posted on February 21, 2002 05:43:37 PM new
I just took about 12 packages to the post office and the people there were extremely rude.
Even though I had all my packages pre-marked with e-Delivery Confirmation and ready to mail, they gave me a long lecture about my having to call first if I ever have more than 10 boxes!
Anyone else experienced this?
While I was waiting in line the same clerk who gave me the nasty lecture spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to fill out and attach a EMS label for a customer. Mailing my ready-to-go 12 packages took all of 7 or 8 minutes.
Is this a real rule? I want to file a complaint against this employee if its not. I dont exepect a hassle in exchange for giving them my business.
posted on February 21, 2002 05:56:27 PM new
I don't think it's a real rule. In fact at my post office (which depending on the day of the week I can have 10-25 packages...and I ship everyday) all I have to do is drop off my packages with a blank check and they do my order for me in their spare time and put the receipt in my PO Box. Granted I have to trust them (which I do). But they started doing that because they said it was a convenience for them because I was holding up the line and they didn't want all the extra work of playing "catch up" after I left. I consider myself VERY lucky and they get a really big Christmas bonus from me!
posted on February 21, 2002 06:03:17 PM new
what bonus did you give them??
why dont you guys come to my post office,they are getting nervous about their job.
they always ask me if thats all i have for the day?
they welcome big spenders!!!!
posted on February 21, 2002 06:08:18 PM new
I would file a complaint. Remember this is their job! I have never heard of having to call ahead of time to bring a lot of packages in. Has anybody else?
posted on February 21, 2002 06:17:57 PM new
You are dealing with people who are LAZY. There is no such rule unless the local Postmaster has special lines for dealing with larger order/customers. This might be mainly at a very large post office. If you don't see a sign, you know it ain't so.
I ship at 7AM weekdays when the post office opens, I almost never wait in line and the last time I had more than 10 packages, I was the only one complaining...all the way to the bank!
posted on February 21, 2002 06:28:04 PM new
Stopwhining - I gave them a cash bonus. Everyone likes that and the way I look at it it saves me time because I don't have to do it myself on Encecia (or any of those places) and I don't have to wait in line. But if I was Classics I would file a complaint. There's no excuse for being hassled about bringing them business.
posted on February 21, 2002 06:35:40 PM new
I do a fairly large amount of mailings each week since I sell a lot of books on Half.com and some sales from eBay. It got to the point where one of the Postal Clerks behind the counter told us we would have to pre-stamp our packages and bring them around the back to the loading dock. I was bringing at the time of this story around 30 –60 packages a day. On my next trip to the Post Office caught a lecture from one of the Postal workers in the back loading area that this type of service was reserved for businesses only. I tired to explain I am a business and what I was doing and selling. I was advised that I would have to wait in line in the main lobby like everyone else. Even after I told the clerk in the back that the clerk in the front said to come back there that did no good at all.
So we off I go to the front, after waiting in line 45 minutes I was once again told I would have to go in the back. I explained what happened in the back at the loading docks but it went on deaf ears. After this ridiculous example of people not wanting to do their job I called the Post Master General of Phoenix and set up an appointment with him. He agreed to meet me at the station where this took place.
When I arrived at the Post Office a supervisor met with me and more or less took my complaint. Then he gathered all the people involved and out stepped the Post Master General. He told the clerks in no uncertain terms that they needed customers like me and that they were to take our business no matter how many packages we had and reminded them it was people like me who were paying their salaries and that was that. Of course the next visit to the post office I was met with total attitude. Sure I was able to mail my packages that day, all 48 of them but I got looks from the other workers who were called on the carpet that day and nothing but attitude from the person waiting on me. When I arrived home that day I immediately phoned the supervisor who met with me before my meeting with the Post Master General. I explained what had just happened and said I was appalled by the childish behavior I had just experienced. I advised him I don’t have time for this crap I have a business to run and all I am asking is for people to do the job they are paid for and nothing more. I went on to say you can’t have it both ways, no deliveries in the front and no deliveries to the loading dock because that equates to no deliveries to my customers. Needless to say my next visit was uneventful which it should have been and remained this way for over two years until 9-11 hit.
