can you get book rates for the magazines?

I use flat rate boxes for fabric only. A recent shipment would have cost $50 for the same level of service ( speed ) I paid 10.70 . Note the box was completely crammed, and quite heavy.
As for sending a quilt this way, it is doubtful it will be worthwile since the batting is so light weight.

I wonder if a mailing tube would be cheaper. The QFK quilt is small enough to roll into a log. I'll check today at the P.O.

If you are sending books/magazines out again, be sure to ask for the special rate for printed material. My daughter found out about this when sending a box of childrens' books to her niece. Much better rate.

A small scale if a GREAT investment. I use Paypal to print my labels and pay postage and you get a tracking number. A friend uses the flat rate boxes to send things to her son in the Navy. I just started using the flat rate packages - will see how they turn out. The people at the UPS store have told me a few times to go the the PO since they are cheaper on certain items.

I checked on this too when I mailed back my first Downy quilt. I got the largest padded envelopes I could find at an office supply store. It cost me $9 and some change to mail. It would have cost a dollar more to use a flat rate box in the size I needed. You have to factor in the cost of the padded envelopes (which aren't cheap), but I still came out ahead, and it was easy to do. The ones I have are self-sealing--so no tape necessary.

I use the flat-rate box to mail 2 at a time, it costs $10.35. I love it because I can buy postage on line, or use the machine at the post office. I take some extra boxes home so I do all my packing and labeling before I get there. Maybe it's a little more $$, but I do not have a lot of spare boxes lying around.

I sent 2 queen quilts for my great nephews in a flat weight box and it cost me 13.00+ for each one. With insurance it was $32.40 from Surprise, Arizona to Seattle Washington. I felt it was a lot of money added to making the quilts but we pay for it somehow. I was in a hurry as I mailed them on the 24th of Dec and they received them the 26th, so that wasn't too bad for Xmas time. I always weigh my stuff at home and try to print my own postage so I won't be surprised when I send it.

Meant flat rate not flat weight boxes!!!!!!!!!!

Recently there was a post on here about a children's quilt that had been found at a post office with no label on it. Could it possibly be yours? I don't remember the name of the post. They put a picture on the post.