I am lucky to be working at a place with a very efficient mail room. There have been a few times where I have thought about mailing all of the gift cards I order to the office because then I would be able to flip the cards for cash faster.
In addition, because of the volume of outbound packages, there is discounted shipping for all employees.
If I was more of a risk taker, I would consider sending everything to the office and flip things around, but I like my employer, a lot. I never want to over use the workplace services because that smells like a disaster. Why? Because it is grounds for dismissal for abusing company time and resources even if I do pay for the shipping.
If I ever jump back into the Fulfillment By Amazon, I think I would open up the AMEX Business Gold Rewards card for the 2x Membership Rewards on shipping.
Do any of you use any of the fringe benefits at the office? Am I too cautious?
The most I do is have AmEx gift cards delivered to my office. I would guess my co-workers are curious why the UPS guy comes with several envelopes a few times a week but no one has said anything.
Would you consider doing more MS’ing to the office?
I would consider doing more MS’ing if the UPS guy goes to you, as my job we have clerks that work for the company who deliver our mail/packages
Seeing that you live in NYC, have you give those Amazon lockers a try? Works great and there are multiple locations!
I never tried it, but have seen it nearly everywhere! Do you know if can receive packages in it shipped from places other than from Amazon?
It only works for Amazon products, but I know USPS has GoPost (similar to Amazon Locker). The only problem is there are only 2 locations in the city (one near Canal St. and one near Grand Central) and only USPS packages can be received.
Thanks, I didn’t know about that! That’s good to know I’ll have to research it some more