After 9-11 my wife and I started to get the same old run around again. I was given a lecture about the Post Office only accepting a maximum of 10 packages in the front and told I would have to bring any amount over 10 to the back loading dock. I was told that was a rule that was instituted during Desert Storm due to the lack of manpower at the Post Office because many of their employees were called to active duty and were now serving overseas. I was advised this rule was being instituted again due to the recent events of
9-11. After the lecture I was asked politely if my wife and I would please weigh and stamp all our packages, and if we did that they would take as many as I brought for delivery. Made sense to me so I didn’t say anything. On my next visit I went to the back as asked but once back there I was almost accosted by two Postal Employees demanding to know what I was doing in the back. Here we go again, I thought. I told them I was asked to please stamp and weigh my packages and bring them around the back to the loading dock for delivery. I received a lecture on new security procedures and that no one was allowed back there unless they are AUTHORIZED postal employees. That did it I was pissed. I went around front and spoke with the guy who told me to bring my packages around back. I was very upset and I let him know it. I even barked at him asking if I needed another meeting with the supervisor and Post Master General. I was told he would relay my information and someone would call me at home.
Well I don’t think I was home twenty minutes when I received a phone call form some higher up in the postal system who told me all employees at his station have been informed they are to take whatever packages I have no matter how many packages I have. They were told it doesn’t matter if they are stamped or un-stamped, weighed or un-weighed just take them and not to give this man any more grief. He went on to tell me customers like myself are important to them and while the perception might be they don’t need people like me they do. Heck I only spend $17,000 + a year with them, haven’t had another problem since. Everyone at the Post Office knows my wife and I and we have actually become good friends with a few of them.
posted on February 21, 2002 06:35:45 PM new
I think you ran into an old timer who remembers when UPS was on strike a few years back. The USPS did have a 9 item "rule" then - you were supposed to call ahead if you had 10 items or more.
Well, that's easier said than done. I doubt I would even be able to talk to a human if I called the local numbers in the phone book, all I ever gotten is a pre-recorded message about their hours and numbers to press to find out about their "services".
I would make it a point to bring in 10 items again and hope you get this same clerk again. Ask him/her to show you where this "rule" is posted so that the public can see it. Sounds like this cheerful Federal employee needs to be reminded that being busy = job security.
The 3 PO's that I frequent have always been cordial and appreciative that I have my packages wrapped, labeled and forms filled out. ebayers make their job easier.
I do try and not walk in with 10 items, 5 minutes before they close like the Dunham Express folks who bring in 25 Express Mail items at 5:55 PM.
If this person gives you more grief, by all means fill out a complaint, but I would try to enlighten him/her on the benefits of your bringing in business to their employer.
posted on February 21, 2002 07:44:44 PM new
I was told this when I came to the counter with 40 small first class packages and proceded to raise Hell to such an extent the office manage called the Post Master General down. This was at the main office in New Orleans.
The Postmaster General of NOLA agreed with me that a customer did not need to call before bringing a large number of packages he stated this was in effect when UPS was on strike but it was temporary.
I also thought it was odd that by the loading dock in back there is a sign that state Employees only beyond this point.
posted on February 21, 2002 07:48:46 PM new
The post office I use has started harassing me too. I bring my packages in stamped and the insurance slips filled out. The new postmaster who has no counter experience, says they are "coated". The stamps are sometimes glued on since they do not stick well to the priority mail envelopes, tape, etc. They are not coated or taped over and he is unable to give a reasonable explanation why they are being sent back to me. Before he arrived they were cancelled and sent on their way and was fine!!! They are returned later in the day now and marked returned to sender. I have to repack and restamp them again. I am considering driving ten miles away to some other post office so I don't have to deal with this.
What a load of sh*t!!!
posted on February 21, 2002 08:03:50 PM new
You go to the post office and you hate to wait in line. I know I do. At my branch, waits of a half hour or longer are not unusual. And that is just people who are mailing ONE or TWO packages. Can you imagine how long that wait would be if every patron needed the post office to weigh and stamp fifty packages?
Have a little consideration for the people behind you who only need to send off a letter. Why should you be exempt from the rules? Is it because your #*!@ smells like perfume?
