USPS Insurance and International Shipping
Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on February 27th, 2007 at 2:20 am There was a discussion on patch-l on the proposed USPS rate increase.
Nothing has been approved yet, and current media reports disagree with this published rate case, but it does promise changes that will result in significant increase in shipping costs for those who sell patches online. It was reported that patches would be treated as “parcels” and subject to that higher rate, regardless of weight, if the package was not thin enough to pass through the Postal Service’s sorting machines. These were topped only by the even more significant proposed changes in international shipping costs
In a related topic Chris Jensen of Streamwood, Inc. posted a message about how worthless the USPS’ insurance is, especially when shipping outside of the US. With his permission, I share what he wrote: Continue Reading »
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