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my friend is trying to scam the USPS
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Jan 27, 2016 06:10
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Ein cooler Typ posted:my friend is trying to scam the USPS lawrence gilchrist easily claims first helpful answer. the answer is Media Mail as a class is not closed against inspection. Thus, our local post office and (in theory) a few others have been opening virtually all incoming and outgoing Media Mail
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Jan 27, 2016 06:11
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3,720 to 1
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Jan 27, 2016 06:12
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1 thats what i voted this thread, i don't give a gently caress about your odds.
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Jan 27, 2016 06:14
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very high, post office employees have dogs trained to sniff out books, optical discs, tape reels etc
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Jan 27, 2016 06:18
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Protip: Buy a cheap DVD and put the birthday card inside the DVD, fooling the postal inspectors.
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Jan 27, 2016 06:22
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OH GOD! They send my package back to me and I lose whatever postage I put on the original package! THE loving HORROR! THE loving RISK! I TOUCH MYSELF AT NIGHT FROM THE THOUGHT OF GETTING CAUGHT BY THE USPS!
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Jan 27, 2016 06:23
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Getting 'caught' for cheesing media mail basically just means the person getting your scambox pays the difference, which they usually don't do, and if they send it back, you pay full price for them to return it
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Jan 27, 2016 06:24
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I think that they probably would not go to the trouble of inspecting a single package, I can't believe that they would care if you had a letter hidden amongst a stack of books. I think that they would probably inspect something that was a large commercial shipment, or many large commercial shipments, made to save money. But I don't know. You should try it and find out.
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Jan 27, 2016 06:42
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im tired of these frickin 1 percenters and their loopholes. just pay what your due
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Jan 27, 2016 06:56
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Only about 3% based on estimates from 2006-2014.
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Jan 27, 2016 07:01
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People do it all the loving time. It's a pretty low rent scam though. Not something I'd brag about. Unless you're mailing a pallet of bricks, there's probably a flat rate Priority Box that's reasonably priced. Priority is insured and only takes like 1-3 days for delivery. Media mail can take up to two weeks and they beat the poo poo out those packages, probably just to spite people who mail anything valuable that way.
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Jan 27, 2016 07:07
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I feel that shipping stuff through the USPS is reasonably priced so I don't really think its worth it to try and scam them. Also media mail is slow as balls.
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Jan 27, 2016 07:14
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They have the right to inspect it, and they will. And then they can do with it basically as they please, if they choose to hand it right back to you, you pay for it. I have been sending out a lot of porno comics by media mail and it's funny how many folk report that it had been subject to inspection (i.e. opened) prior to arrival.
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Jan 27, 2016 07:25
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My friend got a cd case full of wierd rc pills once they didnt check that one
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Jan 27, 2016 08:28
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I had a letter inside a box of Christmas presents and the USPS employee kindly informed me that I would need to pay postage for it and I agreed to doing so and she ended up not charging me for postage anyway.
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Jan 27, 2016 08:30
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They still use horses to deliver media mail so I also just use media mail to keep those horses employed. I'm afraid if I stop using media mail the horses will be sent to the Elmer's Retirement home.
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Jan 27, 2016 08:51
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Three of the four cubic foot boxes I sent with books in them via media mail got smashed open destroying or losing what was inside. These were brand new good boxes that I taped up really well.
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Jan 27, 2016 10:51
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When you cheat the government, you cheat all taxpayers. You're asking us to help you cheat us.
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