Let's say you live in the 90210 zip (Beverly Hills, lucky you...), but you bring your parcels to the post office in the 90064 (nearby Los Angeles). A postal clerk calls you out, saying that you should use the 90064 zip code to bring parcels to their facility. A realistic scenario? Yes, actually. We have seen it happen a number of times. Usually in rural areas. Some bloggers have noticed it too. For parcel volume, the originating post office ...
Pop Quiz: You sell chocolate bars. Each bar weighs 4 oz, and measures 5" tall x 2.5" wide by 1/3" thick. Naturally, you ship them first class. It costs $1.92 (at today's postage rates) for a 4 oz parcel. But hey, these are organic, hand-picked-by-middle-class-farmer, sustainable, eco-friendly cacao beans. Each bar comes in a hand painted wrapper that is a one-off, unique work of art. Suitable for framing. This is an ...