USPS Flat Rate Envelop, Whats the dealio?

[Murphe]

I noticed that usps has a flat rate envelop now. I haven't shipped anything in almost a year or more. Has anyone dove into this all you can ship envelope yet? If I bundle enough penuts and padding around an object does it truely not matter how much it weighs? I have to go back to my 6th grade Egg Drop Science Project. If I bundle it so that it doesnt damage anything does this mean its ok to ship things in this way.

Just want to know what people think.

Brandon
aka Murphe

 

[minendo]

You can ship whatever (certain items excluded: hazardous, explosive, etc) you want in the flat rate envelope as long as it fits.

 

[Freejack2]

It's great. I stuffed a refrigerator in one. Less than $4 to ship it.
J/K

I use it to send reports for work. Just stuff it in the envelope, print up the label, drop it off at the post office and I'm done.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
It's great. I stuffed a refrigerator in one. Less than $4 to ship it.
J/K

I use it to send reports for work. Just stuff it in the envelope, print up the label, drop it off at the post office and I'm done.

Probably a small one like 12 cu ft.

 

[fs5]

it's good for shipping books you sell on half.com (if the buyer wants priority, otherwise media mail is dirt cheap!)

 

[Murphe]

Ok I asked a profesional computer tech, and a profesional post master. Both said that for of shipping was ok for certain items. The technician wouldnt want a hard drive shipped that way, but cd-rom, nic, floppy, fan, etc wouldn't hurt anything with bubblewrap or foam padding. The official way to ship with the envelope is to seal it all the way across with at most one single strip of tape. And it doesnt matter if your shipping a brick of gold, it will only cost you $3.85! I do recomend the insurance if your shipping a brick of gold!

I think soon I am going to hold a contest.

I will see who can ship the most number of eggs to my address without breaking one single egg.
The only catches will be you must only use this envelope, and the eggs must be real non boiled eggs.

What do you think?

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Murphe
Ok I asked a profesional computer tech, and a profesional post master. Both said that for of shipping was ok for certain items. The technician wouldnt want a hard drive shipped that way, but cd-rom, nic, floppy, fan, etc wouldn't hurt anything with bubblewrap or foam padding. The official way to ship with the envelope is to seal it all the way across with at most one single strip of tape. And it doesnt matter if your shipping a brick of gold, it will only cost you $3.85! I do recomend the insurance if your shipping a brick of gold!

I think soon I am going to hold a contest.

I will see who can ship the most number of eggs to my address without breaking one single egg.
The only catches will be you must only use this envelope, and the eggs must be real non boiled eggs.

What do you think?

that would be cool. those envelopes don't expand very far, so it would be pretty tricky.

 

[poopygood]

4 lbs limit on flat-rate envelopes.

 

[Murphe]

the mail man LIED!!!! Bad mail man!