USPS woes :(

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jjttdw
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Here is a nice graph showing that the USPS has pretty reasonable shipping costs as compared to many other countries:

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Complain if you want and there are sometimes reasons to complain but the USPS is better and cheaper than many of its counterparts across the globe.
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ErocAfellar wrote:why don't you appeal the claim decision?
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Gonna chalk it up to USPS, but just a general shipping woe i guess. This somehow managed to land in Sydney, get shipped over to Japan for a quick tour and then back to Sydney where it belongs... Poor Wall-E!
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That will spoon right out with this guy's spoon

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NEWPORTS69 wrote:ive kept journal for very long time and ranked public restrooms because i srs hate using them, was working on an app but im not very smart
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After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
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canuck wrote:After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
bummer, hopefully it isn't too hard to find a replacement.
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canuck wrote:After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
Lost as in "we don't know where it is" or lost like "its never going to arrive?" Story time.
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USPS price increases take effect today.
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halftonegraphics wrote:USPS price increases take effect today.
1st class stamps go up from 47 cents to 49.

What's happening with Priority Mail? >>> It looks like a 2 lb package (i.e., poster in a tube) goes up between 25 and 50 cents, depending on regions of origin/destination.
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approx. 3.9% increase. all flat rate domestic went up. no change to international.
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canuck wrote:After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
Lost as in "we don't know where it is" or lost like "its never going to arrive?" Story time.
Shipped a print to Czech and it never showed up 2 months later. Put in a lost claims and never heard back from them. Entirely too lazy to give a fudge and go down to the PO. Never insured cuz it was only a 40 buck print originally. At least according to tracking it never showed up. Probably showed up and dude just felt like screwing me over. I'm sticking to that theory. :evil:
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canuck wrote:After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
I currently have the pleasure of dealing with my first lost tube too. The USPS Rep asked me if I put Priority Mail "tape" on the tube. Nope, never have in the past and never a problem getting tube to the destination. She also asked me if I taped the end caps (of course I do). I'm...like...thinking what does that have to do with a lost package. Pft-t-t-t...we'll see how this goes. She said the tube might have been thrown in a Standard Shipping (ground) bin because I didn't use the Priority tape. How many of you use the tape?
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IWish wrote:
canuck wrote:After years of shipping and receiving prints I finally had the honor of my first lost tube. :pint:
I currently have the pleasure of dealing with my first lost tube too. The USPS Rep asked me if I put Priority Mail "tape" on the tube. Nope, never have in the past and never a problem getting tube to the destination. She also asked me if I taped the end caps. I'm...like...thinking what does that have to do with a lost package. Pft-t-t-t...we'll see how this goes. She said the tube might have been thrown in a Standard Shipping (ground) bin because I didn't use the Priority tape. How many of you use the tape?
Never ever, generally figure that the scan/label would indicate where it needs to be. Unless I'm not living in the future year 2000.
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Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:50 pm

I don't usually use priority tape, but the last few tubes I dropped off the person at the desk added some along the tube.
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