What a doofus!

[piratesmate]

Me, that is.

When I was in the post office yesterday, the woman in front of me had started to put together the large Priority mail box, but the clerk told her to use the smaller one. (She was only sending something small.)

With my "quick thinking" I remembered that someone here said they'd cut down shipping boxes to store card stock. So I asked if I could have the box since she'd already started to write on it. The clerk looked at me dumb & said "They're free anyway. Just take a couple."

So I quickly grabbed 3 thinking I could empty one of the 4 tiny drawers I'm using to store my scrapping stuff. (Funny how 2 months ago when I snagged it I thought I'd hit the motherlode & had plenty of room! ) Anway, I just sat down & did the first one. I'm soooo bummed! It was the FedEx boxes, not the priority ones. It's not big enough for the 12x12! Evidently the exterior dimensions are 12x14, not the size you can put in it.

ETA: Never mind. Only one of the boxes didn't work. It was the "Flat Rate Box" which is smaller. Fortunately, I did pick up 2 that are slightly larger. They were all in the same bin. How would you know?

 

[disneyfreakjackie]

Don't you HATE when things like that happen!!??!!

 

[piratesmate]

What I hate even more, though, is when you post something & the computer hangs. I finally hit "Stop" & tried refreshing the window....but my thread didn't appear. That's never happened before. Anyway, then I came back about 15 min later & there it was!! Now what was up with that???

Do you know how hard it is to sit here with nothing to do??? Just waiting for the swap to start?

 

[disneyfreakjackie]

I KNOW!!!! Are we SICK or what???? Like I don't have a house to clean, a nap to take, some scrapping to do!!! It's my only day off without the kids around!! You would think I'd be doing something CONSTRUCTIVE!!!???

 

[piratesmate]

And you know, it's getting worse! DH & DS were laughing at me the other day because now all my friends have strange names...like Sweet Maxine, Disney Freak Jackie....

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

What is funny is when you start referring to your husband as Bernie when everyone knows his name is Ray. BTW we don't have strange names, everyone else is just to normal.

 

[Cruise04]

And it's even funnier when you are in conversation with a non-message board, non-chatter and you refer to your family members by DH, DD, etc. They look at you wondering what planet you were just on!!!!! ROFL

 

[piratesmate]

And it's even funnier when you are in conversation with a non-message board, non-chatter and you refer to your family members by DH, DD, etc. They look at you wondering what planet you were just on!!!!! ROFL

 

[ohiominnie]

I was shipping a lot of stuff out a while back and I hated going to the post office every time. I found out you can order large quantites of postal supplies online and have them shipped to your house. All for free. Of course it does stipulate that they "are free if you intend to use them to mail items."

Here's their official disclaimer:
"I understand that Express Mail®, Priority Mail®, Global Express Guaranteed®, Global Express Mail® and Global Priority Mail® packaging is the property of the United States Postal Service and is provided solely for sending Express Mail®, Priority Mail®, Global Express Guaranteed®, Global Express Mail® and Global Priority Mail®. Misuse may be a violation of federal law."



Hopefully this link will work here:

http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productCategory.jsp?prodCat=/Shipping+Supplies/Priority+Mail

HTH

 

[bubbasmom99]

I have several sizes of the priority mail boxes that I ordered from USPS to make sending Ebay stuff easier for me. Yes, you are *supposed* to use them to mail items. However, if you *receive* an item in the large flat box, you can cut it down to hold your 12x12 paper, as it is not a misuse to use "discarded" packaging.

 

[piratesmate]

Thanks for the reminder! I already knew that you're only supposed to re-use a box, not just grab them for free. Let me clarify.

The one I cut down & found too small was the one the other lady started to use & found was the wrong size. The clerk was going to throw it away until I asked for it.

I'd picked up the extras because I have some stuff to ship that will be coming back to me in a week or two - in the same box. That's when I'll cut them down. I was just bummed thinking they wouldn't work. I'd originally planned on using a couple boxes I'd picked up at the grocery store, but they were really too big for what I'm shipping.

As it is, I'll be returning the one "new" box that is the smaller size & picking up a larger one so I can ship the 3rd package.