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USPS Click and Ship

jorel

jorel

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I have been blown away by the ease of shipping, especially small boxes, using usps.gov and click and ship.

For $4.80 you can send a priority "flate rate small box" - ideal for a fiver - with confirmation. And - I can leave it in my home mail box to be picked up instead of planning my day around a trip to the PO. I even ordered free boxes that will be sent to me.

Maybe this is like 5-year-old news and I need to get out more often!

Anyway - may be someone will find it useful.

John
 
Not only is it easier to ship from home, but the rate you're paying by printing your labels at home is less than what you would pay at the post office or at the automated postal machine.

Although you're only saving perhaps 10 or 20 cents, when I think about the high number of labels I've printed off over the years it really adds up.
 
jorel said:
I have been blown away by the ease of shipping, especially small boxes, using usps.gov and click and ship.

For $4.80 you can send a priority "flate rate small box" - ideal for a fiver - with confirmation. And - I can leave it in my home mail box to be picked up instead of planning my day around a trip to the PO. I even ordered free boxes that will be sent to me.

Maybe this is like 5-year-old news and I need to get out more often!

Anyway - may be someone will find it useful.

John
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Welcome to the world of enlightenment...

You don't even need the flat rate box. You can use the video casette sized box which is a little bigger, under 16 oz. is still just $4.80. Depending upon size you can ship 10 or more cigars in those....
 
jorel said:
I have been blown away by the ease of shipping, especially small boxes, using usps.gov and click and ship.

For $4.80 you can send a priority "flate rate small box" - ideal for a fiver - with confirmation. And - I can leave it in my home mail box to be picked up instead of planning my day around a trip to the PO. I even ordered free boxes that will be sent to me.

Maybe this is like 5-year-old news and I need to get out more often!

Anyway - may be someone will find it useful.

John
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Oh, John - it gets better...

If you noodle around the USPS website - you'll find they will supply you - FREE OF CHARGE - all of the shipping boxes you can handle. All kinds of sizes and shapes... :thumbs:
 
Gonz said:
Not only is it easier to ship from home, but the rate you're paying by printing your labels at home is less than what you would pay at the post office or at the automated postal machine.

Although you're only saving perhaps 10 or 20 cents, when I think about the high number of labels I've printed off over the years it really adds up.
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Just the luxury of printing the label (vs. my chicken scratches) is worth it alone!
 
USPS Click-N-Ship is the bomb. Free boxes and "priority" stickers delivered to your door, printed labels....yep, I use it all the time.

Now, spend twenty bucks or so and pick up a nice little digital scale. Amazon has a bunch of 'em. Something like this one that will measure up to 20-30 pounds. Then you're all set for passes and the other shipping you'll have to do when the family figures out you're the "shipping wizard".... :laugh:

Have fun - B.B.S.

Edited to add - $4.80 from here with DC.....
 
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
 
ironpeddler said:
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
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When I ran out of labels I just went to plain paper and taped over it...
 
ironpeddler said:
Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?
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There's an option to print only the label when you are on the print screen...you just have to click the box :thumbs:
 
ironpeddler said:
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
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I use THESE and doing it online gives you the option at print to check a box for no receipt and just labels.

I don't think you can do that if you use the stand alone program, but it works great online.
 
ironpeddler said:
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
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Plain paper and a daughter with a glue stick.....
 
ironpeddler said:
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
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I find that when I cut that paper in half, one half label the other half receipt, the label side is exactly the size of the smaller priority box. Then, I use packing tape around the edges, and that way when I go over the edge that has the sticky flap from when you closed it, my tape covers that and makes sure it is secure. I don't trust the sticky flap on any of the priority boxes by itself.
 
Someone should make a video of how to send a fiver in the mail and post it on CP.

No, seriously. :)
 
LilBastage said:
ironpeddler said:
Yeah, beyond easy...

Question: how many people out there use a sticky label to print the address versus printing it on plain paper and taping it to the box with clear tape? Staples brand labels are way too much. The best deal seems to be on e-Bay. Also, is there a way to print just the mailing address without the receipt on the other side. The label sheets have 2 labels per sheet...how does that work without using 2 labels per shipment?



The downside to this ease of mailing is that it will eventually put more people out of a job...that part sucks.
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I use THESE and doing it online gives you the option at print to check a box for no receipt and just labels.

I don't think you can do that if you use the stand alone program, but it works great online.
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I never clicked that option, thinking I would want the receipt...I didn't know by clicking that it would just print the label. Makes sense now because there is another option at the end to print a receipt.

The reason I ask is that I go through a ton of clear packaging tape. Like Andy said, I don't trust the sticky flap either and tape the side slot things (I put the address label on the other side), across the sticky flap, and cover the whole address label with clear tape...in case it could get wet and the print would run. Anyone who has received a package from me knows how I tape the sh*t outa the thing.

Thanks for all the info guys...I'm switching to labels today!
 
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