
At the KSU Contract Post Office we are always able to weigh your package and help you to choose packaging before you ship it. The USPS does provide packaging that is Non-Flat Rate. However, if you are using a Flat Rate box and Regular Priority mail is cheaper, you still must pay the Flat Rate. If you are shipping a package to a destination that is far away, weighs more than 13 ounces and less than 70 pounds, Flat Rate may be right for you. The KSU Contract Post Office has Both Flat Rate and Regular boxes. All the boxes available are listed above. The KSU Contract Post Office has boxes available. The United States Postal Services provides Priority Mail boxes for your convenience.

There might be a few of these boxes still out there someplace.Does the KSU Contract Post Office have Priority Mail Packaging? The only one that wasn't was the Regional C box, which measured 12 by 12 by 15 inches after the Regional C postage rates were discontinued, the box was available for a few months as a generic non-Regional box. In fact, ALL of the free Priority Mail boxes currently available are below those surcharge thresholds. As long as it doesn't say "flat rate" or "Regional" on it, it will ship at the regular Priority Mail rates that are based on weight and distance. The actual thresholds are (1) a length-plus girth over 84 inches (balloon rate) or (2) a volume over 1 cubic foot (dimensional weight).Ī box that's 12.5 x 3.125 x 15.375 has a volume of about 600 cubic inches and a length-plus-girth of 47 inches, both are well under those thresholds. If all of a box's dimensions are 12 inches or less, then it's mathematically impossible for it to incur a surcharge so they let you skip the step of entering dimensions.

a dimension over 12" doesn't mean it's a "large package" - it just kicks you to a screen that asks for dimensions.
