USPS getting snoopy

[joshb]

Should have told her you were starting a new school and was going to teach mind your own business courses.

Next time tell her you’re buying jewelry for your wife.

 

[Jdne5b]

The asking about cash and what it's for is AML or Anti Money Laundering, banking secrecy act rules, regs, and compliance. Suspicious wires, large cash transactions, etc. They have to fill out forms for items above a certain amount.

Thank the drug dealers, tax dodgers, and money launderers... Or your local politician.

I can think of much more interesting items that are legal to be purchasing with money orders than a rifle scope.

 

[ronsatspokane]

I'm a smartass. I'd probably tell her that the money is going to purchase a long term supply of little blue pills then offer her the opportunity to see if they improve performance. Of course a baseline would need to be established.

 

[TAJ45]

Baseline? That's good!
When they ask the perfunctory q's abt contents, my usual reply is "small nuclear device" and had a heckuva time getting the shielding to work. That would go over most of their heads I'm sure.

 

[xswanted]

There’s absolutely no way this is legal.

It sounds like this is some USPS front cashier worker that thinks her arms reach a little higher than they do.

If it is a new policy they are asking people simply replying “goods” should suffice the question and that would be the end of it.

However I once waited in a line of 9 or 10 people at the post office in the largest town near me. (50,000 or so). No one else came in behind me so I was last. I got to the “next in line” spot and there was one gal working behind the counter.

She walked away, I presumed to sort the package of the person in front of me, but nope.

She went to lunch. No one else was there for almost ten minutes. When the next teller came up she said the gal before her eats lunch at whatever time it was and there was no one else to cover the desk for the ten minutes prior to her getting there.

To this day I am still amazed she didn’t help me then eat lunch. Customer service is not their strong suit.

 

[TAJ45]

Not that individual......my gals, 2 POs, and carrier are top notch. We treat them well at Christmas and occasional baggies of hard candy, Kisses in wimter.

 

[C.E.Smith043]

WTF.... the only way to stop this crap, well guess I shouldn't say

oh alright I will say it.... VOTE FOR TRUMP and then STAND BY YOUR VOTE

That makes no sense...you do realize Trump is the current sitting President???

 

[IdahoSharpshooter]

I live in SW Idaho, and every one of our PO clerks is ex-military. I went to a PO in Boise, and there were two ladies at the counters. I asked them which branch they served in, and the young one got snippy. Found out her ex-husband was a Marine. That's a big stretch to veteran's preference points.

In your case, I would have had the supervisor called up, and had a chat about civil rights and the Constitution. Then, I would have asked for a sincere apology on the spot. Lacking that, I would have called an attorney friend and had him meet me there asap. She would wished that she were never born, and her supervisor would have been cursing the day she moved from dragging bags of mail at the annex to a customer (dis)service position.

 

[BOLTED]

It has gone beyond a list of what you can ship through the PO, to a random PO employee that may be possibly very religious, or anti-gun, or just a strongly opinionated type person deciding what they personally think you should be allowed to buy with the piece of paper they sell you. Kind of controlling. Do you think they will ask a 75 year old grandma that is buying a sewing machine from ebay the same question, or will they start doing their fair share of profiling based on age, color, looks or race. I would love to be a fly on the wall down there.

Will the PO come out with their list of what you can or can't purchase with a money order according to them? Will you need to provide proof of product purchased/ sold before you can cash a USPS money order at a bank? Rights diminish a small piece at a time.

Grrrrr.... I don't particularly like PayPal, and USPS MO is the only other widely accepted form of payment here. I guess I just don't like people poking their noses where they don't belong, and I'm mad at myself for not being more prepared to question her questions. It was Friday afternoon, and I was trying to get a payment out ASAP as I had promised, so I was kinda desperate to get this order in the mail. I know better now.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I'd tell the individual initially it was none of their business, just to let them know I wasn't pleased about the interrogation, then add, "If you really have to know, it's for a bird-watching scope. The reduction in outdoor activity has spurred a comeback in the Carnivorous Three-toed Warbler". I'd try to get it out with a straight face, but if I couldn't, I'd just start laughing and tell the person exactly where to put their USPS money order and leave.

 

[riverwolf1]

You should have told her your buying a lifetime supply of condoms, to prevent people like her from being born. Followed by go get your supervisor, and tell him to bring any books containing the regulations concerning postal money orders!

 

[Trashy]

Pre corona the bank got nosey with me when I sold my last motorcycle. Dude who bought it was a bartender and asked if I cared that the purchase was done in 1s 5s 10s and 20s. I said I didnt care, figured it would be mostly 20s. I was wrong, dead wrong. Dude showed up with 10k in mostly 1s and 5s, in a reusable grocery bag. He said he was sorry and he didnt have a bank so he would count it out infront of me. He test rode the bike, loved it, said he'll take it, and we went to my bank to notarize the title and get that large wad of cash into my account.