Get a #*!@ postal scale, put your own stamps on the package and drop them wherever the postal employees tell you. There's an OBVIOUS reason for the 10-package rule, Einstein. BTW I have been going to the same post office since I began eBay five years ago and I am on very good terms with all the clerks. I would certainly never go in there with 50 packages and then cop an attitude.
posted on February 21, 2002 08:22:40 PM new
Twinsoft, sorry, but I'm not going to stamp every little package just because the post office wants to make it easier on THEM. I go up to the window just like anyone else, and if I'm there for 20 minutes, then I've just left then with a lot of my money. I PAID for it in other words. And if I read the original post correctly, the ebayer didn't cop an attitude, the clerk did.
posted on February 21, 2002 09:04:34 PM neweBaynalong, I said there was an obvious reason for the 10-package rule, but perhaps that reason isn't so obvious. So let me spell it out. It is rude and a disservice to the other patrons to come to the window and expect the postal clerk to do so much extra work the patron could easily do herself. Your postage buys you just so much. It doesn't give you the right to tie up a window for a half hour. That is why the 10-package rule exists.
Do you think the clerks care one way or the other? They don't, because either way they are going to be standing there stamping packages. The 10-package rule protects the other people standing in line. My advice, it is much FASTER for YOU to spend $20 bucks on a digital scale, prestamp your packages and just drop them off at the loading dock. Do it that way and you save everybody time, including yourself. Plus you don't have to listen to the postal clerks swearing at you under their breath.
posted on February 21, 2002 09:08:34 PM new
TWINSOFT....I think you are the one who thinks their ____ don't stink. I could care less whether I mail 500 packages or 1 package. If I have something to mail, I wait like everyone else and everyone should wait for me too. It is bovine feces to think I should call ahead. Do you call the grocery store ahead of time to let them know you will be buying a large amount of groceries so they can open up a cashier just for you? Should everyone buying just milk move ahead of you? Get real. My packages are prelabeled with DC before I go to the PO. After that, I pay the same as everyone else. When they start charging me less for shipping that those who ship "one" letter, then I will gladly let someone ahead of me!
posted on February 21, 2002 09:28:02 PM new
For the contentiously inclined, there is no 10 package rule at the USPS. As explained in earlier posts, there was one many years ago during the UPS strike, but my Postmaster (and others quoted in this thread) have confirmed that it no longer exists.
There is another problem in that the post office requires any shipper to bring packages weighing more than 1 pound to the window, they can NOT simply be dropped in the mailbox. And my post office also has signs in the back saying "for employees only".
As to making other customers wait, believe me, that person deciding which 34 cent stamp they want often takes longer than processing my dozen ready to go packages.
Come this summer, when the new USPS Priority Mail rates go into effect, you will find remarkably shorter lines, and many laid off postal clerks who think ebay shippers are a pain are going to wish to god they would come back.
Your wait will be just as long however. You see the long time civil service employees will keep their jobs. Some of them are the goldbricks who make a the fuss over customers with more than 9 packages.
And for that poor person waiting in line for one stamp, well, let's hope they might buy a book of them rather than waiting in line each time. That's the way I do it.
posted on February 21, 2002 09:50:56 PM new
I think it's wrong to dump MY work on post office clerks and then call them lazy. I don't expect the whole world to wait for me because I am AN EBAY SELLER (flourish of trumpets). It's just a little thing called "common courtesy," and it goes both ways. My clerks have done favors for me many times.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:06:40 PM new
Litlux, "contentiously inclined," LOL, that's putting it politely.
USPS will pick up packages at your home. You don't have to deliver them. You can't drop them in a mailbox because they have to be hand-processed. And my post office also has a sign which says, "for employees only." They know me at the PO loading dock. Obviously, they don't want just anyone strolling around the packages.
I've been going to the same post office for five years and I respect all the people who work there. I've never seen one "goldbrick." One clerk is older, overweight and with bad legs, and she still does her best without complaining. Thankfully, I've also never seen anyone come up to the window with 50 packages and then act like they are God's gift to the postal service.
BTW, you said a dozen packages. I bring a dozen or so fairly often. That's a long shot from "I don't care if I bring 500 packages...."
posted on February 21, 2002 10:09:33 PM newAs to making other customers wait, believe me, that person deciding which 34 cent stamp they want often takes longer than processing my dozen ready to go packages.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:38:53 PM new
twinsoft and litlux (and anyone else who wishes
to respond)
I send most of my ebay packages Priority Mail.
They weigh anywhere between 1-4 pounds.
Now, I understand twinsoft's point of view and
I have never been hassled by anyone for the amount of packages I bring in. But,
while the patron could weigh and atamp every package ahead of time NOW. What about when
Priority Rates are zoned for packages over 1 lb.?
