SusieAD Wrote:
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> I have been doing the postal shipping project a
> lot lately and have just been sending a few pieces
> of canned goods to food pantries around the
> country. Today, I got an interesting
> response...."We are in receipt of your very small
> box of canned goods for our pantry. You should
> investigate for a food pantry in your neighborhood
> so you wouldn't have to pay such a price to get
> your donations to someone who could use them. For
> $9.45 in shipping costs, you could donate a lot
> more food to a pantry nearby your home". What do
> you think of this?? I am not likely to respond
> (nor send more food to this one location), but it
> was a bit oft'sf-putting to me. I guess I need to go
> back to finding a Post Office Buddy here!!
Here's a kicker for that. I just did a postal Dimension shop. The box had to be 12x15x10 (thats 1.5 lbs just for the empty box that contains 1800 cubic inches). The maximum weight of the whole thing, box, food, and packing material, could NOT be over 3.5 lb. Think about that for a minute...I'll wait.........Got the picture? I wrote to my scheduler pointing out that the packing and the box alone will weigh that. Here is the answer I got from her....
"Please put a (sic) canned good in the box, tape it down and put newspaper, etc.,
in it to prevent it from moving around."
I'm sure I would not get the the answerer you did, as they probably think that if anybody is that stupid, they wouldn't understand the answer anyway.