$28.80 Is Why I Don't Mail Often

*coffee is ready, already poured a cup. steamy, hot and fresh. the best cup*

*takes a sip*

Well, I made a few trades on Twitter/X last week that required me to mail some bubble mailers, something I haven't done since Christmas.

I can see why after I had to pay for it.

To mail out three bubble mailers, it came to almost $30.

THIRTY BUCKS.

PROOF:

 

(ignore $10 of this, my wife had to mail out a package as well which don't get me going on how long that took to get to it's location and the travel path it went.....)

I basically spent money on a blaster box to send these out. I don't even spend the money on a blaster box.

And do you know how many cups of coffee that could be as well?

Yeah. I think outside the box.

I find spending that much money to ship absolutely ridiculous thinking about the lack of contents in each package.

Let's break it down shall we?

 

Flat package, small bubbler, one card, staying on the east coast with me to NJ. $7.50!!!!! SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. Remember when you could mail on your own coast or zone and it was just a couple dollars? Pepperidge farm does (some of you will get this reference)

Kansas was the second location. A little further and the fullest package of the three so I expected more. This one was $10.38. Which didn't make sense since I paid $7.50 for one card in my supposed zone. I thought the further away the more it costs?

Then the final package was to Illinois, a lot less cards and is closer than Kansas, but cost more. This one finished with $10.92.

Make it all make sense.

This is why you rarely see me send anything bubbler or do any form of trading that way. I really, really have to want something to fork out all of the extra funds I don't always have to mail this way.

I can't imagine what it must cost to send something out of the USA. Another thing I won't do.

 

I would rather send three of these for under $3 any day. Which is why I ask for stamps for Christmas every year.

Let's also quickly discuss the way mail has been recently as well. I have had two packages that were incoming with cards partially opened, the bubblers you pay more for are taking longer to be received than the PWE's, I have had some incoming packages lost from eBay, and I feel like sometimes they must drive their cars over the packages before delivering them because they are covered with dirt and more.

Let me know in comments if you feel the same way or what your thoughts are on the rising costs of using USPS or how you feel they are doing or what your preferred version of mailing is.

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday, well except the USPS. They owe me many cups of coffee.

*final sip of the post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*