Shipping question

I've been researching dnm's the past couple months for a political science paper, and I'm trying to understand how people send stuff in envelopes. Let's say you were mailing someone something in a priority express usps envelope, is it simply writing their address on it, not putting a return address, and sending it? Do you have to go into the post office to send it or can you put it in the blue mailboxes? Sorry for the numerous questions it is very interesting to me that this goes on in our world today. Thanks


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[2 Points] Theeconomist1:

Officer (just kidding), why would it be hard to believe that the USPS delivers mail of which they do not know the contents of? Mailing packages is mailing packages, doesn't matter what's in it per se. You'd follow the same steps as you would any other package you are mailing.

Blue boxes I believe have certain restrictions, so look those up and as long as the pack conforms to those rules, you can drop in a blue box. I think, but am not positive, that one of the restrictions is weight on what you can drop in a blue box. Drugs have been mailed via USPS for a very long time. Hell, before teh Harrison Tax Stamp Act, that's how heroin, cocaine and other goodies were delivered to the customer (via catalogs, like Sears Roebucks).

is it simply writing their address on it

Yes, if you want it delivered you need an address

not putting a return address

Why not put a return address? Most mail has return addresses right? A missing return address would stick out. Don't want packs to stick out.

I think your question originates from the erroneous assumption that USPS searches or xrays every pack. Far from it. Of course if you are talking about international mail, different story and different risk vectors. But domestic mail is not x-rayed or searched normally. Of course if USPS suspects something, they will get a warrant or what not and search the pack, but given the sheer volume that USPS processes, you can be sure that most packs make it safely. Most of the time a pack is discovered, its due to some fuck up on either the sender or receiver. The sender didn't put enough postage for instance or the sender got profiled. Or the receiver used a bad address and the pack was undeliverable. It goes on I guess b/c the technology isn't there to effectively process millions of pieces of mail as it goes through the postal process. This might not be true at some point, combined with loss of various freedoms, who knows, but for now, it goes on b/c USPS can't just open up packs at will.


[1 Points] None:

Um you haven't been researching shit if you can't figure out how the usps even works.


[1 Points] _damnmachine:

Hi LE.