Going Postal

Had a few issues with the P.O. lately. Twice now I have gotten packages with "postage due", but instead of being that buyer, I paid it and shut up about it. I am not going to bust someones balls over .20 and .85.

Yesterday though, I received back a parcel of paperwork that I sent my lawyer in regards to my out-of-control mortgage servicer. I sent it December 1. I mailed it at the counter. A worker looked it over, stamped it, and threw it in the pile. When it returned 9 days later (this was going only 11 miles away!) it had a large sticker saying it was "unmachinable" and undeliverable because of a clasp on back, and that .21 postage was due. Like I said...I mailed it via the counter postal worker! I did not just drop it in the mail. If something was wrong, why was it not noted and charged for then? Now my paperwork is 10 days late. I would have faxed it, but the cost of faxing is ridiculous these days. And can I just scan it and send it to the assistant via e-mail? Of course not. Ugh.

Today I had an auction end. I looked as I was about to send the invoice, and due to ebay's lovely glitch of page-jumping when you change something in the shipping stats, I must have accidentally hit the drop down bar at "flat rate envelope" and charged $5.75 shipping for a 2 pound item that is now going to Washington state.

Fuckin' A. I believe this is how some sellers get defects. When something like this happens and they miss it, they attempt to weasel out of paying the difference and try to get the buyer to cover it. Myself, I am going to eat the cost...Merry Christmas plushie buyer, due to my not double-checking things, you just got a bargain on shipping.