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This is my information on shipping from another post. I cut and pasted it, hope it helps some. I'm sure you can find information on packaging eggs for shipping and possibly sending them postage due.
Well folks, please allow me to add my 2 cents.
First are chicken eggs really so rare that a seller can not replace eggs?
There is a song called "Waiting for the World to Change". Why the heck should we "Wait" why not change it ourselves, with a little kindness.
Good garden o' peas, they're chicken eggs not diamonds! Are a few extra eggs for insurance really gonna break the bank? Heck even the hatcheries throw in a couple free chicks now and then. A lot more work/cost goes into hatching those little buggers ya know.
Lastly, I worked for the post office and believe me the way some people pack things, I'm not surprised when things are destroyed. Even when I strongly advised people agains shipping the package with scotch tape they insist on shipping it. No matter what the clerk tells you wrap the darn thing in brown paper and make sure there are no other markings/writing other than the to and from addresses. NO! NO! NO! styrofoam peanuts EVER! NEVER NEVER NEVER!
Eggs should be sent at least priority or express mail. Never UPS or FedEx, becaue you never know where they'll leave your package.
"Signature Conformation" this means someone has to sign for the package and can check it's contents in front of a postal worker. Gotta get a witness.
Insured!
Do not, Do not give eggs to the mailman. They will sit in his/her truck all day. Either freezing or cooking. There is no air conditioning in their vehichles and they aren't warm enough in the winter.
Mail early in the day. The sooner your package gets into the "system" the faster it will get there.
Marking your package fragile means nothing to the machinery that will process you package. There is no such thing as "handle with care". The postal service does not have time to "hand process" your package.
Finally the postal service DOES NOT! treat any package special. They DO NOT! take more care with insured packages. I had a woman tell a customer in her store this when the customer was shipping two glass bowls and wanted to save money by putting one inside the other. EVEN AFTER I TOLD HER THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.
I am not bossy, my ideas is just better.
I love ya baby. Bless the beasts and the children.
