Can I vent????

[nyc3]

I am not technologically advanced at all, and I don't even have internet on my phone. I don't sell very much and I have a very basic printer. I always ship using Ebay Shipping - It makes life so easy! Not only is it only $1.64, but DC is free and it automatically updates the tracking and everything in the buyer's my Ebay page. I do it at night and take it with me when I go to work in the morning and drop it off at the post office on the way. You really should take advantage of this, it is quite simple to get used to because it is basically completely automated. You just print the label on normal paper and tape it to the front of a bubble mailer.

Also if they open a dispute for not getting an item it saves you the headache of having to find the DC slip then typing it all in. I am almost embarrassed how many dc slips I lost before I used PP shipping. If it shows delivered the case gets closed before you even knowing anything.

 

[fsulevine]

Thank you all for the info! I may just give it a shot next time I list some stuff!

 

[BunchOBull]

The only thing that more sellers need to know about printing shipping from home, which I do, is that unless the PO scans the package as accepted, you are not guaranteed protection through eBay/PayPal as a shipper; nor will any insurance claims be allowed on insured packages. Otherwise, you could print off a shipping label with $500 insurance, not send a package, claim it was lost in the mail, and put forth an insurance claim.

I had this happen once; shipped with $500 insurance and dropped it in the mail. This wasn't an eBay transaction, it was a Christmas gift, but it was the holiday season and I think a shady postal worker took the package because they knew it was of value because it was insured, and, at the time, the PayPal labels included the title "Insured" above the tracking bar. Anyway, because it was never scanned, I couldn't make the claim and I was out the item. They were kind enough to refund my shipping cost, however. Ever since then, I drive my packages to the PO and have them scan them in. They used to hate me for it, but I told them I'd continue to do it until I could trust their organization to do the job I paid them to do...they don't say anything anymore.

 

[Pine Tar]

The only thing that more sellers need to know about printing shipping from home, which I do, is that unless the PO scans the package as accepted, you are not guaranteed protection through eBay/PayPal as a shipper; nor will any insurance claims be allowed on insured packages. Otherwise, you could print off a shipping label with $500 insurance, not send a package, claim it was lost in the mail, and put forth an insurance claim.

I had this happen once; shipped with $500 insurance and dropped it in the mail. This wasn't an eBay transaction, it was a Christmas gift, but it was the holiday season and I think a shady postal worker took the package because they knew it was of value because it was insured, and, at the time, the PayPal labels included the title "Insured" above the tracking bar. Anyway, because it was never scanned, I couldn't make the claim and I was out the item. They were kind enough to refund my shipping cost, however. Ever since then, I drive my packages to the PO and have them scan them in. They used to hate me for it, but I told them I'd continue to do it until I could trust their organization to do the job I paid them to do...they don't say anything anymore.

Well in this case I would ahve gone to the PO and done the transaction face to face since the value was high enough.

 

[James52411]

Well in this case I would ahve gone to the PO and done the transaction face to face since the value was high enough.

You can still use PeBay shipping, just walk inside and ask them to scan in that particular item.

 

[katieneack]

You can still use PeBay shipping, just walk inside and ask them to scan in that particular item.

That's what I do with all of the items I ship - They scan them in and hand me a receipt.

 

[BunchOBull]

Well in this case I would ahve gone to the PO and done the transaction face to face since the value was high enough.

I dropped it off at the mail facility drop box, I just didn't have them scan it as accepted because it was after hours. It was in their hands, I just couldn't prove it.

 

[katieneack]

I dropped it off at the mail facility drop box, I just didn't have them scan it as accepted because it was after hours. It was in their hands, I just couldn't prove it.

That really sucks!