Free Delivery Cofirmation for all Priority Mail

[freeloaderz]

Print a Priority Mail Shipping Label online and have Delivery Confirmation service included at no additional charge!

Freebie from Uncle Sam

This was posted sometime ago, but I couldn't find it. After spending 10 minutes trying to find it on the Post Office site, I thought I would save some of you grief.

I think we are only saving .35 cents, but that's almost a stamp these days! The goverment just keeps giving and giving. God bless em'

 

[jonnyfin]

this is a great repost , luckily i bookmarked it already! used it several times along with my free priority shipping supplies!

 

[TechFan]

anyone found a good way to stick these on packages (rather than just taping them on). It's a pain that they don't print to any standard label.

 

[ww4397]

Thanks for the link. I have a few things to send out. Not only do I get free Delivery Confirmation but, I get a typed label...my hand writing is not very legible!

 

[SafetyDance]

Just take them separate to the PO, they will tape them on for you!

Mike

 

[Sunmansfx]

use it everytime i sell stuff on Ebay.

 

[TTokkyo]

Sweet. This is cool for preparing the labels before you get to the PO.

 

[Snuffaluffaguss]

Can someone post the link to get the free packing supplies as well. thanks

 

[villagepeople]

Thanks!
I learned little more than yesterday.

 

[ismellsmoke]

the link to the free postal suppies is :
freepostalsupplies@yourlocalpostoffice

 

[ojai00]

<< the link to the free postal suppies is :
freepostalsupplies@yourlocalpostoffice >>



LOL...almost got me to link that. But I had to look at it twice before realizing what it meant.

 

[SafetyDance]

Your local post office will not give you tape, pre addressed labels (with your return address) or some of the funkier boxes they have available. They are only through the web site. In fact, my post office even orders through the web site because they can't get things through their regular ordering system (especially during the holidays). Build a good relationship with them and they'll help you out. I usually take my extra boxes to them (since you have to order them in multiples of 25 - way more than I would ever use). Here is the link to the supplies: USPS Supplies

Mike

 

[Joemonkey]

hrm, good idea about taking extra boxes to the PO for them... next time i'm there i'll have to ask if they need any

 

[StaplesSucks]

Once you print these things out, you can just go to the post office, they scan it and you can pay?

 

[Freebie Hawk]

Very nice, thanks.

 

[dentalboy]

cool little deal, wonder how long this deal will last?

 

[junthin]

Just a word of warning...

From my experience (and what the Postal Workers are telling me), the only Delivery Confirmation that is free, is just that Delivery Confirmation. They do not scan it in when you ship it out, only when it arrives at it's destination. The Delivery Confirmation (that costs money, the green label) is scanned in when you ship it out and when it arrives at it's destination.

Just something to be careful about, since you can't really use it as proof that you sent it out if the package is lost, since it won't have a record of it being scanned in at the orgin.

Enjoy though!

 

[SafetyDance]

Proof you sent the package is the receipt they give you. I don't understand what you are trying to get across. On the page it says you get "delivery confirmation" for free. That product is what is scanned when you take it to the PO, then scanned again at all attempts to deliver until it is actually delivered (it's not like UPS where it gets scanned all over the place). More on delivery confirmation here: Delivery Confirmation. The freebie page prints out a bar code that had the same number of digits as all the delivery confirmation slips I have in front of me. I have not used this freebie yet, but will be in the next couple days. Will report back on it then...

Mike

 

[GetReal]

<< Proof you sent the package is the receipt they give you. I don't understand what you are trying to get across. On the page it says you get "delivery confirmation" for free. That product is what is scanned when you take it to the PO, then scanned again at all attempts to deliver until it is actually delivered (it's not like UPS where it gets scanned all over the place). More on delivery confirmation here: Delivery Confirmation. The freebie page prints out a bar code that had the same number of digits as all the delivery confirmation slips I have in front of me. I have not used this freebie yet, but will be in the next couple days. Will report back on it then...

Mike >>



HeHe ramblings of the naive. READ THE USPS PUB! The USPS does not scan these when you take them to the Post Office and they are not scanned at the destination either. You enter the package info the USPS directly from their website. When you take it to the Post Office they ignore it. They only time that it gets scanned again (if your lucky) is in the closest bulk mail processing center to the destination address. The can be as much as 500 mile from the actual delivey address. The USPS Delivery Confirmation web site can actually show the package delivered two or three days before the actual delivery in some rural areas. The retail version of Delivery Confirmation get scanned when the USPS accepts the package and again when the destination Post Office accepts it into their facility (Not when it is actually delivered). In either case if you are using USPS Delivery Confirmation as Proof of Delivery then you are going to get burned. All the online payments services have updated their policies to state that USPS Delviery Confirmation is not satisfactory for disputes. The only one that still accepts USPS Delivery Confirmation in disputes is PayPal and then only the Retail version for items under $500.

