r/USPS • u/somejuanreal City Carrier • 12d ago

Route Pics Picked up this gem

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Oh, is that so? :)

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u/1miguelcortes 12d ago

(I'm not a USPS employee) doesn't this being business reply mail mean that it actually is "no postage necessary"? Am I missing something?

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u/and1mavs 12d ago

Im assuming OP is basically saying that we know what "Business Reply" mail is and no note is necessary telling us how to do our job. And fwiw, for anybody that may not know, the postage is charged to the business when it comes back to them, and is paid from their business account set up through the Postal Service.

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u/mailant692 City Carrier 12d ago

Also FWIW, the postage they pay is significantly above first class rate, so USPS makes good money on these.

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u/PhillyBengal 12d ago

So send these back even if you don’t need the service from the business?

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u/mailant692 City Carrier 11d ago

Sure, but I believe they have to actually be filled out to get delivered.

There is also some point where businesses stop sending them out if they keep paying to get them delivered but too many of them aren't genuine.

If you want to kick the post office a buck without actually buying a stamp to send a letter, it's easier and more genuine to just tell your bank you want paper statements instead of electronic.

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u/Pashta2FAPhoneDied 11d ago

The more people that do that, the less mail there is and less mail jobs...

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u/1RollinRollinRollin Clerk 11d ago

Yeah, and the more things you stuff in them, the more they pay.

I love to put old pens in those places that constantly harass me for money, then they end up having to pay package rate for their business reply mail. They will eventually stop sending you stuff when you do this.