Music to my ears and a sight for sore eyes.
I've used the quarterly $25 promo for a while to get those padded mailers, but didn't see the last email (perhaps to your point). Thanks for letting me know.
Right on about the plastic/paper bags. I do use that trick often (balled up recycled printer paper also works). I bet customers are like WTF when they open our packages, but they they often write positive reviews about how well packaged their item was to keep me doing it.
I live in a single apartment, so I have to stay lean on shipping material stock. I wish I could pile up like that so it's easy to go out the door, but outside of USPS Priority supplies, I work on a just in time cycle.
Sounds like we're both on the right track here.
Do you use a lot of USPS regional rate A and B boxes? I use a decent amount of them, but I guess it depends on where you are in the country.
Never used any regional boxes. I figure that they're probably cost effective in some capacity, but I usually just use their flat rate padded mailers, envelopes, and boxes, as well as their shoe box as needed. I'll probably take a look into them since I might be missing out on some savings.