Why don't more vendors ship 1st class mail?

[Jayhawks]

Ok back to the shipping deal... I would like to offer a cheaper method than priortiy, but its not going to happen. I live 15 miles from the closest post office and if I have 20 first class orders and no priortiy orders, then I have to load everything up and drive it into the post office. The USPS will not do carrier pickup unless there is a priortiy package or express package involved in the batch. I ship 90% of my itemes in boxes and maybe 10% in USPS envolope. I hate using envolopes because I used to work at the post office and when I would get my cart of packages for my route, it was nothing to find a poor envolope at the very bottom smashed to hell by the 50 boxes on top of it. Also by using priority flate rate there is no time wasted on weighing ever package and then having to keep track of that and enter it into the shipping software. The whole first class shipping deal is not easy for the shipper at all, but I guess I could higher 1 more person just to do the first class shipping. Whats minimum wage going up to here in the next couple of months $7.00. If thats the case I think priority mail would be cheaper that first class

Sorry to rant, but most suppliers bust their butts to provide good packaging and service to everyone. And in my case it is done by using USPS priority

 

[Drewsworld]

When I recive an order I get a dual email confirm (to two Different emails) from pay pal...I go in print invoice and USPS priority label, then paypal informs customer the order is processed...I package the items and drop off at post office...It does come with confirmation and tracking for free if you print online...Its easy and fast..the fee is $4.90 if you can fit in the envelope or small box...Costs the customer $10.00 flat up to $100.00 then its free...I ordered labels and "free" boxes and USPS charged me $27.00 for shipping and handling......................................................