It's a homeland secutiry world-could be funny, but it's not

Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....

I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
(or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?

But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
send them through UPS instead.

I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work

Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!

<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....

I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
(or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?

But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
send them through UPS instead.

I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work

Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!



(no good deed goes un"pun"nished? i can feel the puns forming now. but, i
swear i'll resist the urge with all my might.<g>)

boy melinda, they really must have their hands full, don't they?--chasing
down all those mfg. sealed supplements going through the mails. they must
have had to increase the number of mail inspectors to feret them all out.
supplements are such a terrible threat! no wonder they grilled you about
them!

i wonder if they used specially trained supplement dogs to sniff them out?
can't you just see those inspectors/detectives/scientists, wearing hazmat
suits to avoid being contaminated, feverishly laboring over multi-thousand
dollar, chemical breakdown analyzing machines? how elating it must have
been for them to confirm supplements! -- "we got her, now! let's confront
her!". and the strategy conference, before the confrontation, "maybe we can
shake her up and make her confess!"

i know i'm poking fun at the insanity and i'm sure it wasn't fun for you.
i'm sorry you had to go through all that, melinda. what a waste of time and
taxpayer money! they should have just dropped it, the moment they
discovered they really were supplements and sent them on. but, apologies
for inconvenience, from any public officials, seem to be a process of their
training that is now regularly omitted. probably because apologies must
make them feel too guilty, of being idiots.

they're lucky you weren't me, cuz i'd have forced them to give me back the
postage money or threatened to sue them for breach of contract or
fraudulently leading me to believe they would provide a service and them
using the u.s. postal system to defraud me out of my money--having hired
them to deliver the package, which they didn't do (through no fault of mine,
nor god's, nor machinery malfunction) and kept the fee for service anyway.
(yes, i have indeed done that before, over a package i tried to send to my
son, when he was in the army. it was only $20something in postage and i
delightedly watched them scramble to figure out a way to do that--refund the
fees. you should have seen them pouring through regs and making
calls.<cracked me up!> it would have been worth the $20, to me, just to
watch how funny it was. but i did get my money back, after about an hour of
their scurrying.)

hey, i'm good for your bail bond.<g> again, i'm sorry you went through all
that, sweetie.

kate

Thanks for the laugh, Kate! I know this is dreadfully funny except:
what happens when the beta glucan and thymus I send an HIV patient
because he can't afford to buy it, gets lost and he gets pneumonia? I
send supplements all over this country. Some are just vitamins I get
as samples and pass on. Some are what's keeping someone literally
alive. I sure hope this was an anomaly and not a portent of things to
come...

So how are you healing, buy the way? Should I try to resend these
things?

m

Bless your heart, Melinda. You are so sweet to look after everybody and
then you get stuck with those guys investigating you. What a waste! Just
know that you are really appreciated by those of us
who have experienced your generosity.
Gwen


<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190055474.581035.138080@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....
>
> I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
> her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
> is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
> returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
> delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
> (or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
> strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
> play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
> now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
> expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
> got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
> did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
> something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
> supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
> package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
> guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
> Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?
>
> But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
> send them through UPS instead.
>
> I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work
>
> Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!
>

gosh and dang...

two things

i would send a registered letter to the postmaster of that location, in
it i would state that while i can understand a need for precautions,
once it had been proved to be benign they had an obligation to tell
under what circumstances they were led to 'target' you. AND 'who' is
going to 'replace' the 'opened' goods that are no longer usable? That
you are not willing to accept that you just have to throw them away now
without compensation.

but as to how you became an object, the short answer is, from what i
read, that your area is considered s hot spot of activity...what
probably occurred is that packages get xrayed when originating from your
locale.

shenmei9wise@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....
>
> I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
> her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
> is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
> returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
> delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
> (or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
> strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
> play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
> now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
> expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
> got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
> did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
> something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
> supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
> package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
> guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
> Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?
>
> But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
> send them through UPS instead.
>
> I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work
>
> Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!

