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Hello,
I sell about 25 grand worth of stuff every year. Prob 600 to 700 packages a year????? Carier picks up at my house prob 4 to 5 times a week off the main road on my porch. Great guy. Now the lady at the local post office that’s a different story!!!! Anyway does anyone have any thoughts on how much the gift card should be? I was gonna give him a $50 gas card becuase he drives his on vehicle (rural carier). Too much? Not enough? Also figured I would toss him something we made? Deer jerky or sausage as well. Thanks in advance for your toughts. -
these are the official rules–
All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.
https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm
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We have been having the same conversation at our house. We are new so we don’t have nearly the volume you do but we greatly appreciate the service we get from Corey our mailman. We make an effort on a regular basis to let him him know how much we appreciate his help. We jokingly tell him he is the head of our shipping department. I do everything I can to make the pickup process as smooth,easy and pleasant as possible for him because I know we’re just one of his stops among hundreds he makes every day. If it’s a smoking hot day here in Atlanta he gets a coke, if it’s a cold windy winter day he may get a hot chocolate to go. We would still like to do a little something extra for him for the holidays but weren’t sure what. According to the USPS official site your postal person is not allowed to accept any tip or gift of over $20.00 in value. Seems a little restrictive to me for a guy who is such an important part of our business model. We were thinking a gift certificate for movie passes, Starbucks or something he enjoys doing. We would love to hear what ideas others have come up with.
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Yeah I love our “Mailman Mike”. He’s a great guy. I usually make hot fudge sauce at Christmas and give him a big jar. It’s not nearly enough to repay him for the great job he does but at least he knows we appreciate him. He’s also a bicyclist so he has not problem working off the calories.
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Who cares what rhe rules are. Give whateverthehell you want to give. I love giving $50 gift cards to restaurants or movie threatre. Costco is great–you can get $50 gift cards for essentially $40. Also Culver’s burger places have a special on gift cards each Christmas season, as do many other venues.
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We know the rules, and understand why they exist. We live in a society where government employees are supposed to treat each person equally. I’ve traveled in other countries where you have to bribe an official to get anything done.
That being said, we write a nice card and include $50 cash so our postal carrier can buy whatever they want. She’s awesome and is so integral to our business.
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I usually find an old tin mailbox novelty or a vintage toy mail truck and put a $20.00 bill inside of it. Last year I gave $30.00 with an antique mail box bank that was worth some dough alone. This year I’m giving her $50.00 with a teeny tiny (1/4″) plastic mail drop box tied to it like a charm. Over the summer I gave her a card with $30.00 and let her know how much appreciated her helping me out, acknowledging that my pickup can be a big pain in the butt!
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