When I got up to the teller I told her i needed to deposit 10k and started slipping rubberbanded after rubberbanded 1s 5s 10s and 20s she got a confused and irritated look on her face and asked where did it all come from.

"Im a male stripper"
.......
-long sigh and face palm- "ok let me start getting it counted for you."

Im 5'7 and a bald, bearded 220 pound ginger for a visual as to why it was so funny to me.

 

[GotRDid]

Pre corona the bank got nosey with me when I sold my last motorcycle. Dude who bought it was a bartender and asked if I cared that the purchase was done in 1s 5s 10s and 20s. I said I didnt care, figured it would be mostly 20s. I was wrong, dead wrong. Dude showed up with 10k in mostly 1s and 5s, in a reusable grocery bag. He said he was sorry and he didnt have a bank so he would count it out infront of me. He test rode the bike, loved it, said he'll take it, and we went to my bank to notarize the title and get that large wad of cash into my account.

When I got up to the teller I told her i needed to deposit 10k and started slipping rubberbanded after rubberbanded 1s 5s 10s and 20s she got a confused and irritated look on her face and asked where did it all come from.

"Im a male stripper"
.......
-long sigh and face palm- "ok let me start getting it counted for you."

Im 5'7 and a bald, bearded 220 pound ginger for a visual as to why it was so funny to me.

You owe me a shot of Bourbon, Trashy!
Thank God my screensaver is waterproof.
GotRDid.

 

[Retired Grunt]

And they wonder why they are in such financial mess.

 

[338 dude]

There’s absolutely no way this is legal.

It sounds like this is some USPS front cashier worker that thinks her arms reach a little higher than they do.

If it is a new policy they are asking people simply replying “goods” should suffice the question and that would be the end of it.

However I once waited in a line of 9 or 10 people at the post office in the largest town near me. (50,000 or so). No one else came in behind me so I was last. I got to the “next in line” spot and there was one gal working behind the counter.

She walked away, I presumed to sort the package of the person in front of me, but nope.

She went to lunch. No one else was there for almost ten minutes. When the next teller came up she said the gal before her eats lunch at whatever time it was and there was no one else to cover the desk for the ten minutes prior to her getting there.

To this day I am still amazed she didn’t help me then eat lunch. Customer service is not their strong suit.

They don’t give a rats as they are bound to go out of business it’s just a question of when and I will not be too upset about it

 

[Intheshop]

"If you must know,it's for my new prosthetic"......

"But I feel like you're singling me out,which is very embarrassing",loud enough that everyone in line can hear...

"I'm filing a formal complaint"

And then,DO make a formal complaint. Many ways to stop this BS. You just need to put some pre thought into it. Put the ball fully in their court. But thanks for the headsup.

 

[thejamesd]

Bullets & brass are metal parts, anything gun related is sporting equipment.

 

[colorado shooter]

The next time a postal clerk asks you about a money order and what you’re purchasing , ask them to refer you to the domestic mail manual and show them where it is any of their business. I’ve done this about a dozen times when I’ve purchased money orders or try to ship firearms. In all of the cases they always look shocked when I mention the domestic mail manual or DDM. This manual is 1574 pages long. The section on money orders is on page 792. This manual is available by just googling it. So basically it is the manual on how they do business. You can read all about money orders and what regulations they have to go by. It says nothing about what you’re purchasing it for it’s none of their business . Once you call them on their BS they usually fumble it and look like an idiot. The key here is know what the manual says before you try to do something that might be questionable.

 

[KMart]

Banks are just as bad, 2 years ago I went to the bank to withdraw 3 grand of my own money to purchase a sweet Eddyline kayak. The girl says "what are you using this money for?" I said "why do you need to know, I'm not even telling my wife, it's my money, I'm spending it." She came back with "We have to ask you in case it's for illegal purposes". I laughed at her and said, "Well in that case, I'm going to take it down to Kandy's (our local gentleman's club) and help support a bunch of single mothers". She smiled and handed me the money.

A few years ago I withdrew a sizable amount from my CU. I do most of my business there face to face so they all knew me by name. The teller asked what I was going to use it for.
Me- Why are you asking this question? It is my money and I'll spend it any way I want.
Her-I have to ask.
Me-If you must know, I'm going on vacation to Nevada and I am planning on spending a couple of days around the Bunny Ranch. I heard it takes a lot of cash.
Her-silence.

 

[jackson1]

But a certain party wants ease voting regulations.