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USPS Flat Rate boxes aren't Flat Rate

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EyeMWing

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An asshat friend of mine decided to pack some gear he was sending me with 5 bricks in a $7.70 flat rate USPS box. They returned it for insufficient postage.
 
70 lbs is reasonable. The boxes aren't THAT large to begin with. I think the most I was able to fit in a flat rate box was about 14 lbs.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
I think its flat rate until 2 pounds
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It's 70 pounds
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5 bricks is WAY less than 70lbs.
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Well then your/his USPS sucks.

Here's info:
"Maximum weight is 70 pounds, and the maximum size is 108 inches in length and distance around the thickest part combined."

Unless he jammed the box too big somehow and went over 108 inches
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
70 lbs is reasonable. The boxes aren't THAT large to begin with. I think the most I was able to fit in a flat rate box was about 14 lbs.
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You didn't try bricks, did you? Anyway, this was AT MOST, 30lbs. That's because they were 5 5lb bricks and some CPUs (well padded, of course).
 
BTW, your friend is probably full of sh!t. There is no way you could fit 5 standard bricks in a flat rate box (either size)
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: NFS4
70 lbs is reasonable. The boxes aren't THAT large to begin with. I think the most I was able to fit in a flat rate box was about 14 lbs.
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You didn't try bricks, did you? Anyway, this was AT MOST, 30lbs. That's because they were 5 5lb bricks and some CPUs (well padded, of course).
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The maximum in a flat-rate box is 70lbs. However, that does not mean it is a flat rate up to 70lbs. It is a flat rate for up to several ounces. After that there are special rates based on the size. It's right on USPS's website.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
BTW, your friend is probably full of sh!t. There is no way you could fit 5 standard bricks in a flat rate box (either size)
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I have a carton of flat rate boxes here and I see no such complications.

And this pisses me off - that box had a TON of awesome little goodies for my collection. An Alpha, an UltraSparc off a fscking Cray, a P4 engineering sample and an early Xeon, plus a ton of little embedded CPUs.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: NFS4
Flate-Rate box sizes:

11-7/8" x 3-3/8" x 13-5/8"
11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
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Standard brick is about 2.25 x 3.75 x 8 inches.
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Hrm. It works if you break them 😛

I'll have to give this delinquint some hell (besides, what the fvck are you doing packing my rare CPUs with bricks anyway?)
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: NFS4
Flate-Rate box sizes:

11-7/8" x 3-3/8" x 13-5/8"
11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
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Standard brick is about 2.25 x 3.75 x 8 inches.
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Hrm. It works if you break them 😛

I'll have to give this delinquint some hell (besides, what the fvck are you doing packing my rare CPUs with bricks anyway?)
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my question exactly
 
I bet his box was being held together with steel bands or bursting at the edges. If that's the case, USPS can turn around and deny the flat rate.
 
So why did the Post office accept his package to begin with?

I'm assuming that he went to a PO and up to a clerk and they weighed it, did all the paperwork and he paid and left. Why would they accept it and then just return it back to him?
 
Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
So why did the Post office accept his package to begin with?

I'm assuming that he went to a PO and up to a clerk and they weighed it, did all the paperwork and he paid and left. Why would they accept it and then just return it back to him?
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Labeled it himself, paid postage from home - just like most e-businessmen and traders. If you don't do this, you should know that they basically just look at the box, make sure the postage is on it, and take it from you. It's on the honor system as far as weight is concerned (until farther down the line)
 
That is obviously very heavy, your friend is trying to give usps employee some workout or what? or just a laugh??? that was pointless since bricks are hazardous material.
 
Originally posted by: wchou
That is obviously very heavy, your friend is trying to give usps employee some workout or what? or just a laugh??? that was pointless since bricks are hazardous material.
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wtf?
 
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