What can happen to a letter in the mail
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- kturock ( 590 )
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What can happen to a letter in the mail
and what can happen when you mail something, like car alarm remote, car key, ring, minis, or anything other than paper OR even too much paper in a normal size envelope.
Here is a friend of mine from work and a pic he posted online of a 'jam' in part of the machine. Needless to say, some of the mail was destroyed, damaged or at least crumpled. Picture a truck getting stuck in a tunnel and everyone else behind it hitting it.
So to the recent trader who didn't want to pay more than 1-2 stamps postage for some bits in an envelope; this is what would have happened. The bits would have been destroyed.
The mail moves at 170 inches per second with a 2 inch gap between them.
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Re: What can happen to a letter in the mail
Your mail related posts are both enlightening and a little scary, considering I've done most of the no-nos at one point or another.
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Re: What can happen to a letter in the mail
HawtFist wrote:Your mail related posts are both enlightening and a little scary, considering I've done most of the no-nos at one point or another.
That's the point.
We see this daily. And someone will complain that the "damn post office lost my [blank]" when they mail something like this.
Sometimes, we can find the right envelope and put most of it back together. Sometimes it's just confetti.
Heh, I was called a Grognard.
MY ALWAYS TRADE LIST: Scar Weaver, wmeredith, bloodstrike, tionas, wetstone, Frank Austin, akum, SW-DABOSS, Galador, nahatley, Joeb, Squeakula, mongse, con-fusion, basaint, jugglingfool, IsaiahTheBarbarian, Purple40k, Standard of War, BA-Best .
USPS Postal Inspectors: 1-877-876-2455
USPS complaint center delivery problem, lost mail, track & confirm, etc. 1-800-275-8777
MY ALWAYS TRADE LIST: Scar Weaver, wmeredith, bloodstrike, tionas, wetstone, Frank Austin, akum, SW-DABOSS, Galador, nahatley, Joeb, Squeakula, mongse, con-fusion, basaint, jugglingfool, IsaiahTheBarbarian, Purple40k, Standard of War, BA-Best .
USPS Postal Inspectors: 1-877-876-2455
USPS complaint center delivery problem, lost mail, track & confirm, etc. 1-800-275-8777
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Re: What can happen to a letter in the mail
To add onto what kt's saying...
This is why these posts are so damned valuable. If you do something wrong enough, but it never gets noticed/caught, you'll start to envision is as "okay" or 'the right way" or "an acceptable short-cut/alteration on normal procedures." Then, once your short cut causes a problem, you're just taken aback. "It was never a problem before." As it turns out, it WAS a problem, you were just fortunate enough that it never backfired on you before now.
(This is a generic "you," and not specifically aimed at any individual)
Eric
This is why these posts are so damned valuable. If you do something wrong enough, but it never gets noticed/caught, you'll start to envision is as "okay" or 'the right way" or "an acceptable short-cut/alteration on normal procedures." Then, once your short cut causes a problem, you're just taken aback. "It was never a problem before." As it turns out, it WAS a problem, you were just fortunate enough that it never backfired on you before now.
(This is a generic "you," and not specifically aimed at any individual)
Eric
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I think what this situation needs is some imagination.
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Give me a sense of humor Lord. Give me the grace to see a joke.
To get some humor out of life and pass it on to other folk.
I think what this situation needs is some imagination.
"...I'm a nerd, and I'm here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds.” – Gilbert Lowell
Want my help with a BTR or backout? All messages sent/posted should be in CHRONOLOGICAL order. Otherwise, I just won't read it.