eBay USPS Shipping Question

[autograf]

I never put it in my box or a drop box any more if I use ebay system to print the label. I take them to the window and ask them to scan them. That way I have proof that I mailed them. Especially if I insure them through the ebay printing. They will not pay a claim of you don't have that acceptance scan. Already had that happen. And you should always use the ebay system cause you get decent discounts on postage through there. Especially on a priority mail package that has some weight to it. Plus you get free tracking where you have to pay for it when you purchase the postage at the window. Good luck. They are getting better but there's little intermediate scanning, mostly origin and destination so it can be gone for a while with little info on where it really is.....

[D. Bergin]

I've had it happen before. Package gets picked up, and on-line it looks like you never gave it to a carrier for days and days.

Finally when it gets to where it's going, all of it's tracking destinations repopulate into the on-line system.

I think it's an occasional glitch.

[gregr2]

Thanks everyone, that makes me feel better. I think from now on I'll take them to the post office and have them scan them in for me.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by autograf

I never put it in my box or a drop box any more if I use ebay system to print the label. I take them to the window and ask them to scan them. That way I have proof that I mailed them. Especially if I insure them through the ebay printing. They will not pay a claim of you don't have that acceptance scan. Already had that happen. And you should always use the ebay system cause you get decent discounts on postage through there. Especially on a priority mail package that has some weight to it. Plus you get free tracking where you have to pay for it when you purchase the postage at the window. Good luck. They are getting better but there's little intermediate scanning, mostly origin and destination so it can be gone for a while with little info on where it really is.....

I can't agree with this more. They simply don't scan cards that get put it drop boxes. 95 times out of 100, the buyer got the card. They simply game the system in that the card never got a scan.

[Luke]

Yeah, I've had a couple that never get a scan until they reach their destination. It's weird, and can be nerve-racking, but I haven't actually lost a package in a really long time.

[buymycards]

First of all, it is the carrier's responsibility to scan the package as "accepted" when he/she picks it up. Then, when the carrier takes it back to the PO, the clerk or supervisor or Postmaster should make sure that the carrier has scanned all packages that have been picked up.

You should talk to the Postmaster and let him/her know that the carrier on your route is not doing the required scanning.

There is no excuse for this.

Rick

[Dave Farquhar]

Regarding lost packages, I used to ship a lot of packages (1,000-plus a year) and never had more than 10 get lost in a year. As much as people say about the USPS, they get the package there more than 99% of the time. It's just that the times a package goes from St. Louis to Kansas City via Birmingham Alabama, or the package arrives looking like it got run over by the truck, people don't forget.

I've had at least a couple of my recent purchases not get scanned properly, so they didn't track, but they arrived on time or early, so I didn't worry about it.

[gregr2]

Well it looks like the package finally got scanned when it arrived in Kansas City, so crisis averted. Interesting that some packages seem to get scanned quite a few times as they leave hubs and this one didn't. I'm glad it is now showing up in the system.

[Jewish-collector]

I have an honest, question. I apologize if it is too obvious, because I really don't know.

What advantage and/or savings do you get when printing the shipping label using the eBay system rather than just hand writing the shipping address on the package & mailing it the old fashion way via the post office clerk ?

Thx.