How do I provide restaurant with box to return my coat?

1/1/2020 4:15:13 AM

The key is to minimize the amount of “kitbuilding” the restaurant needs to do, because it may be asking a lot for them to receive a box, print out a label, coordinate a pickup, etc.

The DIY (slow) option

USPS has a variety of Priority Mail boxes which ship at a flat rate (weight does not matter). You walk into the Post Office, look at the boxes, decide which box will comfortably fit your jacket, and pick it. At the counter, buy the postage for it.

Do not assemble the box. Fill out the box in the normal way as you would for a package addressed to you. For a “From” address, use some alternate address where someone would be able to receive it. Attach postage, then coarsely fold the box over, once, such that it will fit in a large manila envelope, or wrap it with butcher paper. Address the manila envelope to the restaurant.

Take the manila envelope back to the Post Office, and pay First Class postage for that.

The restaurant gets the envelope, opens it up, finds the box, unfolds and assembles it, and gives it to the mailperson the next day.

The “with help” option

The Bay Area is thick with The UPS Store locations. Call one near the restaurant and ask them what they can do. They can probably do “all of the above, that I just said” more efficiently than you can, and at lower postage on a “getting an empty box to the restaurant” side of things.

You might even find they have a relationship with the restaurant, or that the UPS Store manager would be happy to eat at the restaurant and bring a box on by. They pack it while the manager eats.

12/31/2019 6:11:20 AM

If sending one of the employees a couple of bucks via PayPal or something similar, to ship it for you is not an option, this is what I would do:

  1. Order a free flat rate box, and ship it to the restaurant: Click Here

  2. Pay for a label on USPS’s website and email it to the restaurant. Alternatively, you can print it out and mail it to them. Click Here

  3. Schedule a Free USPS Pickup: Click Here

Good Luck!

12/30/2019 10:58:06 PM

Perhaps something like this?

USPS will ship an empty prepaid flat-rate box. The large size box is almost $60. I believe you fill out the label when you purchase the box.

Some USPS boxes have tape already applied but I seem to remember that the similar large priority flat-rate box doesn’t. You may want to ask the restaurant if they have package tape. If not, you may need to send them a roll (also available from USPS).

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