Question on Postal Clerk Inquiry

That is all the USPS person is allowed to ask. If they ask anything else just answer "It contains nothing liquid, perishable, fragile, or potentially hazardous."

True for Registered mail, anything else the limit is $5,000.

True, nothing is infallible, but it is about a thousand times safer than regular insured mail.

 

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Yeppers, I believe I did say that to a clerk once. That it was similar.... in that they were round and all, but made of metal. Just never called them by the name "coins".

 

The automated postal systems in the PO are great for avoiding any and all interaction when shipping coins. Extremely easy to use and often times much quicker than the clerks.


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I'm reasonably certain that only FedEx has no union participation while both UPS and the USPS do.

Some miscellaneous other comments:

• As long as it's less than 13oz, then use PayPal's multi-shipment tool. You can get insurance and a tracking number for even a first class package and can drop it in any mailbox for pickup. No questions and no problems.

• You DO NOT want to get involved on the receiving end of the Postal Inspection Service. At one point a few years ago, their closure rate was advertized at something like 97%. (side note: does anyone remember the movies titled "The Inspectors" and "The Inspectors 2" ?

 

I don't watch many movies, and yes I know the postal inspectors can be tough but my understanding is they are not keen on pursuing small fraud; I had a case where I guy scammed me of thousands through the mail and I gave them all the documents and then got a court verdict against him and still they did not get him.

 

I ship usps and use the cheapest shipping with tracking. Never get asked. Sometimes i get the, is this a cd when i wrap it in cardboard lining. But really never get asked

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