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Why has USPS lost / misplaced / stolen three of my packages in just one month’s time? Hmm? Contacting them merely results in generic, canned replies. USPS sucks!
I had that issue for a long time, I tried adding labels that there was nothing worth stealing, that helped some, but did not solve it. All that were getting stuck in the system were about very thin poly mailers. What I do now, and it cut the losses down significantly, is to put padding inside the mailers so that it is about one inch thick. This keeps it out of the automated letter sorting machinery where they get chewed up. The fatter package is also less likely to get overlooked. I also bought brightly colored poly bags that helped. Further, I make very sure that the sealing parts don’t leave anything sticky that can attach to other mail pieces.
A very smart idea and works very well in case the tracking barcode does not scan for some reason which happens more than one would think.
“The new “two-dimensional Intelligent Mail matrix barcodes” appear on shipping labels above and below the one-dimensional Intelligent ”
At least something is intelligent at the post office