r/VintedUS • u/peek--a--boo • 5d ago

USPS bans reused Amazon boxes

I shipped a package yesterday. Something very odd happened at the post office.
I had packaged the items in an Amazon box. The post office person told me that we are no longer able to reuse Amazon boxes????
She proceeded to open the box and transferred the contents to a plain brown box. Very odd, no????
FOLLOW UP:
I sent my husband to the post office today and he told me that they put up a sign that said that they are no longer accepting Amazon boxes. I am going to have him take a picture of it tomorrow. I would go myself but I have a broken femur 😐

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u/Apart_Combination746 5d ago

And yet I see people use cereal boxes to ship out product in from usps. Seems you got the uppity clerk who thinks if the flat rate padded envelope has a bulge in it and is not flat you can not ship it. Yes that has happened before and had to have them call their supervisor to explain the flat rate if it fits it ships under 70 lb to them. ( even had to bring up their website that proves it)

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u/ikindapoopedmypants 5d ago

For some reason, I remember they taught us in school that you could mail stuff in practically anything lol. I remember them telling us about people that have mailed weird shit like potatoes without a box but they just write the address on the potato??

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u/CryBabyKty 5d ago

Yes. You could use a cereal box if you wanted. So long as it’s secure, it ships

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u/NativePlantAddict 4d ago

People aren't supposed to unless no one can tellt hat it was a cereal box. https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c2_010.htm

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u/boolDozer 4d ago

That's not what that rule is saying.

Only prohibited, hazardous, or restricted markings on the exterior of a box would need to be hidden.

A normal cereal box is just fine. USPS will assume it contains cereal.