Hey! I'm a government worker!! Ever since the post office decided to capitalize on priority mail by charging dimensional rate, I have protested by using Fedex ground. Its cheaper (especially if you open an account) and it is safer than UPS, if you ask me. UPS is the only shipping company that ever damaged shipments from/to me. John Robles Ventura County Probation Agency and proud of it!! :-) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Rich <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:26:32 To: Antique Phonograph List<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Media Mail... Many eBay sellers are shipping everything Media Mail. I have received torque wrenches shipped as Media Mail. I can understand the USPS problem with this. That being said, this just goes to show the sate of the US education system since we were blessed with the Department of Education almost 50 years ago. Little Johnny and Janie are just plain dumb. They know nothing about history. Never even heard about some guy named Thomas Edison I just love dealing with government workers at any level. [email protected] wrote: > For those of us who have battled the US Postal Service there came a new > challenge today. I won a lot of Blue Amberols on eBay and they arrived > yesterday with a postcard note from my carrier to go to the main post office > as > there was postage due. That seemed odd since the seller had gone to great > lengths to calculate and charge correctly. > > When I arrived at the post office I presented the young guy at the counter > with my postcard. He went in back and retrieved the box then told me I owed > another $18.75 because they had opended the box after X-raying it and there > were no records inside so it could not be MEDIA MAIL. So, I told him they > were Edison cylinder records. I asked if I could show him. He called over > his supervisor. They allowed me to reach into the box and retrieve a > cylinder record. Both agreed that it was not a CD and not a record. I asked > for > the next higher up supervisor. They went and brought back the postmaster. > I showed him the Edison box labeled Edison Blue Amberol Record. He was > unmoved and somewhat uncaring. Just when I thought all was lost, an elderly > postal worker getting ready to open his window next to us, looked over, and > said, "I used to play records like that on my grandfather's grammyphone > (sic)!" > SAVED... and then it only took 30 minutes to undo the extra charges so > the box would be once again just media mail. > > And people wonder why our confidence in the government bureaucracies is > flagging? > > Regards to all, > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
