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Does the company reimburse for the cost of the shipping only or will they reimburse the cost of the food donation as well?

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Shipping only.

I suppose you could hang on to the food receipt and claim it as a donation on your taxes at the end of the year.

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Ask them if you can ship old clothes to a thrift store instead. You'll have to look up a thrift store an appropriate distance away, but there should be Goodwills or Salvation Armys everywhere.

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Thank you both!

I think they want to you donate to a specific food bank. These are quite expensive. I was surprised the first one I did and the cost to ship was almost $40.00! Yes they reimbursed, but it was lots of money up front.

My scheduler lets me ship anything anywhere as long as it meets the distance criteria but you need to check with YOUR scheduler to see if they care.

The last time I sent a box of clothes to a friend in Oregon to donate to her thrift store. But they have since lowered the weight you can ship. It used to be 15 pounds, they lowered it to 5. 12 pounds of clothes nicely filled the 14x14x14 box I had to ship. 5 pounds won't come close to filling it.

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I pray it does not occur that the last thing I did before I died was vacuum the house or eat broccoli.

I did 4 of them in 1 day. Should have been 160 dollars, but one clerk failed it and did not measure the box.

They repay only the cost of the box (which I pay 66 cents at walmart). For the food you can find cheap cans of vegetable. 50 cents each and you need 3 to reach the minimum weight. No you can't donate cloths, just food (unless I misunderstood the MSC and client). Yes it is big money up front, but the MSC is a very good one and pays always regularly. i love working for them because they are 100% reliable and their schedulers are 1000% human.

I did 4 also and 3 clerks did not measure my 14x14x14 box. I load up on pasta when it's BOGO because its exactly 16 pz and I tape down 3 boxes.

Not my circus - Not my monkeys @(*.*)@

~Polish Proverb~

I have never done these particular shops, but do the regular ones. My schedulers are terrific, and have been accomodating when I've had to cancel before.

italiano Wrote:
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> I did 4 of them in 1 day. Should have been 160
> dollars, but one clerk failed it and did not
> measure the box.
>
> They repay only the cost of the box (which I pay
> 66 cents at walmart). For the food you can find
> cheap cans of vegetable. 50 cents each and you
> need 3 to reach the minimum weight. No you can't
> donate cloths, just food (unless I misunderstood
> the MSC and client). Yes it is big money up
> front, but the MSC is a very good one and pays
> always regularly. i love working for them because
> they are 100% reliable and their schedulers are
> 1000% human.

I have never done one of those shops. Are you saying if the postal clerk doesn't measure the box, you get paid less?

If the clerk doesn't measure the box, the clerk CHARGES YOU LESS, which means the reimbursement is less. It's the same fee for doing the shop. Italiano was saying he didn't have to lay out the full $160 he expected to, because the clerk failed to apply the dimensional charge to the package. He was probably charged about $10-15 instead of $40 in postage.

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I pray it does not occur that the last thing I did before I died was vacuum the house or eat broccoli.

I found a 2lb bag of rice for $1.23 at my local Dillon's (Kroger brand). So, the fee ends up being about the same as the regulas shops.

I tape the bag to the bottom, and with the weight of the box makes the minimum weight just fine. But, it seems that those darn clerks want to put that box on its size and every once in awhile, the tape comes undone, the rice kinda falls, and the box jumps. They ALWAYS re-ask that entire Hazmat question when this happens. haha. I've gotten good at stories about what that was that fell in the box.

How in the world do you get cans to stay taped to the bottom? You must be using a lot of tape - which again eats into shop pay. Anyone who uses cans - any good cheap ways to get them to stay in place in the box?

I usually buy 3 cans of veggies and tape them to the bottom. Every time the clerk puts the box on the side to weigh it, I have a quick panic moment. However, the cans have not come falling down (yet). I do use a lot of tape. It is easier if you tape the three cans together first, this makes taping them to the bottom easier - and we all now how tape loves to stick to itself.

I use BOGO pasta - 3 packages. I put them inside a plastic shopping bag, before tapping, so when they rip off the tape, it would not damage the box, or can label, if mailing cans.

Not my circus - Not my monkeys @(*.*)@

~Polish Proverb~

Oh, I've been trying to filling the rest of the box with lightweight packaging materials... and then really having to watch the weight limit. Thanks to everyone for the tips on taping them down!

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