I know a person who tried to mail a wilton cake pan to a friend in England.
Three times. It kept coming back to her, package all ripped open. Finally,
she had to go to the international airport to get a statement from the
Homeland Security office to take to the PO, so they could put a sticker on
the package stating that it was approved for mailing.

Kelly C.

<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190055474.581035.138080@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....
>
> I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
> her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
> is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
> returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
> delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
> (or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
> strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
> play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
> now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
> expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
> got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
> did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
> something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
> supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
> package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
> guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
> Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?
>
> But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
> send them through UPS instead.
>
> I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work
>
> Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!
>

<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190063151.320224.260910@57g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com...
Thanks for the laugh, Kate! I know this is dreadfully funny except:
what happens when the beta glucan and thymus I send an HIV patient
because he can't afford to buy it, gets lost and he gets pneumonia? I
send supplements all over this country. Some are just vitamins I get
as samples and pass on. Some are what's keeping someone literally
alive. I sure hope this was an anomaly and not a portent of things to
come...

***there can be humor found in "almost" any situation. but, i do agree with
you that life and death situations that call for expediency is not one of
them.

So how are you healing, buy the way? Should I try to resend these
things?

***had my 3-week ortho appmt. last monday. ortho was floored (so was i)
that in only 3 weeks i've done 6 weeks worth of bone healing. have my first
rehab appmt. set for the 25th. so i'm waaaay ahead of schedule--and he
thought my age and bone density was going to cause this bone healing to take
8 weeks or longer, before we could start rehab. (i faithfully drank 3 full
glasses a day of liquid calcium--milk<smile>, lactaid actually with 50% of
daily value calcium per glass. i'm sure that's what did it.) i'm doing ok,
just a bit on the insecure side of knowing how much is too much doing.

so, i don't think you should try to resend those things to me. i
appreciate your efforts on my behalf, though, sweetie. i only wish it
hadn't been such a complicated experience for you. thanks for trying to
send them to me, and i love you for that.

kate

m

When Tara got her drivers license, she started getting a lot of junk mail,
some of it extremely obscene. Complain to your mother about it obscene. I
dutifully took the offending items to the post office and filled out the
required forms to get on the "no porn" list. After their objection to me
filling out the form and not sending Tara to do it herself.

After a few complaints they got the idea.

Then Tara gets a plain brown wrapper package from the post office.
Containing all the stuff I had taken in to object to.

Your government at work.

Jo
<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190055474.581035.138080@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> Okay guys, i have a funny story-sort of....
>
> I sent Kate supplements that would speed up her healing when she had
> her little mishap last month. So I arrive at office today and there
> is a notice that a package has been returned (a little strange since
> returned things just some back-it wasn't insure or in need of a
> delivery sig or whatever). So I go stand in line at the PO for hours
> (or at least 20 minutes). I give them the notice and things get
> strange. They ask me to step into the postmaster's office. Then we
> play 20 questions. All of the bottles I sent that were all sealed are
> now opened. They have been tested for something (obviously drugs). I
> expected an apology as obviously none of them were drugs but instead
> got interrogated about why I was sending them, what they were for, why
> did I need to send them. I asked if i was being charged with
> something. I wasn't. I asked when it became illegal to send
> supplements through the mail. It isn't. I leaned over and got my
> package and walked out. So hope you guys can spring me when the bad
> guys come lock me up for...bad attitude? Disrespecting authority?
> Being and acupuncturist in possession of Cell salts?
>
> But...I may have to rethink sending supplements through the mail and
> send them through UPS instead.
>
> I'm thinking maybe carrier pigeon might work
>
> Sorry kate, I"VE GOT THE STUFF AND YOU DON"T!
>

M.,


Sorry you had to endure all of that nonsense!!!

