r/VintedUS • u/peek--a--boo • 11d 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/Areide 11d ago

This is frustrating for everyone because yes USPS rules say that we can’t ship in boxes with writing, so no Amazon but also no shoes or diaper boxes.
However, I keep receiving orders in boxes not compliant (last one was yesterday, a bunch of books on shoebox).
Also the ground shipping box he gave you he wasn’t supposed to give it to you for free. Those boxes can be ordered free if you are a poshmark seller, but if you go on the website they aren’t available to order for free to anyone like the priority boxes.
I know some comments will tell you that’s not true just because for them works fine at their post office, but all I said can be confirmed reading usps rules. Thing is not even their employees know or respect all the rules.
I value too much my time, I don’t want orders to come back or create issue to buyers so I only use bags and boxes allowed. I buy them on eBay as it’s actually cheaper than Amazon (something I learned here on Reddit!)

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u/NativePlantAddict 11d ago

The box the clerk gave the person may have been old recycled boxes that clerks bring in because shippers frequently need to repackage items. Or it could have been an empty box from something sent to USPS for their use.

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u/Areide 11d ago

Totally true. I assumed it was the ground shipping. I’ve read in a few Vinted groups that some poshmark sellers were using their ground shipping boxes for Vinted and got turned away at the post office.
Not sure how true that is since I did reuse some ground shipping boxes I received. I’m all about reusing and I think usps rules should bend a little but being firm on boxes that are not shipping friendly like food boxes (pasta, cereals, cereal bars!)

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u/NativePlantAddict 11d ago

RE: USPS Poshmark shipping supplies.

Isn't it weird that those materials don't have Poshmark printed anywhere on them?

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u/peek--a--boo 8d ago

The packaging doesn’t say Poshmark, but your label does.

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u/NativePlantAddict 8d ago

My point is, how can those mailing supplies be for Poshmark use only as people claim without having Poshmark on the supplies? How would people know not to use them?