I think this one might be a bit out of Miss Manner’s realm of expertise so I pose it to all of you. A friend mailed me a small gift, a holiday music CD in a thin cardboard sleeve. Instead of taking it the post office and alerting them that it needed special handling, she [...]
21Dec09
Holiday etiquette question: Someone shipped you a gift that arrived broken. Should you tell them?
If you’re like me right now, the holiday retail season is already off and running and your work load just got that much heavier. But no matter how busy things seem now, your work is only going to increase as we get closer to the holidays so take some time out and do these simple [...]
I’m not sure if this is really, out of the goodness of their hearts or if the Auctiva insurance department was getting sick of claims on poorly packaged items, but Auctiva posted some tips on their site for better packaging. I agree with many of them, others a little less. I have gotten some packages [...]