Ebay told me that I was using USPS, but USPS.gov told me that I needed to to the post office, which I expected to have a line out the door. They didn't have a line at all, but they kept telling me to go somewhere else. I didn't think that I could--as I repeatedly told them, their own website told me that I couldn't go elsewhere.
Their own website was wrong.
While I was surprised that it cost over $58 to ship a laptop, but that was after the site claimed that I could save almost $10 by buying postage through them.
I cannot confirm their claim.
It normally costs $68 to ship a laptop?
That seems excessive.
I couldn't find the box the repair facility used. I thought that I had one that would work, it was just a little damaged, but then I used it to transport a framed and autographed photograph of Tom Selleck for Mom's birthday and I don't think that helped anything.
I guessed on the weight and I guessed on the girth units.
My previous girlfriend gave me something like this:
I used it regularly, but I brought it with me in case I couldn't find a better solution.
I did buy a a roll of bubble wrap from Dollar General.
Did you realize that a medium size roll of bubble wrap costs $11?
That seems excessive for a bit of plastic and air.
Have you ever heard of using popcorn as packaging material?
Would that help or hurt my reviews?
The post office sells little bundles of bubble wrap for $3, which seems particularly worse.
The friendly lady at the mailbox store took my prepaid label, gave me a box, and a bit of bubble wrap, but she used that sleeve.
Do you have any idea where I can buy just one?
I needed to ensure that I had a box and apparently I could have dropped by the mailbox store, said "Hey, I am going to mail this soon. Do you have a box that would work?"
Measure and weigh that box and then pay the exact amount.
That is probably half of the annoyances. Oh well.