thebiglebowski Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Couldn't you have just bought insurance for cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutzonborglum Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Couldn't you have just bought insurance for cheaper? Before tracking became free for media mail, I would send things media mail with $100 insurance, and it ended up being about one dollar more than had I just gone with trackiing(which is included with insurance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Thats awesome! Thanks for paying for a piece of my buddys pension!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 This seems to only make sense if this is a charge to have things handled separately from the rest of sorted mail. I print my own postage and bulk bought fragile stickers. To me, the fragile stickers are for the mail carriers and such not for the machines that process my package. I hope this makes sense because otherwise this charge makes no sense and would take an enormous amount of effort to enforce for an entity that has been hemorrhaging money for years. Also Batman looks liked you got hosed by a shitty postal clerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethrock Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hopefully Canada Post doesn't find out about this! Those free fragile stickers they always put on for me are going to start costing $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As a postal worker myself, I can confirm. I just Ace Ventura the shit out of any packages I get marked fragile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Bateman Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 haha. classic. maybe its a diff price depending on the location its going. nimodo not gonna write gonna amything on there no more. i wouldve changed mailers but today was the only day i couldve gone before friday. had to send this mofo out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Bateman Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Couldn't you have just bought insurance for cheaper? i honestly have never purchased for an item. i dont even know what the price is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As a postal worker myself, I can confirm. I just Ace Ventura the shit out of any packages I get marked fragile. A lesson to always tip your mail carrier at Christmas, right? Brock N Roll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatGreenOne77 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I just noticed this a few nights ago when checking the shipping cost on something going to Chicago via priority. When I checked the fragile option online it automatically charged an extra $10.35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 This seems to only make sense if this is a charge to have things handled separately from the rest of sorted mail. I print my own postage and bulk bought fragile stickers. To me, the fragile stickers are for the mail carriers and such not for the machines that process my package. I hope this makes sense because otherwise this charge makes no sense and would take an enormous amount of effort to enforce for an entity that has been hemorrhaging money for years. Also Batman looks liked you got hosed by a shitty postal clerk. Talked to my post office a day or two ago and forgot to post on here. The folks you're dealing with are just being dicks and charging you a "special handling" charge. This means it is put in a separate bin from the rest of the mail. My post lady I dealt with, who was an absolute sweetheart, as well as her manager both looked at me like I was crazy when I explained to them what you guys were talking about. She then proceeded to explain it to me and stamp all my stuff as fragile, while not charging me anything extra. It is still fine to write fragile on your packages, and you should not be charged anything extra. If an employee tries to charge you this, you need to ask to speak with the manager so they can be set straight. -tess., emacs and ExtraFox 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 excellent detective work randy. appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTacoMunster Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Talked to my post office a day or two ago and forgot to post on here. The folks you're dealing with are just being dicks and charging you a "special handling" charge. This means it is put in a separate bin from the rest of the mail. My post lady I dealt with, who was an absolute sweetheart, as well as her manager both looked at me like I was crazy when I explained to them what you guys were talking about. She then proceeded to explain it to me and stamp all my stuff as fragile, while not charging me anything extra. It is still fine to write fragile on your packages, and you should not be charged anything extra. If an employee tries to charge you this, you need to ask to speak with the manager so they can be set straight. I just found this out also. I shipped a record on Tuesday and mentioned it and my guy said he never heard of that. Went in there today and he told me the same thing as above. He even printed me literature about it. He said you should be able to get a refund... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I asked the clerks at my office today and none of them had any idea what that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Talked to my post office a day or two ago and forgot to post on here. The folks you're dealing with are just being dicks and charging you a "special handling" charge. This means it is put in a separate bin from the rest of the mail. My post lady I dealt with, who was an absolute sweetheart, as well as her manager both looked at me like I was crazy when I explained to them what you guys were talking about. She then proceeded to explain it to me and stamp all my stuff as fragile, while not charging me anything extra. It is still fine to write fragile on your packages, and you should not be charged anything extra. If an employee tries to charge you this, you need to ask to speak with the manager so they can be set straight. Thanks for quoting me on this. I knew I wasn't crazy. It's like when you print postage and just want a clerk to scan the barcode for acceptance (especially for International packages) and they say they can't scan it or they're not allowed to. It's bullshit. Talk to another clerk, a manager, or go to another PO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thanks for quoting me on this. I knew I wasn't crazy. It's like when you print postage and just want a clerk to scan the barcode for acceptance (especially for International packages) and they say they can't scan it or they're not allowed to. It's bullshit. Talk to another clerk, a manager, or go to another PO. No prob, dude. I almost totally forgot to post about it in here after I talked to them. I've been really lazy the last few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatGreenOne77 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I sent a record off earlier this week and the mailer had a "Careful Fragile Contents" sticker on it from where ever I had ordered it from to begin with. When I asked the clerk he told me it was because they were putting Fragile items separately for special handling now, so he covered the sticker for me and I just got the insurance for cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I have asked about this at 3 different times and the PO workers say there is no such charge, as they go ahead and stamp my boxes with fragile stamps. Edit: just to echo what has already been said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just sold on record on here and packed it up with 3 fragile stickers. Had a guy scan it for acceptance. No problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xadamhudsonx Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I talked about it with my local post office too, and they won't apply that charge for just any package stamped FRAGILE.They have a special FRAGILE sticker that you're basically buying for that new fee, and packages with that sticker will received "extra special handling" and "careful transportation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 If we could only get a picture of that sticker so we know not to buy it. That is unless you're shipping a Déjà test press... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xadamhudsonx Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 If we could only get a picture of that sticker so we know not to buy it. That is unless you're shipping a Déjà test press... This is the sticker that you'll have to pay the extra charges for. Any other fragile sticker or fragile notation on the package won't incur those same fees. GradedOnACurve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 There it is! Now everyone screenshot it and save it on your phone when the PO tries to rip you off. No one should be coming back with sob stories and/or trying to convince us otherwise. Thanks Adam! xadamhudsonx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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