Recycling ** Was: You CAN turn Priority Mail Boxes Inside-Out and Use Them!

[Guest guest]

I'm sure that I have reused Priority Mail boxes. I just can't see

throwing away a perfectly good reusable box. Imho, the gov should be

a little more recycle-conscious. Even though the boxes they give us

to use are free, I'm sure the price of that box is calcualted in

with the Priority Mail fee. Zoe~

 

, Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Bonnie,

>

> (Snipped)

>

> > So, if you want to re-use a Priority Mail box you CAN, you just

need to

> > still ship it at Priority rates. I have done this a few times

myself with

> > no problems.

>

> Agree .. we do it also. My point was and still is .. that any

clerk who

> tells folks they can't do the above is fulla bull .. and the

original

> poster stated:

>

> > I believe you CAN re-use a box, you just can't take a USPS

priority

> > mail box, flip it inside-out, and use it for non-priority mail

> > shipments.

>

> That is not illegal .. as a second poster stated .. based on a bad

> experience with a clerk somewhere that was wrong. A clerk that

was a

> persnickety, flibbertigibbet whose discombobulated behavior caused

a

> major kerfuffle. Love them werds fer'shur. ;-)

 

> > ~Bonnie

>

[Guest guest]

Whatever. Y'all do and believe whatever you want. Whatever feels

right to you.

 

I choose to honor the condition I agreed to with the USPS when I

ordered their Priority Mail boxes online, and that is to use the

Priority Mail packaging (boxes and envelopes) only as Priority Mail

with priority postage. IF I re-use a Priority Mail box, it's for

Priority Mail only, not general postage. Who really must go to the

Post Office to cause a possible ruckus, anyway? I choose to have

peace between me and my postal teller.

 

Non-priority-mail boxes... I might reuse them if they aren't junked

up outside (I decided long ago that turning them inside out was kind

of tacky looking), but not to send products to my customers.

 

Good night, and good luck.

 

Karen

 

 

 

At 11:04 PM -0800 1/23/06, Butch Owen wrote:

>Agree .. we do it also. My point was and still is .. that any clerk who

>tells folks they can't do the above is fulla bull .. and the original

>poster stated:

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bonnie,

 

(Snipped)

 

> So, if you want to re-use a Priority Mail box you CAN, you just need to

> still ship it at Priority rates. I have done this a few times myself with

> no problems.

 

Agree .. we do it also. My point was and still is .. that any clerk who

tells folks they can't do the above is fulla bull .. and the original

poster stated:

 

> I believe you CAN re-use a box, you just can't take a USPS priority

> mail box, flip it inside-out, and use it for non-priority mail

> shipments.

 

That is not illegal .. as a second poster stated .. based on a bad

experience with a clerk somewhere that was wrong. A clerk that was a

persnickety, flibbertigibbet whose discombobulated behavior caused a

major kerfuffle. Love them werds fer'shur. ;-)

 

> HTH

> ~Bonnie

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

[Guest guest]

Perhaps if the USPS were a governmental agency they would allow this. But,

they were made a separate entity years ago and now must entirely exist based

on the fees they charge. They now receive no subsidies from the US federal

government.

 

Vickie

 

> throwing away a perfectly good reusable box. Imho, the gov should be

> a little more recycle-conscious. Even though the boxes they give us

> to use are free, I'm sure the price of that box is calcualted in

> with the Priority Mail fee. Zoe~