[GeoStL] Re: NGR shipping
- From: "Michael Griffin" <mike.griffin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:37:20 -0500
The only thing I'll add is first class only allows packages up to a certain
weight. Less than a pound I think. Priority is cheaper when you get over 10
ounces on first class.
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From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon Apr 27 22:24:03 2009
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR shipping
I'd have to disagree Craig. My mother, a retired mail carrier, was the one who
alerted me to this in the first place. The item I referred to earlier cost 3 or
4X as much to mail as first class items I have received from the same agency.
And those other items sent first class reached me in 1 day, not 4. Here's an
older article that backs me up. http://tinyurl.com/cywvvg It states, "In a
head-to-head race, about half the first-class letters mailed from Atlanta to
seven cities across the country arrived sooner than or on the same day as
Priority Mail packages mailed at the same time." Not sure where you got your
stats to say priority will make it first every time, but when it's my money,
I'll stick with first class when possible. Also, priority doesn't guarantee any
delivery time and even though your local post office is closed on Sunday, the
major ones, like the main St. Louis one are processing mail on Sundays and it's
being transported. My mother worked many Sundays at the downtown post office.
Happy mailing.
Gale
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Craig Ingram <seaeye@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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You can't beat Priority on the long haul. Mail that same package to
California and see which one makes it first. Priority will hands down
everytime. It sounds like your package made it within the time restraints set
forth by Priority. You mailed it Friday, it would have then been officailly
recognized by the post office on Saturday- Day 1 Sunday doesn't count no mail
then. Monday was day 2 and Tuesday was day 3. Priority gaurantees 2-3 day
delivery. No scam there, and I'm not a postal employee and I was not paid for
this in any way. Had you mailed it first class you wouldn't have left them the
option to wait three days to deliver it.
my two
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