I thought since most of you probably send thru USPS, that these delivery confirmation labels would help you out in times of buyers claiming they didn't receive their package or questioning you about sending it in the first place. This way you have proof you did send the package & if it arrived to the destination address, you have proof it arrived to the address they gave you. I wouldn't go by the address on the PayPal payment slip, ask them in an email to confirm it & KEEP that email.
PARCEL POST/MEDIA MAIL DELIVERY CONFIRMATION(13cents fee)
Priority Mail® with electronic Delivery Confirmation* Print Date: 26-Feb-2003 From: <sender's name & address>
To: <recipient's name and address>
* There is no fee for Delivery Confirmation on Priority Mail with the use of this electronic option shipping label. Regular Priority Mail postage rates apply. Delivery information is not available by phone for the electronic option. *
You can get free shipping supplies at USPS also.
Hope this helps some of you out. I don't Ebay anymore because I don't sell enough to pay the fees after I list, so it don't pay me to sell there. I've been reading your post tho & have seen that some of you have buyers claiming they've never received their package or are griping cause the mail is slow and they are accusing you of never sending their package in the first place. I'm sure with the current events goin on, the mail is gonna be slow & people need to understand that before they get their panties in a wad
Good Luck selling !
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Yes, you can. Just take a guess at the weight. Since you're getting it weighed and putting postage on at the PO, it doesn't make a difference to the PO people. Or at least, that's what I was told when I asked a clerk at our PO who seems knowledgeable about it.
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Thanks! I am about to start requiring delivery confirmation on all packages. I am leary of paypal's new terms and want to be sure that my behind is covered!
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Sorry I'm just now getting to your question, I don't Ebay, but I like to read up on what's goin on & try to help out when I can.
Anyways, I'm pretty sure you could guess the weight. Before I got an actual postal scale, I used a regular bathroom scale to est. the weight of my packages. It won't give you the accurate weight, but close to it.
I highly recommend getting a scale. I'd die without mine! I often would underestimate & lose out on lots of money that I couldn't afford to lose. OR I'd overestimate & feel bad,offer a refund but most the time they'd refuse the refund due to too much trouble.
edited to say Jen r -you are are Good and perhaps I shouldn't post so early in the am, without drinking my coffee first.
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I don't ebay ... my mom and sister do, but it seems like a lot of work, and they say sales are not that great right now ... I don't think I am going to take up ebay anytime soon, so can I ask this about trades here?
I don't do deliv. confirm. unless I have a 'feeling' I might have a problem later with the buyer/trader .. my p.o. gives me a print-out of the zipcode/town and amount of postage ...
I figure if I had any questions later I would just whip out the receipt and say "here ya go, I did too send it" ...of course I realize this has its weak spots ... but do you all think this is enough?
or do you think I should say deliv. confirm. no matter what?? Hate to ask for more $$ and I always say request insur. if you want it ...
I have a question about the printable labels mentioned in the OP - has anyone found self adhesive labels that work for this? i saw full sheet ones at target tonight 15 for $8 i think, and i thought i could cut these in half and tape to regular paper for the run through the printer... still paying 25 cents per label, though. any other solutions (besides tape )?
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I bought ( 2 labels to 8 1/2 by 11 sheet) off of ebay. But the problem is that the whole page will be wasted- since the other half is taken up with usps confirmation stuff.
When I print out through the USPS site, I just use paper and then tape it on.
If you really want labels- I'm sure if you check office depot or staples you'll find what you want at a better price.
Originally posted by mamaterri I don't do deliv. confirm. unless I have a 'feeling' I might have a problem later with the buyer/trader .. my p.o. gives me a print-out of the zipcode/town and amount of postage ...
I figure if I had any questions later I would just whip out the receipt and say "here ya go, I did too send it" ...of course I realize this has its weak spots ... but do you all think this is enough?
or do you think I should say deliv. confirm. no matter what?? Hate to ask for more $$ and I always say request insur. if you want it ...
what do you think???
thanks
About the Print out receipt you get from your P.O, is it individual receipts? You say it has the zipcode/town so I'm assuming so. That would be enough for PAYPAL to determine PROOF you did send that person his/her package. The p.o around here are all hand written for the entire amt. of postage you purchased that day, so that wouldn't work for me UNLESS I have them write them all out individually(which I'm sure they would but I'm always in a hurry)
I'm a D/C# person NO MATTER WHAT. With the priority being free, I don't have problem using them. And the 13cents I figure I can chalk that up myself. My main thing with using the d/c# is that when the package arrives at the destination it was to be going, I'm reassured it got there so nobody can come back & say, YOU DIDN'T SEND MY PACKAGE, I can say OH YES I DID, and give them the d/c#(which I send out to them in email after I take the package to the p.o). SO, it's more of a CYOA thing for me cause I've had several people BEFORE I knew about the d/c# that said they didn't get their item & then mths down the road, I see them selling it.
Insurance is required on breakable or items that are worth alot of $ when I sell. Recommened on all other items as I'm not responsible for lost or damaged packages if ins. is not purchased.
HTH. If not, I'll try to answer or clarify anything.
Sarah, I have never used the labels to print out the d/c# so I can't help you there. You can get reg. printing labels from the USPS but I don't think the d/c labels will fit on there. I might here in a bit when I get done email USPS and ask if they have labels big enough for the d/c label to fit on.
I use just plain paper and either tape it on or glue it, which ever I have time for.
Originally posted by SqueeksMama I have a question about the printable labels mentioned in the OP - has anyone found self adhesive labels that work for this? i saw full sheet ones at target tonight 15 for $8 i think, and i thought i could cut these in half and tape to regular paper for the run through the printer... still paying 25 cents per label, though. any other solutions (besides tape )?
-sarah
I got a ream of white paper from Walmart for $2.50 and use that for making labels. Or you can recycle paper from your junk mail. I use the free Priority tape to tape the label to the package, so I'm not wasting my own tape. This has worked fine for me!
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Now it's even easier...When someone pays via paypal log in to your PP acct and a "ship" button will appear next to the transaction. All you do is click on that and it will take you through all the steps til you print your label and automatically deduct it from your acct. I ship nearly everything with flat rate ($3.85) envelopes so I don't have to weigh it or anything. It rocks!
Kelly it was a sticky/important when you replied to it. nt. :)
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