Posts by Sarah Campbell30

Olivia Nelson37 said:I suppose I am one of those rare cases where this actually happens; specifically, I went to the post office to pick up a package and ended up paying $1.75 for delivery simply because I arrived before 5:00 PM, which was their excuse for the charge🙄 (though, mind you, it was clearly noted on that little slip of paper regarding anything after 5:00 PM)... I didn't have the energy to argue with the clerk at the counter, so I just paid it.... grrrrrrrrr

This isn't right, and in an American post office, there isn't a single soul who wouldn't take advantage of such a situation; what you did by ensuring this never happens again was essentially dealing with a theft, plain and simple. You should have exercised a bit more foresight—don't carry the burden yourself, and for heaven's sake, if they have an issue with you arriving early, they can just tell you to come back after 5:00 PM.
I have been there countless times before 5:00 PM and have never once been charged; the worst that would happen is he might huff because he has to go hunt down the package, but I would calmly tell him it's no problem and that I'll wait, and you'd see how quickly he brings it out.
The whole thing is truly pathetic, hitting rock bottom; just imagine the lengths people will go to, considering one time an employee at my local branch told me to tape my package extra tight because "things happen."
But let’s be clear, it isn't me or you doing the stealing—it's them. How many times have I received an envelope already opened and held shut by staples in two different places? Who exactly was opening them??
Keep your guard up so they don't play you,
and for goodness' sake, hire decent, honest people; if someone doesn't want to work, they should leave, because there are always plenty of others willing to show up and perform their duties with integrity...👎👎👎👎

Just wanted to share an update,
I sent off a package today—just a single t-shirt via certified mail (weight approx. 0.85 lbs)—and I received my $5.00 refund promptly.
I opted for a padded bubble mailer since that’s my standard practice, unless I’m shipping multiple items which necessitates a box; the envelope itself was $1.50,
so the total weight came to $6.50😲,

Everything went perfectly smoothly, quite frankly.👎👎

vividcobra3 As requested by:
I have a few questions regarding the following—
If I am sending out a package and paying the premium for age-restricted shipping, then there are certain expectations regarding how that shipment is handled.$1.75 What exactly is the point of paying for shipping if the mail carrier arrives at the recipient's door only to find an empty house? They simply leave one of those little yellow slips behind, forcing the recipient to trek down to the local USPS office just to claim their package. It seems like a rather inefficient way to handle things. $1.75!?!?
I assume they realize that their operating hours overlap perfectly with ours, which means most people are actually at work when the USPS carrier is making rounds; one would think it’s common sense to anticipate that working professionals won't be lounging around the house on a weekday morning. It seems the only ones consistently home to intercept deliveries are stay-at-home moms, pregnant women, or those recovering from childbirth. 😍

Can we actually trust the USPS when they claim they attempted a delivery, or are they simply leaving behind those useless yellow slips? It’s happened to me far too many times now—I stay home specifically waiting for a package, only to step outside around 2:00 PM and find a notification stating they supposedly stopped by at 11:00 AM. They clearly didn't bother to check if anyone was actually home, which feels less like a missed connection and more like a calculated pattern of deception and theft. $1.75?!? 😂

What does the lady at the post office have to say about this?

It’s a well-framed question, and frankly, I find myself equally preoccupied with the matter.

I sent out some packages today, and even with the price hike, what I ended up with was $6.00 (I used a $27 value shipment) +$1.25 the bubble mailer =$7.25 which is an absolute disgrace
Normally, my cost would have been around $4.25, so there's no doubt the rates have gone up $1.75

It felt ridiculous previously to claim the shipping was $5.00 (considering the envelope alone eats into the margin), but imagine how it feels now when someone asks you about it

....as if saying "yeah, the shirt is $6.75" covers the fact that once you add the shipping, it hits $7.25 🙂🙈

Jose Ramirez36 said:I have a few questions—I sent some critical documents in a large A4 envelope via certified mail to a specific address. I assumed there would be some sort of automated confirmation once the package reached its destination, but apparently, that requires an extra fee which I failed to account for at the counter.

It has been two weeks now. I called the office where the documents were supposed to arrive, but they are currently buried under a mountain of applications for the SATs, so checking on individual deliveries is clearly not their priority. I am wondering if I can contact the post office directly to confirm if the letter was delivered. If not, what is actually the practical difference between standard mail and certified mail? 😕

Thanks in advance.

ps. I might be acting a bit paranoid, but since this involves my SAT registration (and by extension, my college enrollment), I hope my anxiety is understandable. 🙂

Yeah, just head down to the post office with the receipt you got when you dropped it off, and they can look up the delivery status immediately.
I suspect even if you lost the receipt, they can track it using your name and the date of mailing; whenever my packages are delayed, I just give them my name, they pull up the system, and they see exactly where it stands.
Go as soon as possible, though; from what I know about the postal service, things go missing more often than people care to admit.