:facepalm:^Yes, I agree!! I think it is so ridiculous that they want to charge an extra $10 for "fragile" handling... US postage rates are constantly increasing anyways and it is annoying that they want to add on another fee for something they should already be doing. :huh:
ridiculous! if they handled the parcels the way they should do there wouldn't be any need for people to blinkin write fragile on in the first place let alone pay a crazy high amount on top for better handling!! . Stupid PO :throw:
Wait'll everyone switches to Fed-Ex or something. That'll cook their goose!
That's interesting. My post office people remind me every time I mark a package as "fragile" that it actually doesn't get any special handling. I'd be willing to pay extra for it to actually be handled with care. I'm doubtful that they do, even with the surcharge.
Wait'll everyone switches to Fed-Ex or something. That'll cook their goose!
Fed Ex and UPS are waaay worse than the PO when it comes to crushing boxes. I've had multiple bad experiences with each of them, including one instance where I happened to be home when they made the delivery. It was raining, and my package was wet. And why was my package wet? Because there was a GAPING HOLE IN THE TOP OF THEIR TRUCK.
And when I say the package was wet, I don't mean "a little damp on the outside." I mean the box was disintegrating in my hands and the interior contents were soaked. The delivery guy didn't even apologize.That's interesting. My post office people remind me every time I mark a package as "fragile" that it actually doesn't get any special handling. I'd be willing to pay extra for it to actually be handled with care. I'm doubtful that they do, even with the surcharge.
I read up on it a bit more . . . if you pay the surcharge, your packages don't go through the postal sorting machines, but are moved about "by hand."
However, if it has "fragile" stamped on it but the surcharge isn't charged, then it goes through the mail sorting machines along with everything else.
I thought it meant that careless workers were gonna be charged for treating fragile packages like crap. :pout:
Well, they better bring peoples' packages to them on crushed velvet pillows in pristine condition for that price, because if your just paying extra for the same ol' treatment, then they got another thing coming and huge backlash from angry customers.
This is insane... postal workers as a whole are so lazy and mishandle packages constantly, to the extreme. They should be punished instead of having customers charged even more :/ All packages should be treated with care instead of being thrown around, kicked, stepped on, crushed, bent, etc by employees.
This is insane... postal workers as a whole are so lazy and mishandle packages constantly, to the extreme. They should be punished instead of having customers charged even more :/ All packages should be treated with care instead of being thrown around, kicked, stepped on, crushed, bent, etc by employees.
This is insane... postal workers as a whole are so lazy and mishandle packages constantly, to the extreme. They should be punished instead of having customers charged even more :/ All packages should be treated with care instead of being thrown around, kicked, stepped on, crushed, bent, etc by employees.
Tbh it's mostly not the employees responsible for damage. Everything is automated so packages are rarely handled by a person until they get into the mail trucks.
I have had my mail lady shove "do not bend" packages into my mailbox before. She seems to think that just because something WILL fit in there if she jams it in, it SHOULD go in there instead of being left on my porch. She has actually broken my mailbox several times - the whole box has come off its post when she's shoved packages in, and then she has the gall to insist she can't deliver mail to me until the box is remounted, only for her to break it off again!
I am not sorry in the slightest that I order 40lb bags of cat litter in the mail.
I am not sorry in the slightest that I order 40lb bags of cat litter in the mail.