Does USPS xrays boxes....YES....proof in thread.

[JJMR794]

Another Part That Gets Overlooked These Days.... Subcontracting~~~ Very Few Packages Are Handled Exclusively By Usps Employees From Point Of Origin To Final Destination, Most Are Collected By Usps, Then Handed Off To A Subcontractor And Shipped, Then Handed Back To A Usps Employee For Delivery At The Final Destination. What May Occur Inbetween Receiving And Delivery Is Anyone's Guess

 

[aprophet]

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when I deliver my own eggs and folks get 100% hatches and the PO gets to touch the eggs and folks get 10% hatches I think I figgered out where the problem is ROFL

 

[Stellar]

double post.

 

[Stellar]

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when I deliver my own eggs and folks get 100% hatches and the PO gets to touch the eggs and folks get 10% hatches I think I figgered out where the problem is ROFL

X2

 

[joe125]

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Apparently you've not read the entire first post, let alone the entire thread. The first post has a link to a current page on the USPS site that says they DO get x-rayed.

My bad! I shouldn't have said "the USPS quit using X-ray machines back in the late 1970's" . They just stopped routinely/blithely x-raying things. Of course events over the last 10 years have changed some aspects.
The odds that anything sent from a person in Podunk, GA. to a person in Podunk, KA. will be x-rayed are very slim. Not imposable, but highly improbable! There are many things that can happen in the shipment of eggs, but X-rays are an infinitesimal part of the equation.

I don't know anything about bees...other than I like their honey, like the fact that they pollinate my fruits and veggies, and hate when they sting me.

 

[Mek]

You should assume:

There is no fragile service (because they use machinery) its just marketing on your part so the receiver thinks you done well.
It will probably get treated well when received and when passed out to the addressee. However in the journey between; the parcel will be dealt with by many different people/ machinery who do not deal with the general public.

That the parcel will be dropped from chest height as parcel are sorted by machinery/rushed humans/ chest height parcel trolleys.

That other people will not package their packages well and this could impact yours. ie your bubble wrapped item hitting another bubble wrapped item equals better protection.

That you want your package to sit in the bag with the lighter parcels not the heavy ones.

That being on the top of the parcel bag is bad if there is a heavy packages on the bottom.

That parcels will be thrown. Put fragile labels in clear writing near the To address so that sorters cannot not miss the text ... they are sorting many parcels.
However do not put so much text on the box that it impedes the sorting process.

That having the parcel not sitting in a bag and separated may or maynot be a good thing. A bag may more often be carried and dragged over to the next spot while an individual parcel will either be picked up and carried or picked up and thrown.

Figure out when the collection of mail occurs at your local office.

Know your posties and mail contractors and tell them you are expecting eggs/sending eggs.

Cover up address labels on reused boxes otherwise mail could go for a trip.
Do not write the to address on the from section of the box and then scribble it out and write "To" ... it will come back to the same office and they will keep reposting it back in the system. Make sure you have the correct post code on your package.
With post office Do not put two addresses on the one package.. One package can only go to one address. {So send two packages } (unless you post it with a different way such as a courier company and they request that you give two addresses). ...also postal address and street address can have different post codes as well.

Do not deviate from the addressing standard of your local country. ie

name of person
street address
SUBURB STATE POSTCODE

Versus

name of person street address suburb state postcode {written on the same line and not in the usual address spot}
This makes it harder to sort out.

Keep your hand writing as neat as possible. Do not use running writing.

Do not insult the post person by asking for stationery that isnt paid for ie tape; as about 100 other people will ask for tape because they have 18 year old vintage envelopes. Postage rates probably only covers the cost of the postage. The tape behind the counter is for the New boxes from their shelves. If you take boxes from the dumpbin outside that has been flattened and rock up to the post office expecting free tape ...

Fill your boxes to the top with filling. Shaking results in breaking boxes/ envelopes.

 

[joe125]

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Gee, gosh-golly and gee-wiz!

If you are looking for an S&R/warehouse position anywhere in the Metro Atlanta area I will give you a reference. I wish I could give you a job, but can't at the moment. You pretty much spelled it out here......No, it's them nasty evil X-Rays!

 

[shelleyd2008]

I'm sorry, but when you receive fertile eggs from a reputable breeder/experienced shipper that have no visible signs of damage and have absolutely no development, something else is going on besides rough handling!!

 

[The Critter Place]

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x2!

 

[joe125]

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Well, then it's the shake and bake thing going on, or something else other than X-rays. That's such a small issue in the grand scheme of things. I stand a greater chance of getting the "clap" from a shipment of eggs from you, than I do getting an x-ray killed batch of eggs. It's just raw numbers, that can be crunched.

Nothing personal!