The whole scenerio sounds a lot like the time, a few years ago, you were
trying to help me out by mailing me some thymus which was in powder
form. That was around the time that several postal workers had gotten
sick from some white powdered stuff that had been mailed to some
government offices.

If I recall correctly, with that package that you tried to mail me, a
couple of postal inspectors met you in your driveway and had a talk with
you and said they had opened the package and tested it. I think they
gave the package back to you, but again, all opened and tested, etc. I
just remember when that incident happened, that I felt so terribly sorry
to have caused you so much trouble with the post office when all you
were trying to do was help me out a bit and try to get me healthier!

Sheesh, they probably have your picture on the post office walls by
now!!! (just kidding!)

God belss you for all you do to try to help so many others out and then
having to endure such nonsense for trying to be a helpful friend!!!


Hugs,


Donna
..
..
..
..
1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......

2. J.K.M.A.

Kelly C. wrote:

> I know a person who tried to mail a wilton cake pan to a friend in England.
> Three times. It kept coming back to her, package all ripped open. Finally,
> she had to go to the international airport to get a statement from the
> Homeland Security office to take to the PO, so they could put a sticker on
> the package stating that it was approved for mailing.
>
> Kelly C.

Yea, and how much of our taxpayer's dollar is going for all this nonsense??

Melinda, they owe you an apology, and reimbursement for the supplements
they destroyed by opening them, and the postage you paid...and add the
cost of the packing as well!

Carole

On Sep 17, 8:30 pm, DKGBee...@webtv.net (Donna G.) wrote:
> M.,
>
> Sorry you had to endure all of that nonsense!!!
>
> The whole scenerio sounds a lot like the time, a few years ago, you were
> trying to help me out by mailing me some thymus which was in powder
> form. That was around the time that several postal workers had gotten
> sick from some white powdered stuff that had been mailed to some
> government offices.
>
> If I recall correctly, with that package that you tried to mail me, a
> couple of postal inspectors met you in your driveway and had a talk with
> you and said they had opened the package and tested it. I think they
> gave the package back to you, but again, all opened and tested, etc. I
> just remember when that incident happened, that I felt so terribly sorry
> to have caused you so much trouble with the post office when all you
> were trying to do was help me out a bit and try to get me healthier!
>
> Sheesh, they probably have your picture on the post office walls by
> now!!! (just kidding!)
>
> God belss you for all you do to try to help so many others out and then
> having to endure such nonsense for trying to be a helpful friend!!!
>
> Hugs,
>
> Donna
> .
> .
> .
> .
> 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
> call them FRIENDS......
>
> 2. J.K.M.A.

You know Donna,
I kind of expect something with white powder but not with sealed
bottles that are obviously from a company! That was also just after
all the anthrax scare-I thought we had gotten a little less paranoid.
I seriously think I am going to switch to UPS OR FedEx.

i am also, as Paul suggests, going to get that money back!

m

<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190088127.408533.275520@r29g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
> On Sep 17, 8:30 pm, DKGBee...@webtv.net (Donna G.) wrote:
>> M.,
>>
>> Sorry you had to endure all of that nonsense!!!
>>
>> The whole scenerio sounds a lot like the time, a few years ago, you were
>> trying to help me out by mailing me some thymus which was in powder
>> form. That was around the time that several postal workers had gotten
>> sick from some white powdered stuff that had been mailed to some
>> government offices.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, with that package that you tried to mail me, a
>> couple of postal inspectors met you in your driveway and had a talk with
>> you and said they had opened the package and tested it. I think they
>> gave the package back to you, but again, all opened and tested, etc. I
>> just remember when that incident happened, that I felt so terribly sorry
>> to have caused you so much trouble with the post office when all you
>> were trying to do was help me out a bit and try to get me healthier!
>>
>> Sheesh, they probably have your picture on the post office walls by
>> now!!! (just kidding!)
>>
>> God belss you for all you do to try to help so many others out and then
>> having to endure such nonsense for trying to be a helpful friend!!!
>>
>> Hugs,
>>
>> Donna
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
>> call them FRIENDS......
>>
>> 2. J.K.M.A.
>
> You know Donna,
> I kind of expect something with white powder but not with sealed
> bottles that are obviously from a company! That was also just after
> all the anthrax scare-I thought we had gotten a little less paranoid.
> I seriously think I am going to switch to UPS OR FedEx.
>
> i am also, as Paul suggests, going to get that money back!
>
> m
>
Darlin', I think your name is on a database somewhere, especially with all
the travel you've done since 9/11.