I don't know how it could be practical
for an ebay seller to even attempt to
stamp packages ahead of time. To do this would mean that you would have to not only weigh each package but also accurately figure out which zone each package falls into.
I would be too worried that I would eventually make a mistake and god forbid if a
package arrived to a buyer with postage due.
I assume that USPS will easily be able to figure out the correct zone by entering the zip code into the computer.
In my opinion, the zoning changes of Priority mail will make everyone more reliant on postal clerks than they already are.
What does everyone think?
There are those intellectuals like
Thoreau, Emerson, and Twinsoft who advocate
self-reliance.
But can anyone truly be self-reliant when the
new Priority Rates take affect?
There is a good reason why they... meaning P.O. clerks, are stuck working behind the counter, and its not because of their sincere devotion to customer service.
I have no sympathy for some of these lazy, well paid, clueless, side-show clowns, working behind the counter.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:48:39 PM new
YES I wonder if you live in portsmouth rhode island. They have gone even beyoned that with me made my 78 yr old mother stick stamps on my packages after waiting in line like everyone else,she had 30 packages... They have told her/me no more than 10 pakckages..Then told us no more than 10 after 3pm....Then told me no more than 10 after 4pm.. All my packages are prefixed...and ready no paper work needs to be done either..I have complained many times to the head office also also made a visit to another local PO where they said nothing like that would happen there and I would get served 10 secs before closing. They are very nice there..Now they will not take my paypal card from anyone but me..but will take my debit/credit card from others (which is the same as my paypal)..According to Head Office and other PO's they cant do this!..Disgruntled PO workers..Now I understand..
posted on February 21, 2002 10:51:43 PM new
I think it works both ways. I'm currently shipping around 125 packages a week, and due to a knee injury that makes it hard for me to get around, my husband makes the post office runs for me.
I buy stamps ahead of time, and have all my packages as ready as possible. Insurance forms, customs forms, etc. are all filled out in advance. It helps hubby not to have to wait so long, and it helps the clerks because they don't have to spend time doing lots of paperwork. And it helps their attitude because they see that we're trying to make their jobs easier for them.
When I first started selling, I didn't even have a scale or even a clue about postage rates, and yep, the clerks were cranky because they had to handle every single package. Now they're actually pleased to see hubby coming in with lots of packages, because for the most part, he just hands the pre-stamped packages over the counter and buys stamps for next time.
Of course, it might help that hubby (a.k.a. Mr. Charming) has got big blue eyes and a cheerful personality, and all the post office clerks are little old Granny-type ladies who get a kick out of "flirting" with him. LOL!
Seriously, though, if the clerks see that you're trying to make their jobs easier, they'll probably be more cooperative.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:53:57 PM new
"eBaynalong, I said there was an obvious reason for the 10-package rule, but perhaps that reason isn't so obvious. So let me spell it out. It is rude and a disservice to the other patrons to come to the window and expect the postal clerk to do so much extra work the patron could easily do herself. Your postage buys you just so much. It doesn't give you the right to tie up a window for a half hour. That is why the 10-package rule exists. "
Yes, it does. My money is as good as anyone else's, and I have NO problem whatsoever with the guy (who runs a business out of his home) who HAS to take up to 90 minutes of one clerk's time to mail all of his packages. Some are insured, others are certified, and you can't do all that from home. As for this rule, I have yet to find it at any post office in my area.
"Do you think the clerks care one way or the other? They don't, because either way they are going to be standing there stamping packages."
No kidding. A family member worked at the post office, and guess what, they also spent over 10 hours a week of THEIR OWN TIME memorizing routes for sorting. Unfortunately most of the people who benefit the most from the post office are clueless about how detailed the work is behind the counter.
"The 10-package rule protects the other people standing in line. My advice, it is much FASTER for YOU to spend $20 bucks on a digital scale, prestamp your packages and just drop them off at the loading dock."
How is that faster, and how do I cover my selling butt if I just drop it off? That's fine if I was sending out a bunch of catalogs, but it isn't going to fly two feet if I have to prove I shipped something when I can't. Besides, I don't think you can get any faster than throwing something in the car and standing in line for a few minutes.
"Do it that way and you save everybody time, including yourself. Plus you don't have to listen to the postal clerks swearing at you under their breath."
It won't save me a bit of time, and the postal clerks in my area are great. So much so that when one died of a heart attack, it made front-page headlines, and now there's a special plaque in his honor at the PO.
