Do you have an online store? Do you mail lots of packages? Or do you just mail out packages once in a blue moon? Did you know that, in the U.S., you can get free boxes delivered to your house from the USPS? They have these great "flat rate" boxes, and just as the name implies, it's one price, no matter how much you are able to stuff into that box.
My dilemma was that I had a package to send, but the cost of mailing it via the flat rate was more than it would cost if I packaged it by weight. What to do?
Well, you could do what I did.
Here we have a flat rate box; one in a bundle of ten I received free of charge from the USPS:
If you deliver this as is, you will be charged the priority mail flat rate, which, at this time, for this particular sized box is about $10.70. The problem is that when I calculate postage by weight it's $4.00 less, and I'd really like to save that $4.00, wouldn't you? Especially if you send a lot of packages, which is why I bought a postage scale a while back:
So, this is what I did:
You guessed it. I cut open the box and turned it inside out:
Looks legit, doesn't it?
You can't beat this, really. Free flat rate boxes delivered to your home and printing your postage online? What could be easier? So, go online to the USPS and order your free flat rate boxes and save your pennies on packaging and postage. SHHHHH. Don't tell them I told you, though.
Oh, were you curious about what I was mailing out? I thought so. I framed one of my photowalk pictures and sent it to a friend. I hope she enjoys it.* =)
*Naturally, I made sure my package arrived safely at it's destination before posting this.
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USPS will also deliver a wide variety of Priority Mail boxes to your house for free, not just the flat rate ones. You can get them at the post office sometimes as well. And there's a nice savings on postage if you pay for it online, as well as free delivery confirmation.
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