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Old 10-07-2011, 04:21 AM
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Thanks for posting all this info. I've been curious on the best way to send fabric, shouldn't be such a problem untill this sort of thing comes up :(
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Old 10-07-2011, 04:38 AM
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no wonder the post office is in trouble, they can't get their act together. I mailed a fat quarter in a business envelope, put 2 44 cent stamps and it came back postage due 20 cents after 6 weeks.
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:15 AM
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Did your seller add any extras, Insurance, priority mail, delivery notification, signature required? Was this from outside the US? That will also add to the cost of postage.
All of these add up and may have added to the cost.
Just a thought..
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:23 AM
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I think I would take it to the post office. I have mailed things first class package that cost less. If I am sending out fabric or a book it goes first class if it is under 13 oz. I am very curious what the post office says.
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by reginalovesfabric
no wonder the post office is in trouble, they can't get their act together. I mailed a fat quarter in a business envelope, put 2 44 cent stamps and it came back postage due 20 cents after 6 weeks.
the days of doing this are over - your FQ may have qualified as a parcel (FC) - minimum $1.71. even if it is only an ounce.

I got a package from a QB member last year, payment for something but she included a little bean bag (?) so it came postage due - turned a letter into a parcel.
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Old 10-07-2011, 06:25 AM
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I've bought several hundred things off Ebay through the years and never had this problem except once, when I let the lady know that I owed another seven cents, and she refunded all of my postage to me to make up for the problems she caused....and it was an honest mistake. Postage had just changed and she hadn't updated her website to calculate it correctly. so no, this is not the "usual" on Ebay.
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Old 10-07-2011, 07:10 AM
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If the postal carrier said the shipper paid only for a letter, she would have only paid .44 cents,, plus $5.31 total the post office received was $5.74 The shipper charged you $3.50 and if it cost more she should have paid the difference. I have never paid postage on an order from ebay above what was agreed upon. I would contact the seller...
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Old 10-07-2011, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Angellight
Did your seller add any extras, Insurance, priority mail, delivery notification, signature required? Was this from outside the US? That will also add to the cost of postage.
All of these add up and may have added to the cost.
Just a thought..
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No extras, just first class reg.mail. The postal lady said you should use their different size letter envelopes, what they have it sized and always postage is same, and poastal workers understand this, remember they on't all speak good English or understand. Never thought of that.
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Old 10-07-2011, 07:24 AM
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so did they say why they charged you so much? Ask them to show you the actual rate they charged - they can't just make this stuff up.
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Old 10-07-2011, 07:34 AM
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I just received my reciept from my postal worker about
5 min. ago, and I am going to post office after lunch.
The postal worker I was just talking about was my mail
lady. Hope fully I get an answer there, if not I will recall pay
pal, as the person on the phone from pal pal suggested.
I my need a little luck. It sems things just go along, then
you hit a snag and boy does it mess things up.
Being my first order do I want to do this again. It seamed
so simple and great.
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