I agree, roseOfSharon. As a matter of fact, when I used the padded flat rate envelope yesterday, I could have mailed the package 1st class. However, I was mailing off a bweautiful round robin and didn't want to take a chance on having it lost in the mail. I feel more confident doing DC and using priority. Of coure, I use shipping assisant, so use DC even when mailing 1st class.