I've spent many months investigating ways to save money and time, and pre-stamping won't save me anything in either category. From my experience, the problem isn't the person with all the boxes, it's the one who hasn't addressed anything, doesn't have a stamp, doesn't know what forms to use and need 10 money orders on top of it. Now THOSE are the people that clog up the line.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:57:29 PM new
professorhiggins -- The post office's rates are posted on their website, so it wouldn't be difficult to keep up with the current rates. As far as stamps, a seller could always use an online postage service, like Endicia or whatever.
By the way, I use UPS for larger packages. They're often cheaper than Priority Mail, once you consider the cost of Delivery Confirmation and insurance. And they pick up every day, right from my home.
posted on February 21, 2002 10:59:59 PM new
Good point about Priority Mail prices going by zone. There's no way I'm going to figure this stuff out on my own when I can just go to the counter and have it all done by the people that will be handling my mail.
posted on February 22, 2002 12:05:16 AM new
Imagine having a cart full of groceries at the Supermarket and the clerk telling you you just bought to much at one time and they could only sell you 10 items. It wouldn't happen at Wal-Mart, but that's what they did to me at one Post Office last year. I had to ship 10 packages, and then get back in line to ship 10 more. Naturally I don't go there any more.
I have spent far too much of my life waiting in line at the Post Office and never fail to marvel how often the clerks wrap customers packages for them, take minutes to explain all the choices for shipping, show them countless stamp designs, talk them into using a credit card when the customer had cash in hand (yes the PO would rather pay Visa 2% and spend 5 minutes processing the credit card than accept cash in 20 seconds time), fill out forms for people who have waited in line doing nothing for 20 minutes, etc.
I could point out countless simple changes that would waste much less of our lives waiting in line, but since it makes no difference to the PO, don't look for any improvement. The reason it doesn't make any difference is because during the day, at most PO's the long lines at some point disapate. So it doesn't matter financially to them if you waste 30 minutes of your life watching a clerk wrap somebody else's package, because later in the day they will eventually catch up with all the customers.
True, if they were efficient, they could cut back on window clerks, but then the lines would again get longer during busy rushes.
It does bother me to see an operation that is so inefficient, and I hate wasting my oown time.
The only suggestion I have to improve your situation is, if you are selling inexpensive items, to underwrite the insurance yourself. Insurance is the biggest cash cow for the PO they have and collecting on it is a big hassle, so offer insurance to your customers and be your own insurance company. Package things well, and if the buyer says something broke, then pay the claim immediately. You will mke money this way and do a real service to the buyer.
If you actually buy Postal Insurance, here is my history in making a claim:
The 1st time, I was the buyer, and paid for insurance. The item was fragile, well packaged, and smashed into little pieces. The seller was required to fill out a form, since they were the one buying the insurance. I also had to take the item to the Post Office, fill out a form and leave the item there. The seller's Post Office was out of forms and in a small town so the seller waited weeks for new forms to arrive without success. After much complaining on my part, they got the form elsewhere. Then 6 weeks later I got my money back, but not the $20 I paid for shipping, which the PO and the seller would not reimberse. So the Seller made money, the PO made money on the shipping, and me the buyer lost $20 and a lot of time for nothing. 2 out of 3 ain't bad, so they say.
The 2nd time was recently. In the past, whenever I mail myself some items from California in a sturdy box which weighs over 20 lbs, the box arrives in Michigan looking like it went through the war...every time. So I insured the last one hoping it would help. Not so. It was split open, many items were missing, the box was retaped closed, many items were crushed. I took the box to my local PO but was told I had to take it to the PO that delivers my mail....10 miles further away. They did give me the forms to fill out, which I did. I took them in the next day on a Saturday. This PO always has a huge line and there were 4 or 5 clerks working that day, all selling insurance whenever they could. But I was told after waiting forever that only one person there could handle claims and they didn't work Saturdays. I was told to return Monday. I explained I was leaving town for 3 weeks Sunday and could I please just leave the box and the forms in that person's office? No way, the office was locked, I was told. Well, how about leaving it outside their office, then? No way on that idea.
So here were 5 clerks selling insurance but don't dare make a claim to them. It's ok to kick, drop, push, roll, my heavy package, but there must be no equipemnt to handle heavy packages and nobody would think of actually picking this box up after the original clerk tenderly lifted it off the scale in California.
