Mailing Items That Weigh More Than 13 Oz.

[KellyTheChef]

I just posted this on another thread, but I didn't want it to get lost and others not to see it....


Those of you who stamp your own items when mailing out of your house....after 9/11, if you mailed something +1pound you had to drop it off IN PERSON. (My mail carrier would take it for me and stamp it, since she knows me) Now, they have changed things again. If it is more than 13 oz., you MUST TAKE IT IN. She can't even "verify" for me and take it anymore. I HAVE to take it in.

Just letting you know, so you don't have something returned to you...check with your carrier!

 

[Carissidy]

Thanks for the information Kelly... Good to know!

 

[kaceyleigh2]

Thanks Kelly, very helpful

 

[priscilla]

If you print the postage from the UPS website the carrier can still pick it up from your house.

Robin

 

[KellyTheChef]

If you print the postage from the UPS website the carrier can still pick it up from your house.

Robin

From what my carrier was telling me, she can't even take it if it has postage on it...or is the printed out kind OK since it would have numbers printed on it that would "trace" it back to you?

 

[chefann]

If you print it from the USPS site, you can designate that you'll take it to a PO, or need pick-up. You also specify a date that it will be mailed, and it's printed on the postage. It's all traceable.

 

[ginamkiely]

what about ebay and paypal? i sell a lot on ebay and print postage through paypal well over 1 lb and i just leave it outside my house for him to pick up... will i be able to do that anymore?

 

[chefann]

That's a tie-in with the PO site, so you should be OK. The postage is dated, etc. so it's still traceable.