Flat rate envelope fabric guideline

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07-23-2010, 05:40 PM

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nwm50

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Also was told i couldn't used taped on it !!i was sent a jelly roll recently....it was unrolled into a half flat...fit pretty good. My po has gotten strict with me all of a sudden for some reason on the fre being a little" too thick". supposed to be FLAT they said.......hmmmm.

07-23-2010, 05:46 PM

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bearisgray

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From what I've been reading, it seems that different post offices/clerks have different interpretations of "what will go" in a flat rate envelope or box.

06-07-2011, 02:10 AM

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cabinfever

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostrider

I've received at least five punctured FRE's that had been stuffed with fabric. In every case, the only thing that saved the contents from damage was the plastic bag the shipper had used inside the envelope as protection from water. Those envelopes run the gauntlet and the fuller they are the higher the risk of puncture. My tiny little PO will let you wrap CLEAR packing tape all over any package like a cocoon!! :D

Nice that your PO is reasonable! I have rec'd lots of stuffed FRE full of fabric. I now request anyone shipping anything in an FRE to pre-bag in plastic for same reason. Also, I found the end-flaps (USPS sealed ends) would routinely pop open even when I got a thin little paper-cover quilt book with 20-50 pages; no stress on the seams either. So, USPS are not gluing these properly.