Maybe start shipping using your roommates name. I'll bet they never take a
peek.

Kelly C.

You go, Girl! Add up everything you can possibly put in and make them pay
you, even if you have to take them to court!
Gwen


<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190088127.408533.275520@r29g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
> On Sep 17, 8:30 pm, DKGBee...@webtv.net (Donna G.) wrote:
>> M.,
>>
>> Sorry you had to endure all of that nonsense!!!
>>
>> The whole scenerio sounds a lot like the time, a few years ago, you were
>> trying to help me out by mailing me some thymus which was in powder
>> form. That was around the time that several postal workers had gotten
>> sick from some white powdered stuff that had been mailed to some
>> government offices.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, with that package that you tried to mail me, a
>> couple of postal inspectors met you in your driveway and had a talk with
>> you and said they had opened the package and tested it. I think they
>> gave the package back to you, but again, all opened and tested, etc. I
>> just remember when that incident happened, that I felt so terribly sorry
>> to have caused you so much trouble with the post office when all you
>> were trying to do was help me out a bit and try to get me healthier!
>>
>> Sheesh, they probably have your picture on the post office walls by
>> now!!! (just kidding!)
>>
>> God belss you for all you do to try to help so many others out and then
>> having to endure such nonsense for trying to be a helpful friend!!!
>>
>> Hugs,
>>
>> Donna
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
>> call them FRIENDS......
>>
>> 2. J.K.M.A.
>
> You know Donna,
> I kind of expect something with white powder but not with sealed
> bottles that are obviously from a company! That was also just after
> all the anthrax scare-I thought we had gotten a little less paranoid.
> I seriously think I am going to switch to UPS OR FedEx.
>
> i am also, as Paul suggests, going to get that money back!
>
> m
>

On Sep 18, 4:36 pm, <sweetpickl...@SPAMknology.net> wrote:
> You go, Girl! Add up everything you can possibly put in and make them pay
> you, even if you have to take them to court!
> Gwen
>
> <shenmei9w...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1190088127.408533.275520@r29g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > On Sep 17, 8:30 pm, DKGBee...@webtv.net (Donna G.) wrote:
> >> M.,
>
> >> Sorry you had to endure all of that nonsense!!!
>
> >> The whole scenerio sounds a lot like the time, a few years ago, you were
> >> trying to help me out by mailing me some thymus which was in powder
> >> form. That was around the time that several postal workers had gotten
> >> sick from some white powdered stuff that had been mailed to some
> >> government offices.
>
> >> If I recall correctly, with that package that you tried to mail me, a
> >> couple of postal inspectors met you in your driveway and had a talk with
> >> you and said they had opened the package and tested it. I think they
> >> gave the package back to you, but again, all opened and tested, etc. I
> >> just remember when that incident happened, that I felt so terribly sorry
> >> to have caused you so much trouble with the post office when all you
> >> were trying to do was help me out a bit and try to get me healthier!
>
> >> Sheesh, they probably have your picture on the post office walls by
> >> now!!! (just kidding!)
>
> >> God belss you for all you do to try to help so many others out and then
> >> having to endure such nonsense for trying to be a helpful friend!!!
>
> >> Hugs,
>
> >> Donna
> >> .
> >> .
> >> .
> >> .
> >> 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
> >> call them FRIENDS......
>
> >> 2. J.K.M.A.
>
> > You know Donna,
> > I kind of expect something with white powder but not with sealed
> > bottles that are obviously from a company! That was also just after
> > all the anthrax scare-I thought we had gotten a little less paranoid.
> > I seriously think I am going to switch to UPS OR FedEx.
>
> > i am also, as Paul suggests, going to get that money back!
>
>

