I feel like they should have increased the reimbursement amount when they increased the shipping rates.@sandyf wrote:
I did my first two Hazmats with the express purpose of sending my package to my son in zone 8 at the Ground Advantage price which is or was still under the reimbursement. Both shops failed and I purchased a very expensive, I thought, ugly plain gift card with my reimbursement. Then I found out I could purchase something better than that. So I did another Hazmat with the intention of bulking up on stamps (but my local po has been out of stamps for a while). I used a different scenario and my package was shipped but mis weighed so I spent my entire fee on the postage. Luckily I had a small bonus on that one. I have found I cannot win but if I find more Hazmat shops this quarter I will keep trying. Now I need the best scenario to fail sending with. The battery failed twice and passed once so far.
@Treeline wrote:
Rho: I have done the "don't know, my mother asked me to mail it" several times with the new MSC. So far, every single one has been accepted and shipped. Recently, one clerk told me he wasn't supposed to accept it, but did anyway because I "had a nice smile." Demographically, I look old enough to have grandkids, so my purported mother would certainly be a senior citizen. When clerks follow up with more specific questions about the contents, I answer along the lines of "she said it was a surprise, so she wouldn't tell me." I have had no problems with the reports being accepted.
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:
@Treeline wrote:
Rho: I have done the "don't know, my mother asked me to mail it" several times with the new MSC. So far, every single one has been accepted and shipped. Recently, one clerk told me he wasn't supposed to accept it, but did anyway because I "had a nice smile." Demographically, I look old enough to have grandkids, so my purported mother would certainly be a senior citizen. When clerks follow up with more specific questions about the contents, I answer along the lines of "she said it was a surprise, so she wouldn't tell me." I have had no problems with the reports being accepted.
WOW, I thought that scenario would be a no ship for certain! I mean, what if Mom cooks meth? LOL And literally any of the household hazardous materials could be in there.
@sandyf wrote:
I have not checked in a few days but there were very few new shops here where I am. Perhaps they are cutting back, waiting a while to list them, or they just put a whole lot of them up in the first quarter. There are some locations I used to do that I have not seen listed for a long time. Those were places I would take once in a while as they were in neighborhoods with few mystery shoppers I suspect. Now they seem not to be shopped at all.
@metro25782 wrote:
Yeah, I'm starting to see some for $30 but they are few and far between. I see a lot listed at $8.00. People must be taking them....#SMDH.
Outside. Unkempt landscaping, rust stains on the building, tattered flag, signs in the parking lot too faded to read, graffiti... I've taken pics of all of these things with the majority at one location.@Rho wrote:
"They say you shouldn't take any photos inside" but take photos of an issues found.
WOW. So, that answers the question, you get one stamp. I thought maybe one sheet but IDK if it shows on the receipt as one sheet or 10 stamps and they'd probably reimburse $.73 regardless.@bocasman wrote:
I did two USPS Haz Mat shops the other day. I used the "Shipping a package for my mom" scenario, and my packages were not accepted.
That's fine, so I purchased 3 stamps ($2.19) as the expense, on both shops.
When the shops were graded, I noticed that I was only reimbursed for the cost of 1 stamp ($0.73) in each shop.
Cheap bastards. :-)
WOW. So, that answers the question, you get one stamp. I thought maybe one sheet but IDK if it shows on the receipt as one sheet or 10 stamps and they'd probably reimburse $.73 regardless.[/quote]@bocasman wrote:
I did two USPS Haz Mat shops the other day. I used the "Shipping a package for my mom" scenario, and my packages were not accepted.
That's fine, so I purchased 3 stamps ($2.19) as the expense, on both shops.
When the shops were graded, I noticed that I was only reimbursed for the cost of 1 stamp ($0.73) in each shop.
Cheap bastards. :-)