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May 12, 2022 01:16AM
Since last fall, the USPS reimbursement doesn't cover my mailing costs for one of the addresses I regularly use. Today, when I did a shop, the reimbursement will not cover the cost for the second address I mail to. In the past, the MSC raised the reimbursement to align with the increased cost, but I have seen no action that this will occur. My packages meet the recommendation of being between one and two pounds. Is anyone else having a similar problem?
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May 12, 2022 01:50AM
I live on the SE coast of the US. I have a nephew in CA. Sometimes I've sent him something doing a mailing shop that was under 2 pounds, and the cost was around $17.00! The only way I could send it to him was that the shop was bonused to $25.00, so the overage in cost was covered plenty by the bonus. I've been able to send packages OVER 2 lbs to my son and family one state away from me and come in under reimbursement, usually between $9 & $10. Sending to my sibs up in New England will run me close to reimbursement if under 2 pounds. So I've learned where to mail to stay under reimbursement.
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May 12, 2022 02:11AM
I started having an issue last December. Now, my family on the West Coast is getting fewer impulse packages.

(Tomorrow I'm mailing a birthday gift to Oldest Granddaughter, and the reimbursement will be a nice down payment on the total cost.)

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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May 12, 2022 03:37PM
I look for people who live in zone 5 me and we send unimportant stuff back and forth. If you are looking for someone to do that please PM me. I live in South Florida.
I always look for people to mail back and forth to.
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May 12, 2022 04:26PM
My zone 5 packages still come under the reimbursement including box cost. To zone 8 where my son lives the cost now is $16.10 which would bring the net fee down to $9.90. Zone 8 is 1800 miles plus so for those of us on the coast we can only ship to half the country. Next month is the last month of the quarter so I am expecting a few bonuses around here in rare bonus land. I do think they should reimburse at least for the entire country which would be $16.10 to the furthest place on the mainland.
The hazmat shops require zone 5 or above so that does not leave many choices as the reimbursement for them is also $14.
These jobs are so much easier than most retail that pay even less than $12 in my town and I get the bonus of mailing a care package to my kids.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2022 04:35PM by sandyf.
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May 12, 2022 11:09PM
Sandy. Are you looking any new mailing partners.
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May 13, 2022 01:19AM
Hi Insight, if you are in Florida you are zone 8 for me.. But also I try to stick with reimbursement shops where I get value over and above the measly pay. Otherwise it makes no sense for me as much of the fees goes to taxes.
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May 13, 2022 03:27AM
The value for me with these shops is sending my family a goodie box. One now costs me $2.10 over reimbursement and another 75 cents. The shopper fee hasn't changed since I first started shopping these, but I didn't mind too much because the reimbursement covered the cost.
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