"howard" <inhockdeep@peakdotorg> wrote in message
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> rjn wrote:
>> Big Crunch <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just printed my first USPS postage paid label thru Paypal. Does this
>>> method automatically arrange a USPS carrier pickup?
>>
>> No, unless they have some tic-box for that, and
>> you selected it. If there is, and you did, then an email
>> is sent to the postmaster at the origination zip, who
>> is then supposed to instruction the routeperson to
>> make the pickup. This is not always a reliable process.
>>
>> I don't recall a pick-up option in the PP process, but
>> then I've never been interested in using it, and they
>> may have added something since I last shipped.
>>
>>> I had to put in a date to be shipped or picked up?
>>
>> Yep, and theoretically you must tender it to the USPS
>> on that date, or cancel the label through PayPal and
>> print a new one.
>>
>>> But what if I intend to take it to the PO myself?
>>
>> No problem as long as it's the PO at the origination zip
>> code you specified.
>>
>>> Not that I want to take it to the PO myself, ...
>>
>> By the way, using pre-paid web-printed postage makes
>> you a "known shipper" to the USPS, and you can drop
>> the parcel in a box (at the origination zip), even if exceeds
>> the 16oz "must present at counter" threshold. Of course,
>> it has to fit into the box.
>>
>> --
>> Regards, Bob Niland mailto:name@ispname.tld
>> http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
>> NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
>> But what if I intend to take it to the PO myself?
>
> No problem as long as it's the PO at the origination zip
> code you specified.
Untrue. Not all zip codes have Post Offices.
I've asked, and was told that as long as you don't drop it
off in a zone *further* from what you paid for, it's really
not a problem. It all goes into a giant container for sorting.
Now....if the USPS ever does origination scanning, it'll be
an issue. Maybe.
Kris
You learn to ask, when you're in Arizona and forget to
mail it from Utah