captainaldous Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 If this is in the wrong forum, go ahead and move it, but I apologize on advance. But I've only shipped records about 3 times and its costed about 3-4 dollars. I just got charged $7.53 to ship a record to someone who I have shipped to before. Did I do something wrong or did the guy at the post office screw up? I'm filming a music video today and just didn't have time to sit there and argue about it, so I just paid it. Thanks for listening and for your responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Did you specifically ask for media mail? Chances are they did priority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuffsux00 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainaldous Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Did you specifically ask for media mail? Chances are they did priority I did ask for Media Mail, but after looking over my receipt a second time, he charged me for Standard Post. Real fun guy. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 First words out of your mouth at the PO should always be "media mail". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yeah, I've had a postal worker tell me behind the counter I'm not allowed to ship media mail and tried to charge me priority. Think it was like his second day on the job. But I was like helllll naaaaaawww psus2h 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dreamover Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 First words out of your mouth at the PO should always be "media mail". or try being polite and say hello. then, "i'd like to ship this media mail". kk-downing and turnstiles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casinonightzone Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I just got charged $7.53 to ship a record to someone who I have shipped to before. Did you specifically tell him this? Usually they only give you the discount for shipping to someone you've shipped to before if you tell them. seamoney, ditc586 and somethingvinyl 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 And, if they inspect it, say its for a friend taking a music appreciation class where vinyl is the main subject. Etc. had that happen. It worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thievesdont Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yeah in my experience you might have to tell them twice. A lot of the new clerks don't know what media mail is. I've been saving money by shipping Media Mail a lot lately, and when I sent a few things out the other day the manager actually had me open up the package (which was a bitch to pack up) to make sure that I wasn't trying to send anything out that wasn't deemed media by the USPS. Such a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Buy a scale and print your labels at home people psus2h, mpitts, ditc586 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 ^ that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 or try being polite and say hello. then, "i'd like to ship this media mail". Perhaps even a "please" Stickman31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 knifeparty, almightyseancore, hipsterasfolk and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 or try being polite and say hello. then, "i'd like to ship this media mail". Where I'm from postal workers don't say hello when you walk up, just the standard "anything liquid, fragile, perfume, lithium batteries...". Not sure how simply saying "media mail" comes off as impolite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I normally walk into the PO slap a bitch, spit on the dude, and then demand media mail w/ shipping conf. YOLO SWAG LIFE mrrom92, sonsofvipers, kjkenney and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Did you specifically tell him this? Usually they only give you the discount for shipping to someone you've shipped to before if you tell them. Hahaha +1 How did nobody mention this gem before I got the chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Where I'm from postal workers don't say hello when you walk up, just the standard "anything liquid, fragile, perfume, lithium batteries...". Not sure how simply saying "media mail" comes off as impolite. "be the change you want to see" - dreamover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 yeah printing labels from home is the shit. I only go to the post office to drop shit off or ship internationally, but I rarely do that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainaldous Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks everyone for the replies and all the entertainment. I think I might invest in one of those scales or "go postal" next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 "be the change you want to see" - dreamover Again, maybe we just do things differently here in the port city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudgeguy02 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 The fat slob at my post office has to be told about 5 times that I want to ship it media mail. He is prolly given an incentive for up selling shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutzonborglum Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Again, maybe we just do things differently here in the port city. What is that, Wilmington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 What is that, Wilmington? Yessir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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