Wouldn't the people at USPS find it suspicious that almost all the packages have the same weight? Or some of them weigh 3.5 grams, 14 grams, 28 grams? They would all weigh out the same? How is that not suspicious?
Do venders actually go into USPS to ship packages?
Wouldn't the people at USPS find it suspicious that almost all the packages have the same weight? Or some of them weigh 3.5 grams, 14 grams, 28 grams? They would all weigh out the same? How is that not suspicious?
[7 Points] tdolsen:
[2 Points] Sinji_:
With packaging orders will never weigh at those increments as well as the fact that there's plenty of legitimate people who mail packages daily.
[2 Points] None:
Usps has better things to do than worry about the weight of packages. Most vendors use blue boxes.
[2 Points] blackbankthrowaway:
If you think about the sheer volume of packages and letters that roll through, you're going to have a lot of packages weighing the same amount. Even from a single seller, if you're shipping like products with identical packaging you're going to see similar weights. Not a lot of variance in the weight of a DVD, you know?
But, I think the answer to your question is that vendors avoid it at all costs, which is why you pay a premium for services that require it. And I think the concerns are mostly OPSEC (cameras, physcial description from clerks, etc). I don't think similar weights is high on the concerns scale.
[2 Points] forgottenbutnotgone:
With something like stamps.com you wouldn't need to interact with a clerk.
[2 Points] futuredracula:
FYI packages would have a pretty standard weight if you're an ebay seller selling the same item to people, not that weight actually matters when you're using priority flat rate like most US vendors do. i believe they still throw it on the scale but back when I sold on ebay and resold BTC via ebay/lbtc i'd go into the post office with 20-30 packages and maybe once or twice ever had the bored clerk ask anything about what i was shipping
[0 Points] jimmyd1987:
they don't weigh that you utter retard. packaging weighs at least double that. how you got onto the internet i do not know.
[1 Points] futuredracula:
if you have stamps and labels the only reason to step into a post office is to fill out express slips
[1 Points] s0urpatch:
you know there are other things that may weigh a gram or two.... you're not at all thinking
You operate a small web shop. You sell mugs with different prints on them. You sell several of them every day, and go to the same post office at the end of every day. Wouldn't the USPS find it suspicious that all of your packages weighs about the same?
I realize packages are a bit different than letters, but change mugs to fridge magnets and you got the same concept going for letters.