Post office throwing boxes

[TennesseeTruly]

Hubby and I went to our Post Office today (an appointment we made on Monday) to discuss with them on how we can stop all the broken & cracked eggs we're having lately both coming and going. I really go out of my way to package my egg really well and I'm still getting reports of broken and cracked eggs. Not many but some.

I've read on here that the Post Office will not insure eggs. Well I got it from the horse's mouth today that they will insure eggs. So we'll be doing that from now on.

For eggs to be insured:

1). Eggs have to be individually well cushioned,(which we do already), paper towels in an egg carton or tissue paper in an egg carton is NOT considered to be individually well cushioned. They are NOT insurabled that way.

2). They are otherwise packed to withstand shocks encountered during normal Postal Service handling. (Packages are tossed from one conveyor belt to another. It a time crunch thing. They have to be able to withstand that shock. Normally the distance is 2-3 feet.)

3) They are not likely to be harmed by anticipated temperature changes while in Postal Service custody.

We got this directly from our Postmaster today.

I hope that this helps some people. I know that its frustrating to open a box of eggs and finding them smashed. I also know as a seller that I'm angered every single time I get a report of a broken or cracked egg.

~Laurie~

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Its been on here time an time again they they refuse to pay out on eggs.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I spoke to several people last year and they all told me they will insure them. But will not pay if the box is not crushed. The only way they will pay out is if the box is crushed otherwise they wont.

 

[Patchesnposies]

So far I have had no reports of broken or cracked eggs in the ones that I have sent out. (Where IS that praying smilie?)

The one time that I have had broken eggs delivered they were in a plastic garbage bag and it was totally due to incredibly poor packing and the seller refunded my money.

My local PO employees think my mailing out eggs to places all over the country is wild and get a kick out of it. We have been called in the middle of the night when their truck gets in to go and pick up both eggs and chicks....if we haven't called them. They have also driven the extra bit to deliver boxes right to our hands. I have zero complaints about our local, small town post office, they are the best. As for other PO's I can't say.

(Tennesseetruly, now I am worried about the eggs I sent you! PM me when they arrive!)

 

[chikkaboomboom]

Same here I ADORE my local post office people, they go above and beyond for me and my neighbors all the time good people doing a often thankless job.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

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I have to say that I live in a small town and LOVE LOVE LOVE my Post Office and am on first name basis with everyone who works there. My PO thinks its a hoot that I ship eggs all over the country too. They also love it when I bring in chicks, ducklings, or goslings in to be shipped out. Actually they insist that I not seal the boxes up until they can all oogle them! LOL

I always bring in babies for them to see every week. I know its not MY PO that's doing the smashing. It's along the way that's doing it. Probably the hubs. I'm in my PO at least 4 days a week bringing in boxes to be shipped out. We wanted to get things straight because we keep hearing that you can and can't do this or that on BYC and I wanted to know EXACTLY what the rules were. We have a great working relationship with our PO and with our carriers.

My PO holds all boxes for me and calls me when they come in because I'm rural and I don't want my boxes traveling up and down the bumping roads. I'd rather go pick them up...anyway, my carrier's afraid of birds...and its worse since my Mottled Cochin rooster chased her last week when she delivered boxes. Poor woman.

Laurie

 

[aveca]

Well, I just got word that my shipment on the tracing number said misshipped , it went to wrong town..
Ya know..I dont mind spending hudreds of dollars on a product but its just rediculous that this happens LOT more times than it doesnt..and this time I tried a commercial foam shipper thinking .lets see if this works...and there it goes..of to some other town across the state ..

Its just not worth it..I have an APA judge freind who travels all over US judging AP shows, he said if the people are there to meet him, he will take a hatch to that location for them , for me..as for this PO thing, its most times a perfect waste of money..most of the people at my PO are good people and small town sweetness too..its what happens outside of that . I wish I could have all of my money back I could by something like an IPAD or something nice and quit worrying about this and throwing money out the window..freinds of mine even bought those commercial foam shippers and the recomended cartons with them for a bundle and they didnt fair too much better.sloppy air cells and few round the edge cracked..

Im more than forgiving if it happens once or twice or even three times..but every single time? not worth it. I will still send letters but not much more than that. there just has to be a better way.
A freind of mine in england said , just ship them special delivery. with special delivery they get there in one peice every time good air cells ...I said we dont have special delivery..they have a smaller amount of ground to cover than in US..I get that..but they dont have these problems over there. I said we have priority mail, but the word PRIORITY dosnt have too much meaning..costs more but only means. you get a prettier box.. and the word stamped multiple times ... F R A G I L E ..well you might as well have written that in japanese..means nothing whatsoever.

last year I got eggs from a town just less than a hundred miles away..I thought , they cant possibly screw this one up..well... the air cells looked like they they had a run in with a land mine., perfectly packed too. the air cells tottaly detached...I thought do they have some guy in an office somewhere that they send these to and have him kick them around until they are ruined and on a good day a box gets by him?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I wonder how they would far with "F R A G I L E.... S T I N K B O M B S" stamped all over the box?

 

[aveca]

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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