 

[junthin]

SafetyDance: Sorry, but I think you are wrong. GetReal is right in what he said, and he put what I was trying to get across better.

If you want to use the Free Delivery Confirmation in disputes of delivery, you will be screwed, since no place takes it. They only take retail version, if at all.

 

[iwearnosox]

<< they are not scanned at the destination either. >>


I've used this over 100 times in the past few months and tracked the items online. It is not scanned at the post office, is scanned at the distribution center nearest the destination and at delivery or attempted delivery. Sometimes the post office is lazy and prescans the item as "delivered" at the local PO in anticipation of it being delivered by the carrier, or because the carrier does not carry a scanner with him on his route.

The official green tag retail version is scanned upon mailing but seems to receive the same treatment for me thereafter as the free ones.

 

[vegetation]

<< SafetyDance: Sorry, but I think you are wrong. GetReal is right in what he said, and he put what I was trying to get across better.

If you want to use the Free Delivery Confirmation in disputes of delivery, you will be screwed, since no place takes it. They only take retail version, if at all. >>



That's just not true. Paypal does not limit their sellers protection with retail-only DC, you can use electronic, it doesn't matter! In a case of dispute, paypal will only ask for you to email back the DC# showing succesful delivery. The $500 limit is, however, a limitation and you would require a signature release for goods over that amount.

 

[GetReal]

<< Actually you're both wrong. I've used this over 100 times in the past few months and tracked the items online. It is not scanned at the post office, is scanned at the distribution center nearest the destination and at delivery or attempted delivery. Sometimes the post office is lazy and prescans the item as "delivered" at the local PO in anticipation of it being delivered by the carrier, or because the carrier does not carry a scanner with him on his route.

The official green tag retail version is scanned upon mailing but seems to receive the same treatment for me thereafter as the free ones. >>



The Delivery Confirmation barcode retail or otherwise is never scanned at delivery attempt so I don't know what you are referring to there, but as long as you belive that keep on until you have to provide prove delivery someday. In the real world, the last place of scan for retail Delivery Confirmation is at the local PO or at the last distribution center nearest the delivery zip code for electronic or bulk Delivery Confirmation . The only exception occurs if for some reason the carrier cannot leave the shipment at the delivery address due to size or security constraints. In these cases, the carrier leaves a pickup notification which has its own barcode tracking at the delivery address and that barcode tracking is scanned into their field handheld. When the carrier returns form their route, the carrier manually updates the Delivery Confirmation record with the corresponding reason code.

In either case retail or web generated, the Delivery Confirmation record never shows the street addres or a name or the receipiant since the USPS does not track this information in the USPS Delivery Confirmation system. The only information that can be tracked if the system works perfectly is the delivery zip code and associated community name which may or may not match the actual name you provided on the mailing label and the time that the local USPS scanned, not actually delivered your shipment.For these reasons USPS Delviery Confirmation is totally useless for proof of delivery purposes.

 

[GetReal]

<<

<< SafetyDance: Sorry, but I think you are wrong. GetReal is right in what he said, and he put what I was trying to get across better.

If you want to use the Free Delivery Confirmation in disputes of delivery, you will be screwed, since no place takes it. They only take retail version, if at all. >>



That's just not true. Paypal does not limit their sellers protection with retail-only DC, you can use electronic, it doesn't matter! In a case of dispute, paypal will only ask for you to email back the DC# showing succesful delivery. The $500 limit is, however, a limitation and you would require a signature release for goods over that amount. >>



When was the last time that you submitted a PayPal claim ? PayPal no longer accepts a web generated Delivery Confirmation tracking number a proof of shipment because it shows no actual record of shipment by you and only that a delivery was made or attempted in a specific zip code. The retail version tracks both the zip code where the item was shipped from and the delivery zip code. This is sufficient under their current seller protection policy for items under $500.00. The reasoning behind this policy might also be something that you want to ask Paypaldemon

 

[vegetation]

<<

When was the last time that you submitted a PayPal claim ? PayPal no longer accepts a web generated Delivery Confirmation tracking number a proof of shipment because it shows no actual record of shipment by you and only that a delivery was made or attempted in a specific zip code. The retail version tracks both the zip code where the item was shipped from and the delivery zip code. This is sufficient under their current seller protection policy for items under $500.00. The reasoning behind this policy might also be something that you want to ask Paypaldemon >>



I had a fraud case back in October, shipped to a confirmed address, and used an electronic delivery conf# and all went well (albeit, their cs ripped the funds immediately from my account and took days to respond, but let's save that for another thread). Please point out where it states electronic DC is not accepted on any of the major payment sites because I could find no such thing.

Also, I don't know what you're trying to get across with the scanning differences. There is NO difference. Both retail and electronic will show acceptance at the sender's zip code (as taken from the e-form, or keyed in by the postal clerk), and the date/time it was delivered in the appropriate zip code. Whether there's any scanning going on in the middle of the trip is just something that happens by luck as I have found USPS generally does not scan them in between.