Originally Posted by MTS

I spoke to my Postmaster about the FRE issue and he assured me that if it fits, it ships. I was nice to get that settled with the top local official, as that should avoid any potential problems.

The PO's can't get them/won't stock the bubble FRE's but you can easily order them online.

I've gotten a few shipments of the bubble FRE's. I used one the other day, and dropped it off at the counter (which I rarely ever do).


The clerk took one look at it, saw my PayPal prepaid label, and snarled that I had the wrong postage, and I could NOT use the flat rate on that envelope.

Let's just say there was a lot of snarling.

I'm so tired of having to educate the PO employees. If they weren't always so g.d. smug all the time, I could maybe tolerate it.

Her final response was something along the line of "How was I supposed to know that?" ('Cause it's your job.)

Which just led to more snarling.
From me.

But, wow, you can pack a lot into the padded envelopes. I easily put 6.5 yards of one fabric in, and it closed while totally maintaining its shape. The glue is much better than the cardboard envelope, and I really didn't need to tape anything.