EVERYONE Please Read~ First Class vs. Priority~DO NOT Turn Priority Packaging INSIDE

[Sweet_Fantasy_Fox]

I wanted to get this information out as requested by our members to let everyone know this is becoming an issue for many members, please read and understand the laws regarding shipping packages and using the USPS. Turning ANY priority packaging inside out to ship anything BUT priority mail is Illegal, buyers often get stuck paying the additional fees just to receive their packages. If you need polymailers, they can be bought for very cheap on both amazon and ebay as well as through some of our wonderful ds mama's. If you have any questions, feel free to pm a mod or admin for further clarification.
From the USPS Site

Using Express Mail service or Priority Mail service envelopes for other mailIf any Express Mail service or Priority Mail service packaging or packaging supplies e.g., Priority Mail tape to seal a Parcel Post package, are used on any other class of mail, the applicable Express Mail or Priority Mail price will be charged.

• Misuse may be a violation of federal law.
• Turning the packaging inside out to conceal the Priority Mail / Express Mail insignia is specific misuse that is not allowed.

Any matter mailed in these free boxes is charged the appropriate Express Mail or Priority Mail price, regardless of how the packaging is reconfigured (including being turned inside out, cut, shrunk, enlarged, etc.) or how the markings are obliterated.
Mail dropped in a Collection Box receptacle using inappropriate packaging (including, for example, mailing Priority Mail items in an Express Mail box) is either:

• Sent on as insufficient postage mail
  OR
• Returned to the sender

Treatment of this mail is based on the specific case as decided by the Post Office facility handling the mailpiece.
NOTE: The USPS provides some packaging and supplies free of charge for:

• Priority Mail (Domestic) items
• Express Mail (Domestic) items
• Priority Mail International items
• Express Mail International (EMI) items
• Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) items

[bcarroll9494]

My PO finally gave me a warning about not overstuffing a flat rate envelope. Apparently THEY have been getting in trouble for letting too many slide through.
BTW - my package was not taped outside at all. I only used their sealing strip. But it was 2-3 inches thick.

Just be careful!

[Queen_Celeste]

Originally Posted by bcarroll9494 My PO finally gave me a warning about not overstuffing a flat rate envelope. Apparently THEY have been getting in trouble for letting too many slide through. BTW - my package was not taped outside at all. I only used their sealing strip. But it was 2-3 inches thick. Just be careful!

You can order FREs that are bubble mailers from usps.com and I have never had anyone have problems with them being 'over filled'

[karissagipson]

Crazy, I can't believe people do that!

[rainbowfizzle]

I didn't know this, thanks for posting! I mail envelopes quite often but I never overfill them because I'm afraid something will happen to what's inside!

[mysticmomma1879]

holy old thread batman!

There is NO regulation regarding thickness of FRE's. Ask for it in writing.

[rhodesestrada]

Excellent to know there isn't a size limit on FREs.

[katjoy]

wow - a violation of federal law

[bananaclip]

Now the new envelopes have print on the inside so a person cannot flip it inside out. I did flip a priority envelope once to send my mom a sports bra she left at my house during a visit.