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    I remember when I sold a lot on ebay, sometimes I had the simular situation where my item would not fit in the priority boxes. The soultion is simple, make your own box, I always save large boxes for this purpose alone.
    With some imagination, box cutter, tape and a 2X4 you can make a box to fit any need. Have done this many times and with great feedback for how my items were packaged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    Yes GEO you have to pay for the non priority boxes. But you should be able to find a priority box to fit that laptop. Then you dont have to pay for the box.
    So, I walk in, point to a priority box and can get one for FREE? Maybe that was the issue that time then..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    Haha, yeah, sorry George, but you were talking about shipping, weren't you? ; )
    PTS, you would not believe what I walked into at the local Post Office, I actually thought I had stepped back in to the middle ages, and would not exactly been surprised to have seen the Pony Express ride up.
    I would believe anything in OK. You all do live in the middle ages. JK I love OK specialy the buffalo ranch outside Enid that sells the 1 pound buffalo burgers the size of plates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeB View Post
    So, I walk in, point to a priority box and can get one for FREE? Maybe that was the issue that time then..
    Yes any box you can get online for free and shipped to you, you can get that same box at your local post office for free. The cost of the box is allready calculated into the cost of the postage.

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    regular flat rate boxes can be loaded up to 70 pounds, the regional flat rate boxes have lower weight limits
    I buy and sell all types of scrap and escrap. I buy specialty and hard to sell escrap. I buy resale items. PM me or contact me at jghilino@hotmail.com
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    Thanks to the mailman at my local post office, he straightened a few things out for me, so I will be better prepared next time around.

    He and I believe that 1 or 2 of the FREE boxes would fit the laptops, but if nothing else, one of their "ready post" boxes he said is ideal for laptops. It only costs $2.99 so I can always add that into the cost when selling laptops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    I would believe anything in OK. You all do live in the middle ages. JK I love OK specialy the buffalo ranch outside Enid that sells the 1 pound buffalo burgers the size of plates.
    we went out there to little sahara i think 5 times riding four wheelers, we looked for a place to eat a buffalo burger all those times and couldnt find one, now i wanna go back

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    you capped the word MANAGEMENT, but in reality as soon as the words "union" and "contract" popped up i knew we had a winner!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shendog View Post
    you capped the word MANAGEMENT, but in reality as soon as the words "union" and "contract" popped up i knew we had a winner!
    All unions are not bad. Being in business yourself I garuntee you contracts are not bad. You cant run a business without a contract. Every sale by definition is a contract. When management wont follow a contract they signed that is breaking the contract. Anyone who knows me knows im far from a left wing tote the union line person. But I would have to say your wrong on this one shendog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    All unions are not bad. Being in business yourself I garuntee you contracts are not bad. You cant run a business without a contract. Every sale by definition is a contract. When management wont follow a contract they signed that is breaking the contract. Anyone who knows me knows im far from a left wing tote the union line person. But I would have to say your wrong on this one shendog.
    yes, i probably am. just a kneejerk reaction when i hear those terms in any form when dealing with the government. funny how jaded we have become, but honestly we need to figure something out when we have a gov run entity that loses billions of dollars a year. nothing against postal workers either, i think they do a great job. on a side note, what is your opinion on "equal opportunity" laws and how they affect the usps and its management?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    yea, i do love the regional rate boxes though, they fill a niche for small light weight items
    If they are too light
    Might NOT be cost effective
    Box A ships at the 2 Pound rate >> Max weight 15 pounds
    Box B ships at the 4 pound rate >> Max weight 20 pounds
    Box C ships at the 17 pound rate >> Max weight 25 pounds

    I have never seen any of these box's in a Post Office lobby
    Order them online and they are delivered to you for FREE
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    Quote Originally Posted by shendog View Post
    yes, i probably am. just a kneejerk reaction when i hear those terms in any form when dealing with the government. funny how jaded we have become, but honestly we need to figure something out when we have a gov run entity that loses billions of dollars a year. nothing against postal workers either, i think they do a great job. on a side note, what is your opinion on "equal opportunity" laws and how they affect the usps and its management?
    im going to make an off topic thread about the Post Office.


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