eBay USPS Shipping Question

[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.