A little update: went over to the PO on my lunch break and talked to
the postmaster. I can't get the money back I spent on shipping but
they will reship it again

there is something called the DMM (domestic mailing manual and I got
to hang out with section 609. If I file a claim, they may pay it
but....the paper work involved and the absolute subjectivity of the
whole thing makes that unlikely. There are so many loopholes in this
thing that i am doubtful that I will ever see a cent. But hey guys,
if you break something, call me and I'll mail you some funny little
pills <g> (do we need a symbol for crying, rather than grinning? May
be I'll use <C>

m

A little update: went over to the PO on my lunch break and talked to
the postmaster. I can't get the money back I spent on shipping but
they will reship it again

there is something called the DMM (domestic mailing manual and I got
to hang out with section 609. If I file a claim, they may pay it
but....the paper work involved and the absolute subjectivity of the
whole thing makes that unlikely. There are so many loopholes in this
thing that i am doubtful that I will ever see a cent. But hey guys,
if you break something, call me and I'll mail you some funny little
pills <g> (do we need a symbol for crying, rather than grinning? May
be I'll use <C>

m

:-( must be a new section in the DMM. bummer.

the twenty-odd dollars postage i was refunded came directly from their
on-hand cash box--i can't think of the name of what they called that (have a
really bad case of brain fog and lost nouns today, bigtime). but it has
roughly $50 in that funds box at the post office--lots of small businesses
and offices have them for incidentals and every post office has one, too.

i didn't have to fill out anything, just signed a receipt for the cash and
gave them my receipt for the original postage for their records. in my
case, what was at issue was a "guaranteed overnight express delivery" of
four pounds of bing cherries for my son. he got the box weeks later, when
it was a soupy, moldy, femented mess--twas cherry season here (may or june)
but hot weather there in georgia.

it's called a PETTY CASH box! (i just asked my housekeeper what that funds
box is called, along with lots of other nouns all afternoon).

i was relentless, but polite, missy m. i refused to leave without my money,
but i didn't tell them i refused to leave. i just didn't leave. i also
made sure many other postal customers heard my story. but i wasn't
obnoxiously loud or anything like that, just insistant and persistant about
them not providing the service for the fee.

kate

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:18:16 -0400, Kelly C. wrote
(in message <sMednbKp48culnLbnZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@comcast.com>):

> I know a person who tried to mail a wilton cake pan to a friend in England.
> Three times. It kept coming back to her, package all ripped open. Finally,
> she had to go to the international airport to get a statement from the
> Homeland Security office to take to the PO, so they could put a sticker on
> the package stating that it was approved for mailing.
>
> Kelly C.

that is truly nuts! a wilton cake pan? what did they think it would be used
for, baking rock-hard fruit cakes to use as ammo? (I must add that my mom
makes very moist and tasty fruit cake!)

--
Nann
remove the Gator cheer to email me
Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare

just to nudge you further towards other shippers, I understand the USPS has
raised their rates so if you are shipping across several states they are much
more expensive the UPS or FedEx. My favorite mailr-order perennial place
lets customers ship back the packing peanuts for re-use (customer gets free
shipping on next order). The plants I got last week had the update on
shipping costs and they are urging us to try other shippers unless your state
neighbors Ohio (their state).

--
Nann
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Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare

Nann Bell wrote:

> that is truly nuts! a wilton cake pan? what did they think it would be used
> for, baking rock-hard fruit cakes to use as ammo? (I must add that my mom
> makes very moist and tasty fruit cake!)
>

Actually, I made a fruit cake once that could be used as ammo, LOL!!! I
think there was too much fruit and not enough cake, LOL!

