Paypal label and USPS pickup

caroball <carob...@aol.com> wrote:

> TRY TO use first class or parcel post at clicknship - they will not
> take it - PO is greedy and try to force you into priority mail -
> don't even thing about media mail
>
> Go thru PP - it's easy & quick

Or use USPS ShippingAssistant software.
It does FCP and MM labels.
Not sure about ScanForm.

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Wasn't it Big Crunch who said...
> Just printed my first USPS postage paid label thru Paypal. Does this
> method automatically arrange a USPS carrier pickup?

Yes. Once you print the label and place the package in the
mailbox and (this is the most important part) put the little flag
on the mailbox in the "up" position - the carrier pickup is auto-
matically scheduled.


> I had to put in a date to be shipped or picked up? But what if I
> intend to take it to the PO myself?

Do not, repeat, do NOT put the little flag up.


> Not that I want to take it to the PO myself, but what if I did?

Make up your mind before you ask any more questions.



JP

Can I do insurance with USPS carrier pickup?

Delivery confirmation? The Paypal label may have a tracking bar code
on it, but I don't know if that works as delivery confirmation.

Big Crunch <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:

> Can I do insurance with USPS carrier pickup?

Answers:
a. Yes, but it may be limited to $500 per parcel.
b. Have you run the numbers over time?
USPS insurance, quite apart from the blue
"steal me, I'm worth at least $50.01" stickers,
is a degenerate case of
"shipping insurance is a way to ensure that you
pay way more in premiums than you ever
collect in claims".
Smart buyers know this, too.
Cut the buyer a break and assume the risk except
for business-fatal risk levels.

> Delivery confirmation?

No problem.

> The Paypal label may have a tracking bar code
> on it, but I don't know if that works as delivery confirmation.

It is DC for everything that isn't SC or
full tracking (Express). I don't think you can
print labels thru PayPal without at least DC.

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On 1 May 2007 07:39:02 -0700, rjn <email4rjn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Smart buyers know this, too.
>Cut the buyer a break and assume the risk except
>for business-fatal risk levels.

Good idea. I've mailed hundreds of used computer parts. Only 1 was
damaged in delivery. Got run over by a vehicle. Most of my items
less than $100.

If I weigh a package as 17.9 pounds but it actually weighs 18.1 or
18.2, will they reject or return the item with carrier pickup? My
scale isn't super precise. That would stink. 17.9 uses the 18 pound
rate. 18.2 goes as 19.

UPS is different as they can adjust minor weight errors and either add
or subtract the difference to your bill.

Tim923 <tws0...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> If I weigh a package as 17.9 pounds but it
> actually weighs 18.1 or 18.2, will they reject
> or return the item ...

Other possibilities include:
- silent dead letter (esp. for MediaMail & Parcel Post)
- delivered with postage due

> ... with carrier pickup?

That hasn't much to do with it other than that
the pickup person won't / can't weigh it.

> My scale isn't super precise.

No excuse. If you want to sell on eBay, and don't
want to overestimate (overpay) postage, you need
an accurate scale. Buy one on eBay. There is at
least one reputable discount seller known to the
regulars here.

> UPS is different as they can adjust minor
> weight errors and either add
> or subtract the difference to your bill.

The USPS is still too much a government agency.
They are yet decades away from comprehension
of customer satisfaction.

Repeal the Express Statutes.
That'll straighten 'em up real fast.

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