USPS flat rate boxes!
Ernie Miller Topeka
>For all of you e-bayers out there the post office has decided to help you out with them heavy items. they now have flat rate boxes. This will be great for some of us.
Fact Sheet
The new Priority Mail flat-rate box options are Quick, Easy, Convenient:
Available as a part of a 2-year experiment starting November 20, 2004.
No weighing required by the customer.
No zone charts needed or rate calculations to make.
Boxes come in two familiar shapes (both of which have similar cubic inch dimensions):
11-7/8" x 3-3/8" x 13-5/8" ideal for garments, board games, books, and other thin items.
11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" perfect for shoes, model cars, and other taller items.
Both boxes have large red starbursts printed on all sides to identify the Priority Mail flat-rate packaging.
One price fits all:
$7.70, regardless of weight or domestic delivery zone.
Exactly twice the postage of a Priority Mail flat-rate envelope.
Boxes are not prepaid. Each box must bear $7.70 in postage.
For postage, customers can affix any combination of stamps equaling the $7.70 rate (such as two $3.85-rate Jefferson Memorial Priority Mail stamps), they can affix a postage meter strip, or they can use Click-N-Ship� or other PCPostage� options to print their shipping labels and pay for postage using their computers, printers, and the Internet.
Availability:
For customers, boxes will be available at most Post Office facilities. They can also order boxes at http://supplies.usps.gov; under Browse Store and under Shipping Supplies, click on either Business Use or Personal Use, and then click on Priority Mail.
Customers can choose from several mailing methods:
Enter Priority Mail flat-rate boxes at any Post Office.
Hand them to a letter carrier when mail is delivered to a home or office.
Arrange for a next-day pickup at no extra charge using Carrier Pickup (which is available in most locations) using online notification at USPS.com�.