Wow...lucky some of you have such lenient post offices. I have a fabric website, and both of my local post offices deny me with the FRE with a slight bulge. One refused to take a package one day, and on another occasion, a customer at the receiving end had to pay the additional for the weight of the package and not the flat rate of $4.95 (from NY to CA) was almost double.
Needless to say, this is a joke...the rules of the post office should be followed the same in all states. I get along great with both post offices..I bake them cookies every once in a while. Hope that they lighten up a little again, as this is killing my international orders as well as my customers clearly across the country!