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Message:: [QUOTE="Kenneth J Santora, post: 2443376, member: 78149"]As a rural letter carrier for the USPS, I can tell you that many sellers are not worried about proper package preparation but are looking to send the item as cheaply as possible.  And no, if you look at the postage that is attached to the parcel, you will notice that most of the time, it is no where near the price the buyer paid for "postage and handling."  Handling is very expensive I suppose.  Furthermore, as of May 2016, the cost of First Class Postage dropped from $.49 to $.47 for the 1st ounce  and there is no longer any guaranteed overnight mail due to the dropping of standards by the USPS management.  But I will tell you that as an employee of the USPS for over 25 years, most carriers want their customers to get what they pay for and will go out of their way to make sure a package is delivered even with the address un-deliverable or cant be read be read .  Also, remember that in past days, people actually read and sorted all mail pieces.  Today, machines and computers do most of this, some sorting as many as 60,000 pieces/hr.   I personally inquire of buyers I deal with as to how they will be packing my coins etc and do not want then sent in plain letter envelopes.[/QUOTE]