too and the costs are absolutely killing me 🙂

Nicole Lee4 said:a) You gotta cover the shipping costs—FedEx is basically the only option where you can charge the recipient for delivery. For standard USPS tracked mail or other packages, you’re paying upfront.
b) You can list the package value at $33 and set the COD amount to $158.00 (just double-check your math so you don't screw it up)
c) The carrier will drop the cash right at your door. You'll just need to fill out a money order form listing yourself as the recipient, http://
Hope that clears things up.

Yeah, thanks 🙂
The driver dropped off the cash today—everything went smooth. I saw some people having nightmares with COD shipments, but luckily, I didn't run into any of that mess.

Here I am again with another question, obviously 😁
I’ve been scrolling through this forum, but I’m still a bit lost—and what can I do, I'm just a total airhead at heart 🤣

So... I'm planning to send two pairs of pants via cash on delivery, and the buyer covers the shipping... Do I actually need to carry any cash with me, or nothing at all since he's paying the shipping? The total value including shipping is $53 (it's 138 without shipping), so would it be smarter to mark the package so it doesn't exceed $33 (since I think you get charged extra for that)?

One more thing... How and when do I actually get my money? Does the mailman just hand it to me or what? Sorry for being such a pain 😍

Nicole Lee4 said:I don't have time to read through everything—but if the recommended package is just a box, it should be fine as long as it stays under four pounds and isn't some massive crate.
Those shoe boxes? They pass without a hitch.

Gonna give that a shot too... thanks Nicole Lee4 😁