Carole

Nann Bell wrote:

> just to nudge you further towards other shippers, I understand the USPS has
> raised their rates so if you are shipping across several states they are much
> more expensive the UPS or FedEx. My favorite mailr-order perennial place
> lets customers ship back the packing peanuts for re-use (customer gets free
> shipping on next order). The plants I got last week had the update on
> shipping costs and they are urging us to try other shippers unless your state
> neighbors Ohio (their state).
>
I found that the last time I sold a few things on eBay. I thought I had
charged enough for shipping, but it ended up costing me money. Next time
I'll use UPS - and with them you get a tracking number.

Carole

"Carole" <SeattleCarole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nann Bell wrote:
>
>> just to nudge you further towards other shippers, I understand the USPS
>> has raised their rates so if you are shipping across several states they
>> are much more expensive the UPS or FedEx. My favorite mailr-order
>> perennial place lets customers ship back the packing peanuts for re-use
>> (customer gets free shipping on next order). The plants I got last week
>> had the update on shipping costs and they are urging us to try other
>> shippers unless your state neighbors Ohio (their state).
>>
> I found that the last time I sold a few things on eBay. I thought I had
> charged enough for shipping, but it ended up costing me money. Next time
> I'll use UPS - and with them you get a tracking number.
>
> Carole

I have an ebay store now, and have learned a lot about postage.lol I still
prefer USPS because they'll ship to a post office box, which UPS won't, and
they'll pick up my outgoing parcels for free, from my home.

Kelly C.

So let's do one of those thread switches that ASA has been so good at
in years past

What is your ebay business, Kelly?

m

<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> So let's do one of those thread switches that ASA has been so good at
> in years past
>
> What is your ebay business, Kelly?
>
> m
>
It's still small, cuz I just don't wanna work hard enough to make it big.lol

http://stores.ebay.com/kells-cupboard will take you directly to my store.

I've been having fun toy shopping this week.

Kelly C.

Kelly C. wrote:

> I have an ebay store now, and have learned a lot about postage.lol I still
> prefer USPS because they'll ship to a post office box, which UPS won't, and
> they'll pick up my outgoing parcels for free, from my home.

Yea, that's true. That would work for me! I can never understand why we
have disabled parking spaces, but there is no line for disabled once you
get into places like the post office. And between my knee, hip and the
CHF, standing for long periods of time isn't what I consider a
pleasurable experience.

Carole

"Carole" <SeattleCarole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kelly C. wrote:
>
>> I have an ebay store now, and have learned a lot about postage.lol I
>> still prefer USPS because they'll ship to a post office box, which UPS
>> won't, and they'll pick up my outgoing parcels for free, from my home.
>
> Yea, that's true. That would work for me! I can never understand why we
> have disabled parking spaces, but there is no line for disabled once you
> get into places like the post office. And between my knee, hip and the
> CHF, standing for long periods of time isn't what I consider a pleasurable
> experience.
>
> Carole
>
Carole, if you have registered at USPS.com, you can get Priority shipping
materials sent to your home, free! If you ship even one parcel via Priority
mail, they'll pick up all parcels with that item, even if they're not
priority.

Kelly C.-USPS booster.lol

Blatant plug for FedEx here. I know nothing about them to speak of other
than their trucks are prettier than UPS.

Problem grandson has a job lined up with them starting the 26th. I could
use some prayers for this one. I did accomplish one thing. He is eighteen,
and has a spotless driving record. Of course that is likely because he only
just got his license two days ago, but I'll take what I can get.

I wrote a paper on FedEx way back in the stone age when I was in college.
The company was a brilliant idea in its time and nicely implemented.

Oh, and I do like their "free" shipping boxes and envelopes.

When I was still working I did a lot of work for a former employer who had
semi retired to a small remote town in Oregon. Between FedEx and the
computers it wasn't much more difficult than being in the next office.

