Not so helpful USPS tracking.
Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
5 years ago
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USPS - Extra charge for large boxes?
Comments (6)I've found out a little more about the extra charge which is called a "Balloon Rate". The 28x28 inch limit that I mentioned is wrong. The box is measured by adding the circumference plus the height. A square box that is only 18x18x18 would still be charged an extra fee because the total inches would be 4 times 18 which equals 72 inches (the circumference or girth) plus the height (18 again) which would be a total of 90 inches. If the total is over 84 inches they add on the extra balloon rate. The clerk I talked to said they measure the largest part of the box to find the circumference, then add the height. I can't find this information anywhere on the USPS website. Only that the total can't be more than 84". On a rectangular box, it could make a big difference which part is measured to find circumference. I've used those triangular boxes in the past also but it wouldn't work this time because the roots were sort of horizontal and they wouldn't have fit in there. I do think I'll stick to using priority mail boxes from now on. I've also been checking out those flat rate boxes that someone else mentioned. By the way - The box I mailed is still somewhere between MO and NJ, mailed Monday, March 27th. I've been checking delivery confirmation daily. I think it's a lost cause now. Windchime - I haven't heard from you. Hope everything is ok. Have you tried to email me?...See MoreUSPS- Sunday Delivery?
Comments (10)Here in the outback of North Dakota I've had UPS actually leave packages inside the house, especially during bad weather and winter. They come in the side gate and mudroom door - visually the most logical entry from the driveway - and set them on top of the dryer. While the main floor bath was being rebuilt I had to shower in the basement. One day, mid-morning, I'm coming up the stairs to the mudroom/bedroom landing, all my past-middle-age plumpness wrapped in a b-i-g towel, grey hair standing on end, and dripping water everywhere. I step in the landing a split second before the UPS dude steps in the door. He sets two large boxes on the dryer, booms a "Good Morning!" and steps back outside as though shower-side deliveries are the most normal part of the day. While I was not upset - years in the military and often living in co-ed dorms or barracks with central showers quickly squelched any sqimishness I may have once had - I did start locking that door anytime I was downstairs. If I'm expecting packages now I leave a large trash bag on the porch. UPS folks will put the box in the bag and all is weather safe, secure, and non-shocking (for everyone involved, LOL). We don't have mailboxes at our homes here. The post office will not deliver any mail or letters to any street address. Every one in town has to have a P.O. Box. What gripes me is that even though there is no to-the-door mail delivery, we still have to pay rent for the post office box....See MoreUSPS
Comments (32)I second this suggestion. I live on a busy street so I like to get packages inside my house as soon as possible after they are delivered. My regular delivery people are very good about posting the 'delivered' status within a minute or two after delivery. This is very helpful, because of my hearing impairment I don't always know that something has been delivered, although most of the time the dogs are pretty good about barking to let me know someone is there....See MoreDelivery messages UPS USPS Fedex
Comments (17)I would expect it to be delivered tomorrow. At Christmas time the USPS girl and I had a big laugh. The package was not delivered the previous day because there were no numbers on my house. None of the houses on my street have numbers on them because our numbers are on the mailbox which is normal in this area. In the case of my house you can not see more than the two corners of my house from the street....See MoreIris S (SC, Zone 7b)
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