Tag Archives: Postal Service
Q&A: Should I charge extra postage when buyers give the wrong address?
QUESTION: I just have to vent about these people who order something without checking the address. I usually don’t hear from them until a few weeks later. I think the fault lies with 1-Click on Amazon, because it doesn’t give people a chance to confirm the shipping address. So many of them send the item [...]
Bookseller solves mystery of Postal Service black hole
This story was so funny I had to steal it. It was posted by hardybooksellers here on the Amazon sellers discussion board: Today at the post office I brought in four books to mail. As I gave the clerk my money, he knocked the books on the floor that he had stamped and placed on [...]
Q&A: Why won’t the Postal Service take my Media Mail?
QUESTION: I’ve been selling books online for about three years. The most convenient method for shipping has been Media Mail, leaving them in my mailbox. I carefully weigh each book and affix postage stamps, then stamp the package “Media Mail.” The mailman knows me, and has had no problem dispatching my packages to the Post [...]
Q&A: Should I pay extra for USPS Delivery Confirmation at the retail window?
QUESTION: I have a problem regarding USPS treatment of Delivery Confirmation. Originally I addressed all my books by hand. If the price was over $25, I would slap on a green Delivery Confirmation sticker. The postal clerk would scan it in in front of me at the window. It cost 65 cents for each Media [...]
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