To paraphrase a Budweiser commercial. Costs more, less hassle.
Jo
<shenmei9wise@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> So let's do one of those thread switches that ASA has been so good at
> in years past
>
> What is your ebay business, Kelly?
>
> m
>

Kelly C. wrote:

> Carole, if you have registered at USPS.com, you can get Priority shipping
> materials sent to your home, free! If you ship even one parcel via Priority
> mail, they'll pick up all parcels with that item, even if they're not
> priority.
>
> Kelly C.-USPS booster.lol

LOL, cute :-)

But how do you pay for the postage? do you have to have an account and
pay online or something?

Carole
who HATES standing online at the post office!

"Carole" <SeattleCarole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kelly C. wrote:
>
>> Carole, if you have registered at USPS.com, you can get Priority shipping
>> materials sent to your home, free! If you ship even one parcel via
>> Priority mail, they'll pick up all parcels with that item, even if
>> they're not priority.
>>
>> Kelly C.-USPS booster.lol
>
> LOL, cute :-)
>
> But how do you pay for the postage? do you have to have an account and
> pay online or something?
>
> Carole
> who HATES standing online at the post office!

Once you have registered at the site, you can use their Click n Ship
service, paying with a credit card. Then you print the label on plain paper
from your printer, and tape it to the box. You can also buy stamps online,
and no matter how many you order, there is a $1 handling fee.

Kelly C.

"Carole" <SeattleCarole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kelly C. wrote:
>
>> Carole, if you have registered at USPS.com, you can get Priority shipping
>> materials sent to your home, free! If you ship even one parcel via
>> Priority mail, they'll pick up all parcels with that item, even if
>> they're not priority.
>>
>> Kelly C.-USPS booster.lol
>
> LOL, cute :-)
>
> But how do you pay for the postage? do you have to have an account and
> pay online or something?
>
> Carole
> who HATES standing online at the post office!

I don't stand in line at the post office, or hardly ever.

Many stores have mini post offices on site where you can do everything but
pick up mail. Our local BelAir grocery store runs a satellite post office
(outgoing mail only) in their customer service department. You can find
them on the post office web site.

They are so popular they set a limit of something like 10 packages per
person a day.

There usually isn't a line. Except maybe right after 5pm when all the
offices people try to get stuff out before the 5:20 pickup.

Most things, I just slap an extra stamp or two on. When I think drive to
post office and wait to be waited on vs. the cost of an extra stamp or two,
its no contest.

If I were still working I'd be using one of those things where you can print
your own postage on your computer.

I've also been known to track down FedEx trucks to give them outgoing
packages. In a small town its easy to learn their routes.

Jo

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>
>
> So let's do one of those thread switches that ASA has been so good at
> in years past
>
> What is your ebay business, Kelly?
>
> m
>
It's still small, cuz I just don't wanna work hard enough to make it big.lol

http://stores.ebay.com/kells-cupboard will take you directly to my store.

I've been having fun toy shopping this week.

Kelly C.

neat stuff. i have friends who sell all kinds of things on ebay. your/the
concept of an "ebay store" threw me for a bit. i was thinking physical
store.

i went to an "i sold it on ebay" store (physical store), in tukwilla last
month, to sell my antique brass english ship's lantern. ebay sold it on the
29th, second day of the listing, but i'm still waiting for my check for it
to arrive. once that gets here, i think i might try selling my antique
english hotel bed warmer (from the claridges hotel in london, built ca.
1812) next time. i knew the lantern would sell, because it was so large and
hallmarky, perfect for christmasy or nautical settings/decor. but i'm not
sure if this antique copper and brass bed warmer will, though both are in
excellent condition. i think that's almost the last of the antiques around
here, now, except for me<g>. thought my son was going to kill me when he
found out i sold the lantern--i didn't know he even liked it! he just grew
up with it and pretty much ignored it and complained when it was in his
way.LOL yeah, i've been slowly getting rid of a lot of the things i used to
love, trying to pare down the upkeep workload around here. it gets
overwhelming.

