US Postal Service nightmare - Page 3

Originally Posted by Mick

I'm shipping a Large Flat Rate box of HDDs to PartTimeScrapper. Got them ready yesterday, USPS Flat Rate was best as 32 discs weigh 41 pounds and fit neatly in the box. Created label and paid postage by PayPal online. Hit "PRINT" and got "UNKNOWN ERROR" message -- three times. Everything else prints out, including notices from USPS and PayPal regarding the transaction. Took the package and printouts to local post office today. Nothing he can do, so he calls his supervisor. Postmaster says he thinks the problem is my printer since the notices printed out. I say I think the problem isn't my printer for that reason - everything else printed out. USPS website is down, so I go home and wait for him to call when it's back up. He calls, but still nothing he can do. The online postage needs to print out but now there is no way to get it to print. Without that, there's nothing to stick on the package to show the postage has been paid. Everyone - the local Postmaster and his Supervisor - agree that postage has been paid online but without the printout... I purchase postage at the post office to get the box on its way to PartTimeScrapper, which is $1.50 more than it was online. Come back home and call USPS CUSTOMER SERVICE about a refund of the online postage and get told I'll have to file a claim with PayPal.

Can you imagine a business being run like that? And people wonder why I hated being a USPS Letter Carrier. You get the same ignorant attitude as an employee.

You are correct. Government does not run like a business and they want to know why it is going broke.
50 years ago the people we put in office had some real life experience to bring to the table. Now all you get are people who have made a career out of getting elected.

Right click, Save as, put in my pictures. Go to it, print it out, see if it works.

What ??? scratching head,,,

Post office... its not the employees at fault all the time.. but I can say this.. The post office has caused multiple issues for me.. come visit Me.. and I'll lay it out on the confrence table.. and second.. I went to the post master.. then to congress.. and congress goes.. to the head honcho at the post office.. and there reply is this we're doing everything to ensure he getting his mail.. promptly and effient and in good condition.. To this day.. I still get damaged items.. or My Refund has been returned to the IRS twice... Address is correct..... mailbox not blocked... no lock on it.. and it got sent back twice.. post office response.. not sure.. why that happening.. Ummm. yea.. think about it.. call laziness.. perhaps they not doing there full route.. not sure.. but I have a few people that works for the post office not here in my state back in il.. and they are good people.. My father worked for the post office for 20 years pulling a trailer.. and he never seen isssues as bad as Mine.
Well enough.. good luck with the post office... as of today.. I'm no longer using em..

dymo 4xl label printer and plenty of clear tape over the labels works best for me

the printer does not use ink/toner and the labels are 1.5 cents each, cant beat this combo on price per label, standard label paper has 2 labels sheet and costs 4 cents per label plus you have to factor ink/toner costs in

I had 1 package that was sent to dead mail in the last year and about 10 items damaged in shipping. That is not bad for the 1300 packages i mailed.

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