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This message was in another group I'm in, looks like trading community will be affected by this.  Has this happened to anyone yet?

"Someone in one of the groups to which I belong mentioned some changes to
USPS 1st class shipping requirements the other day. Having been more than a
little distracted recently, I can't remember which. Anyway, I verified the
changes with my friendly neighborhood USPS clerk this morning.

She verified that the allowable weight limit for packages dropped into
mailboxes has been lowered from 13 oz. to 10 oz. Packages weighing more
than 10 oz. must be handed to a postal employee, whether picked up by your
local carrier or dropped off at the counter. Packages over 10 oz. that are
dropped in a mailbox are supposed to be returned to the sender and noted.
It's likely that your local mailbox hasn't had the information sticker
updated yet, so please be aware."

"I also learned today that any envelope containing anything rigid—like a toploader with cards inside—is now considered a parcel, regardless of weight."

BobbyL

I had an envelope with a toploader rejected at the post office. Putting the card in a penny sleeve with a piece of cardboard in the envelope was OK.

Key is if you stamp it yourself, but going via PayPal avoids this.

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/G/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=18668#112524

My PO has been rejecting the top loaders for years.   The woman would get the envelope and start bending it saying "there's something hard in here, it's a parcel".   So if I put a penny sleeve in there, she would start bending it.   Idiocy at its' best.

Or using a kiosk.

True. I just wish my small town PO felt a need to provide one near me. The closest is about 10 miles away, while passing two on the way.