geezerbutler
03-05-09, 20:22
This can be filed under "Saving Money"
Right now everyone is buying or selling something.....
Recently I wanted to send USPS money orders to several individuals to purchase a couple of things.
I wanted to be able to prove that the person received my money orders with delivery confirmation. hereafter referred to as "DC"
This is to protect me, the buyer, just like it protects me the seller when I use DC to ship something out to someone who's purchased an item from me.
In the past I have done this using priority mail...which costs way to effin much.
Then I received a first class package , (I think it was one from TheLandlord) which happened to be a 9 X 12 envelope or something of that nature and I noticed that it had a delivery confirmation sticker on it.
I asked myself how could this be?
I didn't know that you could have Delivery Confirmation on first class mail.
So I asked how a 1st class package got DC on it.
Get this, if you stick an envelope in a small mailer and tell them you want DC with it they will tell you "NO" ....... typical USPS BS
But you can send the envelope inside the mailer and get DC if you stick a empty box inside as filler .
See, the package has to have some girth to it. Mass now, not weight, or maybe I could even say that it can't be completely flat.
WORKAROUND .... take an empty paperclip box or anything similar in size and put it in the package to send your payment.
I have found small white plastic covered (Water resistant) 6x9 envelopes at Fred's for $.50 each. These work great.
The way I'm doing it costs a little over $2.50 including the mailer ,goes up to about 14 ounces maybe?, and proves it got there in case you need it for those pesky postal investigations.
If you do priotity mail it costs nearly $5 for the same tiny little letter.
Remember this works for all small items, such as light mounts, lights, handgrips, and other simliar items.
No, it won't get there as fast but I'd say most of the time it's just about as fast as priority mail at about half the cost.
I Hope someone goes "Damn, I didn't know that"
Thanks Landlord.
Right now everyone is buying or selling something.....
Recently I wanted to send USPS money orders to several individuals to purchase a couple of things.
I wanted to be able to prove that the person received my money orders with delivery confirmation. hereafter referred to as "DC"
This is to protect me, the buyer, just like it protects me the seller when I use DC to ship something out to someone who's purchased an item from me.
In the past I have done this using priority mail...which costs way to effin much.
Then I received a first class package , (I think it was one from TheLandlord) which happened to be a 9 X 12 envelope or something of that nature and I noticed that it had a delivery confirmation sticker on it.
I asked myself how could this be?
I didn't know that you could have Delivery Confirmation on first class mail.
So I asked how a 1st class package got DC on it.
Get this, if you stick an envelope in a small mailer and tell them you want DC with it they will tell you "NO" ....... typical USPS BS
But you can send the envelope inside the mailer and get DC if you stick a empty box inside as filler .
See, the package has to have some girth to it. Mass now, not weight, or maybe I could even say that it can't be completely flat.
WORKAROUND .... take an empty paperclip box or anything similar in size and put it in the package to send your payment.
I have found small white plastic covered (Water resistant) 6x9 envelopes at Fred's for $.50 each. These work great.
The way I'm doing it costs a little over $2.50 including the mailer ,goes up to about 14 ounces maybe?, and proves it got there in case you need it for those pesky postal investigations.
If you do priotity mail it costs nearly $5 for the same tiny little letter.
Remember this works for all small items, such as light mounts, lights, handgrips, and other simliar items.
No, it won't get there as fast but I'd say most of the time it's just about as fast as priority mail at about half the cost.
I Hope someone goes "Damn, I didn't know that"
Thanks Landlord.