Has the Postal Service Cost Me $150?
A friend of mine from another part of the country sent me a surplus snowboarding bag. You know, the padded kind, with lots of compartments for gear and clothing, all ready (one hopes) for the abuse of airline luggage handlers.
It went out not merely priority mail, but express mail. That was a week ago. Looks like I may have to go buy one of my own. Retail prices seem to hover around $150.
Bummer.
UPDATE: The bag has arrived. It's one of those ones with wheels, so you can take it through the airport. It has (some) padding, so you can put it on a plane.
So why did it take a week for this "express" mail package to get to me? Two stickers put on the bag by postal employees tell the story.
One reads "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ONLY," while another reads 'REFUSED FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION." Underneath that is the handwritten note: (Wheels).
Is that bizarre or what?
It went out not merely priority mail, but express mail. That was a week ago. Looks like I may have to go buy one of my own. Retail prices seem to hover around $150.
Bummer.
UPDATE: The bag has arrived. It's one of those ones with wheels, so you can take it through the airport. It has (some) padding, so you can put it on a plane.
So why did it take a week for this "express" mail package to get to me? Two stickers put on the bag by postal employees tell the story.
One reads "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ONLY," while another reads 'REFUSED FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION." Underneath that is the handwritten note: (Wheels).
Is that bizarre or what?
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