[78-L] eBay gripes

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

I would think that taking new priority boxes from the Post office and then cutting them up and using them to pack and protect the records you are sending, is considered theft of government property, but besides that it is pretty cheap and sleezy. Theft of these items and using them for something other then to mail, is certainly one of the reasons why the cost of postage keeps going up. I for one, reuse the priority boxes I receive from sellers for my own mailings, and by doing so I am helping the Government save money. My little bit to help the national debt heh heh. 
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> I buy a lot of stuff on eBay,  and most of the time I'm quite happy with how 
> things turn out.
> 
> However,  there is one thing which is really beginning to bug me...the 
> number of record sellers who send you stuff Media Mail but who take all 
> sorts of Priority Mail envelopes,  tape,  and boxes  from the Post Office to 
> use as packing material.
> 
> I got a crappily packed box today via Media and the woman had used brand new 
> priority cardboard envelopes to put betwenen the records (no sleeves) and 
> also used a perfectly good empty Priority box to fill one end of the shitty 
> used box she sent the stuff in.
> 
> I don't know about you,  but I consider this nothing better than stealing 
> from the PO and I don't like it.
> 
> But I'm torn on what to do...my first thought is to leave negative feedback 
> and be specific as to why...I've also thought about contacting the postal 
> service itself and suggest that they are losing a lot of money by giving 
> away these priority items to cheapskates who won't buy their own shipping 
> supplies.
> 
> Any thoughts?  Is anyone else bothered by this behavior?
> 
> Another guy on line had a  "Buy It Now" on a record I'd wanted for a long 
> time...he made a big deal of noting all his experience in packing and 
> shipping 78s and then the thing arrived between a few pieces of used 
> cardboard taped together,  with the sleeveless record sliding around 
> inside...no box,  just the damn cardboard on which he had written, 
> helpfully,  the word "Fraglie."
> 
> I want to tell this guy to shape up as well,  but will it do any good?
> 
> Thanks for letting me vent.
> 
> 
> Taylor B
> 
> 
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