kate

"d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> wrote in message
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>
> neat stuff. i have friends who sell all kinds of things on ebay.
> your/the
> concept of an "ebay store" threw me for a bit. i was thinking physical
> store.
>
> i went to an "i sold it on ebay" store (physical store), in tukwilla last
> month, to sell my antique brass english ship's lantern. ebay sold it on
> the
> 29th, second day of the listing, but i'm still waiting for my check for it
> to arrive. once that gets here, i think i might try selling my antique
> english hotel bed warmer (from the claridges hotel in london, built ca.
> 1812) next time. i knew the lantern would sell, because it was so large
> and
> hallmarky, perfect for christmasy or nautical settings/decor. but i'm not
> sure if this antique copper and brass bed warmer will, though both are in
> excellent condition. i think that's almost the last of the antiques
> around
> here, now, except for me<g>. thought my son was going to kill me when he
> found out i sold the lantern--i didn't know he even liked it! he just
> grew
> up with it and pretty much ignored it and complained when it was in his
> way.LOL yeah, i've been slowly getting rid of a lot of the things i used
> to
> love, trying to pare down the upkeep workload around here. it gets
> overwhelming.
>
> kate
>
Kate, you'd be better off selling those items yourself, and keeping all the
money. Those brick and mortar ebay stores take way too much, and I can't
believe it's taking them so long to send you a check!

Here's a link to completed listings for antique bed warmers in the last 2
weeks.... http://tinyurl.com/2rvyej

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>
> neat stuff. i have friends who sell all kinds of things on ebay.
> your/the
> concept of an "ebay store" threw me for a bit. i was thinking physical
> store.
>
> i went to an "i sold it on ebay" store (physical store), in tukwilla last
> month, to sell my antique brass english ship's lantern. ebay sold it on
> the
> 29th, second day of the listing, but i'm still waiting for my check for it
> to arrive. once that gets here, i think i might try selling my antique
> english hotel bed warmer (from the claridges hotel in london, built ca.
> 1812) next time. i knew the lantern would sell, because it was so large
> and
> hallmarky, perfect for christmasy or nautical settings/decor. but i'm not
> sure if this antique copper and brass bed warmer will, though both are in
> excellent condition. i think that's almost the last of the antiques
> around
> here, now, except for me<g>. thought my son was going to kill me when he
> found out i sold the lantern--i didn't know he even liked it! he just
> grew
> up with it and pretty much ignored it and complained when it was in his
> way.LOL yeah, i've been slowly getting rid of a lot of the things i used
> to
> love, trying to pare down the upkeep workload around here. it gets
> overwhelming.
>
> kate
>
Kate, you'd be better off selling those items yourself, and keeping all the
money.

***i know, hon, but i really don't have the mindshare/bandwidth for that.
things have to be very very basic for me these days or i'm easily
overwhelmed. had an antique dealer handle the bulk of it and still doubled
my old receipt prices paid. (i just keep finding things, like the lantern
and bed warmer, though.) guess i took better care of that stuff than i
thought.<smile>

Those brick and mortar ebay stores take way too much,

***i know it was steep, but i still did a little better than double the
price i paid for it 30 years ago, and that was minus their fees. so, that
was ok.

and I can't
believe it's taking them so long to send you a check!

***they said they have to verify that the bidder received it and then it
would take 1 to 3 weeks after that. i'm patient and there's no hurry.

Here's a link to completed listings for antique bed warmers in the last 2
weeks.... http://tinyurl.com/2rvyej

interesting items. wide price ranges and styles. mine is a little
different, copper pan and lid, brass hinge and original little brass hotel
i.d. plate riveted to the lid. antiques are funny items, though, in that
some people collect them for specific characteristics.

kate