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not even a real card per se, more a note the size of a trading card that reads:


Happy Holidays

From your Independent Newspaper Carrier

"I appreciate your business!"


I am not sure why that last part is in quotes, but in any case it goes on to give her full name and address.

Ok. I get it. This is where I send a tip. Personally I think it's a tacky reminder, but I may not have thought about it without said "reminder."


What is an appropriate amount to tip a carrier? She delivers M-Sat (no Sunday)


How bout a mail carrier? I have never thought of this kind of thing, as I never personally took a paper in Denver, and the mail carrier delivered to the townhome group of mailboxes and not the door.
 
Yeah I was getting a little extra attention from my super last time I was doing laundry.

"Are you finding everything okay with the laundry facilities?" "Do you like the new carpeting in the hallway?"

Etc. All that sort of thing.



Yes. I will be giving you a tip like I always do.
 
Boner_18
USPS mail carriers are prohibited from taking cash tips and small gifts with value greater than $25. I usually give $20-40.
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So if you give them $40 and the limit is $25, do they just look the other way?


The people I would really like to acknowledge are the people who work at the center mom goes 2x a week but they sent a note home saying that they are prohibited from taking anything...even food gifts. :(
 
Hey Boner! I just checked my email and saw I sold a dress I listed on ebay for $20. It was the 3rd time listed too. You were right that sometimes it takes a while. Maybe I'll give that $20 to my mail carrier. :)

My success rate on ebay is now %80 4/5. Woot.
 
Mudcat
Yeah I was getting a little extra attention from my super last time I was doing laundry.

"Are you finding everything okay with the laundry facilities?" "Do you like the new carpeting in the hallway?"

Etc. All that sort of thing.



Yes. I will be giving you a tip like I always do.
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When I get these questions from my laundry facility manager I end up buying something expensive from the jewelry store.
 
Boner_18
Good work on the sale, congrats! Don't give it all away... $20 sale only nets 13 after fees. Hah!
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I need to Boner up on the fee schedule and also on how to calculate postage. I'm going to buy a printer very soon and I think you can print labels easily from ebay/paypal. I also ordered some special ebay boxes that were supposed to come from USPS in a couple three days and haven't seen them yet. It would be much more convenient to do this all from home than going to the post office each time. I have to admit, even if $20 is $13, and the original dress is marked $120, I get a little rush from getting a sale, and it and it makes me want to really step it up a notch. Feels good to start putting a dent in my closet.

Do I have to send the buyer an invoice? Sometimes they just send the money. I would like to do as little work as possible. lol. But if an invoice is expected/preferred, I can do that easily enough I guess. I just have to get the system down. Thanks again for your help on this. I was skeptical at first, but I'm becoming an eBayliever.

What was this thread about again?
 
I remember when paper boys were really boys and not illeagas in a mini van.....I was a paper boy for 2 day, maybe 3 depending on how you look at it.

I got hired on and I put those bags on my bike on a Friday after school...6th grade maybe...and did my route no problem, Saturday was also pretty easy, got up early and the papers were no bigger then Fridays so another easy one.

Then Sunday came, and back in the day all the papers came to your house in bulk, you had to separate them and rubber band them, can you imagine kids today doing this? Never..

Anyway my best friend Eric Gurzi who was the most popular kid around at his age and stayed most popular all the way threw high school , started fvcking chicks at 12 and by the time he was out of HS he probably hit 100 the guy was automatic, we were best friends the way Kenny Powers and Stevie were, I was a shy kid so he fvcked all my girlfriends, even asked me if I wanted to watch in the closet as he was going to fvck a virgin girl I just had broken up with...I didn't watch but he did fvck her...damn

Anyway it was Sunday and we wrapped up all the Sunday papers and they were twice as big as the regular paper so we could only fill half of them in our bags so my BFF had a great idea...we would do his route together and then come back and do mine...well we did his and came back and he said he was tired and was going back to sleep...asshole...well I said fvck it and left all the papers in front of his house and went back home to sleep also.

Funny thing is besides that morning ill always remember going back to his house later that day with a cupcake, we lived about 10 houses away and I didn't even take a bite, we were kids and who knows I probably wanted to show off that I had a cupcake, when I got to his house he asked for a bite and I handed it to him and he stuck the whole thing in his mouth...mthr fvcker

I didn't even get paid for those two days much less a tip....I heard about 20yrs ago Eric had died of aides...good, fvck him
 
Mailman just rang door bell when I was downstairs taking shower. I don't know if mom let him in or what (I try to train her to not open the door) This is on the heels of the furnace inspector ringing the bell. We never have company. 3 doorbell rings in one day is excessive and irritating to me. I am irritated by the mailman for no reason at all. This is not his fault ...however my shower got cut short and I am extra crotchety today.

I am also irritated that I have to stop somewhere today to get cash for his tip. In 15 below weather. Maybe I'll just give him an Amazon giftcard. I have one of those around.
 
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