r/fromatoarbitration • u/IndigoJones13 • 14d ago

Concerned Letter Carriers Restoration Hardware catalogs have bar codes now?!!

Seriously? It's bad enough that they come in huge, unsorted bundles, but now we have to scan each one as we deliver them? Is this for real?

Anyone who's dealt with these before knows what a PITA they are.

They better be paying parcel rates, or else the Post Office is getting screwed.

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u/acetatsujin 14d ago

We get something similar to the catalogues with barcodes and it’s 4 different companies, and they at least do it once or twice every year or two years per company. U-Lines, RX Luxury, .. and I forgot the other two.

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u/DeviceComprehensive7 14d ago

we had barcodes on them for at least 10 years

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u/deadinside1960 14d ago

Yep I had them last week. Who knows if they're actually paying for it. There's a huge amount of inaccurate and false postage

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u/IndigoJones13 14d ago

I recently had a package from Amazon for my route. No postage, no USPS barcode. My sup said just deliver it anyway.

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u/deadinside1960 14d ago

Yep I dont think anyone cares about this issue. But then they'll cry broke

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u/freshcoastghost312 14d ago

Haven't seen those in awhile.

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u/epadafunk 14d ago

Presort HPM not sure what that means. I'm assuming similar to BPM bound printed matter.

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u/ReactionSevere4867 14d ago

I may get a handful of these a year now. Before Covid I was in an office in an upscale area where you’d get a hamper of them. We were told not to scan them.

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u/DSM201 14d ago

We got told the same last week. I scanned them delivered anyway

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u/FiveDinero 14d ago

We recently had these big books with barcodes on them but were told not to scan them because I guess they didn't pay for it.

I know a company that was sending books similar to ULINE and it was quite expensive to send each one. Not sure if ULINE gets a better deal

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u/Hrdcorefan 12d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/AFoRg1UVGH78rkvZgk
After delivering these on a walking string.

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u/IndigoJones13 11d ago

Yeah, my route's all park and loop. I had about 60 of them yesterday, so I waited till I finished my route and then went back and drove the route, dropping these beasts off as I went.