An interesting dilemma

I am doing a shop that is right next to a Post office. The post office is still only paying $5. Should I do it??

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How is that a dilemma? Do you need to mail something?

I do not do these shops to begin with, but I'm not about to do something for $5 just cuz I'm near it. Now I will bend over and pick up a $5 bill off the ground, but if it means having to carry something into a building, potentially wait in line, and mail something that does not NEED to be mailed, and fill out a report for $5, HELL NO.

i can't remember the last time I went to a post office. I am like Kramer and want to "cancel the mail"

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IMO only worth it if you actually need to ship something. And if these shops are getting regularly taken in your city for $5, that is probably someone who actually needs to ship something (online sellers for example). So I'm left with - do you really need the $5 to ship a bogus package versus leaving it for someone who might actually benefit from the free shipping? Because $5 alone is worth no one's time!

Just topic adjacent...in rural Texas, some of the USPS shops are up to $30...so maybe they are thawing on the fees a bit.

The last few weeks I have been watching a $5.00 USPS shop that is walking distance of my house. Most unusual is that I have no care packages waiting to be shipped. That shop can sit until payment goes up.

No.

If you have something personal to ship, or you've sold something on eBay worth less than the free insurance limit, it might be worth it to cover the postage charges. Otherwise, no.

Waiting

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/2025 05:00PM by Jjdevine77.

Not worth the hassle and standing in line

I use the PO shops as my charity portion of my business. I was shipping foods and necessities to a couple in Kansas who were enduring the slings and arrows of SSID applications. After both died, I continued shipping to the only food pantry in a town of 45k. I get stuff from my grocery shops. I do them if they are in line with my routes.

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Not worth it

Plus they no longer reimburse for the purchase of a box since changing MSCs.

Oh yes, and don't buy extra insurance, or they will reject your shop. I just found that out today. They keep hounding me and hounding me to take shops. And the schedulers act like they are paying soooooooo muuuuuuuch! And they try to get me to commit far in advance. I tell them I don't know. And they say, "you did it before." I just don't feel like they are worth it anymore. They stiff us all on the amount they cover and shipping is getting more and more expensive.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/2025 02:40AM by cherubino3.

The company contracted with another company that had the shops for $12 each. I would not shop for $5, I would not shop for $10. If the fees are $15+, I will shop.

@cherubino3 wrote:

Oh yes, and don't buy extra insurance, or they will reject your shop. I just found that out today. They keep hounding me and hounding me to take shops. And the schedulers act like they are paying soooooooo muuuuuuuch! And they try to get me to commit far in advance. I tell them I don't know. And they say, "you did it before." I just don't feel like they are worth it anymore. They stiff us all on the amount they cover and shipping is getting more and more expensive.

Oh, they are relentless. Nothing you say will stop their calls. I keep telling them that they don't pay enough because it makes me feel better to say it but I know nothing will change.

Well...they will stop. I sent Jason Bare and email and told him that I had requested repeatedly, in writing, that they stop calling me me 6+ times a day and that by ignoring my request they were violating the Do Not Call List regulations. They stopped. They now email to tell me about their VERY EXCITING $3 Bonuses. Those are easier to ignore.

@Deedeezthoughts wrote:

@cherubino3 wrote:

Oh yes, and don't buy extra insurance, or they will reject your shop. I just found that out today. They keep hounding me and hounding me to take shops. And the schedulers act like they are paying soooooooo muuuuuuuch! And they try to get me to commit far in advance. I tell them I don't know. And they say, "you did it before." I just don't feel like they are worth it anymore. They stiff us all on the amount they cover and shipping is getting more and more expensive.
Oh, they are relentless. Nothing you say will stop their calls. I keep telling them that they don't pay enough because it makes me feel better to say it but I know nothing will change.

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