Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by Vanuatu Jill
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
We get 8 yards into the envelopes all the time. It is all in how you fold it.
Should say... that's 8 yards of 44" wide cotton. Only about half as much flannel will fit, and only one yard of fleece!
But are you talking about the $4.95 flat rate envelope??? What envelopes hold that much and do you pay by weight, then??
Those 9.5" x 12.5" cardboard envelopes. There's a 4 pound weight limit if they're being sent internationally, but 8 yards of fabric always weighs less than that. You don't pay by weight, it's a flat-rate envelope.
There was a LOT of confusion within the Post Office earlier this year about how much you could put in the envelope. But it is still, "If it fits, it ships"... and yes, you can tape over the flap, and the seams of the envelope.
We had the local USPS Business Services Specialist come out to our shop and examine our envelopes, and check over our taping etc... and everything we do was within the guidelines of USPS so we've been sending those fat envelopes all 'round the world!
Yep, and it always arrives safely. I've ordered with you. Works like a dream.
But while we're talking of packaging one piece of advice or question:
Could you please put the shipping costs on the outside of the package, too, together with the value of the fabric? Apparently taxes are also due on shipping and handling. Because they had to open the package I had to pay heavy - and I mean heavy* - tax fees on the last package I received.
*It was like 30$ of tax fee for 70$ of fabric, mainly because they had to open the package to find out the costs for postage and handling.
I will make sure to ask you to do that with my next order. For now, thank you for the perfect service I've received so far.