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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: gizmo78 on March 07, 2012, 02:07 am

Title: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: gizmo78 on March 07, 2012, 02:07 am
Kinda nervous and don't know what to do.  Came home from work and found in the mail box a "Sorry we missed you" card from USPS marked "Postage Due $1.05" and I'm really not sure what to do.  To make matter worse I am expecting 3 orders from different vendors so I'm not even sure which one it is, or who to contact.  All of them are small orders, all around $20 - $30.  What should I do?
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: markwest on March 07, 2012, 02:16 am
go in and pay the postage with a smile on your face, and a bemused expression. if its a set up then just say you didnt know what it was you had received but for a dollar you thought it was worth investigating
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: wretched on March 07, 2012, 02:16 am
was the note on an envelope, or did it have a box ticked to go to the PO? if it is an envelope, put $1.05 in the envelope, and put it back in the bin, if it has the "come to P.O. box ticked, then you have a choice to make. Go in, or not go in.
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: gizmo78 on March 07, 2012, 02:52 am
Note was not in an envelope so I am going to have to go to the office. 

Also, what kind of feedback for the vendor do you guys feel would be appropriate, and should i expect anything from him/her for the dangerous and nervous hassle this is causing me
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: microRNA on March 07, 2012, 03:55 am
accidents happen, but this is surely one that would frustrate me on the receiving end

paying the for package in my mind is the exact equivalent to signing, you are accepting responsibility for the package and taking it into your possession

Just wait a week. they dont have the funds to sit at the post office for two weeks constantly paying upwards of five to ten guys, just waiting for you potentially to come pick up 20 dollars worth of anything...

by that time the other two will hopefully have arrived, and you will be able to message the vendor and figure out whats going on and if this is a reasonable possibility. if the other packages arrive they may be toying with but i wouldnt think theyd arrive if this is a controlled attempt.

and that vendor should at least give you a buck in coins, you already payed for shipping :P depending on the situation I may not order from that vendor again.
dont know what would be appropriate but not a 5/5 unless the vendor really makes up for it somehow

- miR
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: Appa on March 07, 2012, 09:19 am
Indeed, the vendor should be responsible enough to handle precise postage.  Too little or too much is inconvenient or suspicious, respectively.  Messing this up is bad for business: make sure you let whichever vendor know, so they can fix this mistake in the future.
Title: Re: Package came marked "Postage Due"
Post by: jpisbetterthanme on March 07, 2012, 04:16 pm
Wow I was going to post that I liked the idea of "for a dollar it was worth investigating" but then everyone else had such good ideas. You're a clever lot, fellow SR Weirdos! :)