gboy
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posted on March 1, 2001 10:59:43 AM new
If I were to put an item in a Priority Mail tyvek envelope and then put the envelope inside of a Priority Mail cardboard box, would the USPS consider this to be a misuse of Priority Mail supplies?
[ edited by gboy on Mar 1, 2001 11:00 AM ]
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on March 1, 2001 11:03:11 AM new
I wouldn't think so - as long as you use the supplies to ship them by Priority Mail, it shouldn't matter.
I do that all the time!
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gc2
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posted on March 1, 2001 11:07:07 AM new
Gboy, I've never seen anything about this, but have used priority supplies "within", as long as I was shipping priority mail.
For priority packages, I tape my bubblewrap with priority tape, and on large shipments I have packed small priority boxes and put them in a larger box which was shipped priority.
Until they say we can't, I use any priority supplies I can....as long as I'm using the service. (If they have said somewhere we can't, I'm unaware of it.)
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Mikecol
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posted on March 1, 2001 11:09:31 AM new
A man in front of me at the Post Office had three #7 boxes taped together. He said there was a lamp base in it.
I asked the clerk if it was O.K. to do that. She said he was paying postage on the boxes. My next question was I allowed to shrink them down. She said yes, so now I am paying less postage.
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dottie
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posted on March 1, 2001 01:32:21 PM new
I've got a friend that uses the priority boxes taped together all the time to ship items that are larger than the size for a fit into a single priority box.
The post office doesn't mind as long as she is shipping the package PRIORITY, which she does!
- Dottie 
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vidpro2
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posted on March 1, 2001 01:57:02 PM new
gboy for two articles on just those issues:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/Email_Newsletter/31/31.html#shipping
and
http://www.auctionbytes.com/Email_Newsletter/27/28/28.html#priority
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imabrit
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posted on March 1, 2001 02:04:26 PM new
I do this all the time,make them smaller,put one inside another etc etc etc.
But I always ship priority and the PO has no problems with this at all.
Adrian
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taz8057
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posted on March 1, 2001 06:00:21 PM new
Well, some people use quite a bit of tape and lables on boxes too. I think you can use two priority mailers.
-Trey
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gravid
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posted on March 1, 2001 06:31:19 PM new
A lot of times I cut a shirt size box in two and use each half for a seperate box. If I do that they can jolly well let me do the reverse once in awhile. I have seen stuff in priority boxes at UPS and they accepted them and said nothing. Now that takes nerve.
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mrlatenite
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posted on March 2, 2001 06:49:15 AM new
[ edited by mrlatenite on Mar 14, 2001 11:32 AM ]
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fattyman
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posted on March 2, 2001 06:58:20 AM new
if you find a p.o worker who wants to charge by the box GO TO A DIFFERENT POST OFFICE. i use multiples all the time, taping asmany as 10 boxes together to ship flat metal signs etc.........NEVER i repeat NEVER have i been charged by the box. i have gone p.o all over my state, due to my business travels, and have never had a problem.all employees state that they have never seen someone use them in such a creative manner.........
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jumpup
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posted on March 2, 2001 08:30:41 AM new
fattyman is correct we have to put 4 ,#7 boxes together to ship lamps and violins they can not charge you for more then they are supposed to for 1 box.if they are i bet that the extra is going in someones pocket.CHANGE PO AND REPORT THAT PERSON to the postmaster for abuse
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Meya
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posted on March 2, 2001 09:22:31 AM new
Charging for each box is nonsense, and that clerk should be reported. I used 4 of the shirt type boxes all taped together to ship some plates, and no one at my PO said a word. Many times I've put two boxes end to end to ship something long or bulky. They charge by weight, not by how many boxes are used. My guess is that clerk pocketed the extra money he charged you.
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