But I'm rambling by now. I'll wrap this up and simply say if you actually buy PO insurance, you are a sucker. And if your packages are light and well packages, they almost never get damaged or lost. So be your own insurance agent and take the easy money away from the PO. You deserve it for spending so much time in their lines.
[ edited by zzyzx000 on Feb 22, 2002 12:12 AM ]
posted on February 22, 2002 12:11:10 AM new
I know how to figure out the rates using the
website so I guess that is only part of my concern.
I was just thinking mainly about the following
situation.
Right now, with the flat rates for Priority
rates being $3.50, $3.95, $5.20, and $6.45
for 1-4 lbs respectively it would be easy to
purchase stamps ahead of time because I could estimate the number of 1,2,3, or 4 lb packages that I have per month and plan accordingly.
However, here is a hypothetical example:
using the actual proposed rates of USPS
Package weighs 3 lbs.
Rates for a package weighing 2.1-3.0 lbs
Z1-3 Z4 Z5 Z6 Z7 Z8
3 4.75 6.05 6.85 7.15 7.85 8.55
I realize that there are electronic methodslike Endicia that can be used to print postage with exact dollar amounts. However,
this is an extra expense which some people
may decide to do without.
Assuming that one bought his own stamps to attempt to affix the postage himself, he would need to have several different
denominations of stamps in order to accomplish this because the zone rates can vary from as little as $1.30 going to Zone 4
to as much as $3.80 to Zone 8.
By contrast, the Post Office can easily
print and affix the correct postage at the counter.
I know that UPS may be cheaper, but from a
personal perspective:
1) I don't drive and the PO is only about
3 blocks away from where I live making it more convenient.
2) I like walking to the PO if for no other
reason than to get outside and get some
exercise.
As I said, I've never been hassled
when I go to the PO, but if it ever got to
be a "problem" I would be more than willing
to ask them if there was a better, less busy time to come in. I would try to stick to that time, knowing that I may not always be able to. However, I could certainly try.
I was actually the first person that the
post office employees had seen that actually
printed the free USPS Priority DC labels
and was the one who told them that DC was free with the labels. They had read about them in a memo but had never seen them.
The first time I showed up with these labels on my packages one of the employees told 2 or 3 others to come look. I think they were surprised.
Needless to say, they know me fairly well now. Many of them are very nice people.
posted on February 22, 2002 01:47:44 AM new
Yes, there are nice people at the counter in most PO's. There are also a lot of people who have stess related problems caused by running sorting machines, etc. Not the best match for ebay sellers with lots of packages.
I've hinted that it makes no difference if you have one person with 20 packages or 20 with 1. At least mine have everything done before hand that I can do UP TO weighing, stamping & insuring.
Our PO is consistently understaffed and that is certainly not my problem.That is a PO management problem that should have no bearing on my ability to mail whatever needs mailing. When they start giving me discounts for the work I do to get packages all stamped and ready to go, then I will start thinking about doing it. TIME is MONEY. And I can think of much more profitable ways to use mine.
Perhaps it is time that the PO thinks about serving its ebay customers while being sensitive to the rest of the folks in line. In larger PO's a special line for people with more than 10 pakcages would be great for them or us.
Rates are high enough to expect that service at the PO. I should not have to pay more to use an online postage service, nor should I have to tie up money in non-interest bearing stamps. No two of my packages weigh the same and I am not going to get into the very fine details of calcultating rates. That is their job!!
posted on February 22, 2002 03:32:56 AM new
After reading these posts, I feel like I've got it made. We live in a rural location and all I do is leave a note in the mailbox and my mail lady knows that there are packages behind the tree. If I happen to be going by the post office I will take them myself. Since I use Stamps.com all I have to do is carry them in and put them on a shelf. The monthly fee I pay for Stamps.com is worth it to me. I bought a ton of mailing labels from an online store at a cheap price so I'm stocked up. As far as the attitudes of the clerks, there is one there that I have never seen smile and I think she may have something painful shoved up her butt. She is very rude, but all the others are very nice. Just my 2 cents. Barbara
posted on February 22, 2002 03:51:40 AM new
Most of the post offices I've been in have a modern system that lets the clerk weigh, specify and apply postage to most any package in about 30 seconds. That a small business needs to do their work for them is baloney. If I was doing 25 packages everyday and could make it pay to do all that extra work on a home system it would be different. As it stands, all my packages are meticulously labeled, barcoded and are marked with the type of shipment method. That's more than enough.
LOL!
