How do most of you ship gars ? USPS online? I use UPS mainly because i can ship via company but i see lots us USPS. Is this being done online and then just left for the postman or drop boxes? what is the link and how is it done? I can not ship to P.O. boxs via UPS and alot of you seem to use that 🙂

let me know.

e-mail me info of how your doing it if you have time [email protected]

The main reason i use USPS is because you get free shipping supplies like boxes...tape...and labels...

And priority mail only takes 2 to 3 days and is very affordable...

RasDas

Joe

What RasDas - Joe said.

It is more convenient and cheaper for me to get to the Post Office instead of UPS.

The Big Brown Truck is brown for a reason, heheheeeee!

Plus UPS lets my boxes sit in their wherehouse for a day or two before shipping them to me. For more info on that, do a search from last year.

Knof

ok i understand the plus and minus of why everyone uses USPS but... I wasnt looking for a reason why everyone uses them or a poll of who uses what.

I need info on HOW your shipping. Walk in? ship and label from home? online>? what and hows 🙂

thanks for reply(s) btw...

I walk in at the post office, just a couple of minutes away. Depending on the size of the box, I usually pack it up at home. I have never had any problems shipping with them. One of the main advantages of shipping USPS is that you can send to a p.o. box. Nothing against UPS or Fed Ex at all, I just find it easier to deal with the post office.

the link to the post office is

www.usps.com

thanks

Schmitty, create your account and store all your addies online with the USPS. You can print the labels with or without postage. I think you can even get sticky labels. I believe you have to drop them off in person. SethGekko could answer that.

Each time I'm in the post office I pick up the free supplies (3 or 4 boxes) and package them at my leisure, then after I've got em packaged I take em back to the post office and give em 4 or 5 bucks and off they go. As a matter of fact I think I need to make a run to the P.O. again just to show you how efficient it is Bill. Yeppers I do. I will wait til my CBID shipment on thurs. Look for something after that.

Goody

If you print the USPS Priority Mail label online the Delivery Confirmation is FREE and you don't need to go to the Post Office. Simply tape the label to the package and affix postage and you're set!

Here's the link to print USPS labels online. Just fill in the blanks and choose the service you want...

https://sss-web.usps.com/ds/jsps/ds_landing.jsp 

"As a matter of fact I think I need to make a run to the P.O. again just to show you how efficient it is Bill. Yeppers I do. I will wait til my CBID shipment on thurs. Look for something after that."

^^^ DOH!

yeah i just signed up and started an account and ordered my supplies and ready to roll.. HMMMMM whos gonna be my test target? :P~~~~

thanks for the help everyone!

goody the boxes and tape are sent out for free from click-n-ship - saves a trip to the PO.

Check out "pickup options" from the website. . . . carrier gets an electronic notification that you have packages, and he/she will come to your door and take them when they deliver your mail. . . . use click-n-ship to print labels w/free delivery confirmation, and also order free priority mail supplies. . . . . never leave your house again. . . . that is, until you need to pay a visit to "happy ending oriental massage. . . "

for the life of me, i can't get the USPS postage dealio to work. i go through the steps, and then it crashes my machine. that could be because my computer is older than dirt, but has anyone else had this problem?

took a couple hours or pulling my hair out but finally got it to work. Seems their JAVA appl doesnt run and install on WinXP correctly. HAd to go to the Sun site and manually download the software then restart and allow application Java to run in tools setting in browser and now WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

thanks for info gang

I just signed up for USPS online postage. Man, is that the sweetest setup ever! Now I don't have to go out of my way to go to the Post Office to send one stupid package! I even ordered a digital scale off of eBay (I'm addicted to eBay as well as CB...I'm so screwed!) so I can weigh packages, print the label, and throw them in the box. And they even deliver free packing supplies, to boot! One more thing I don't have to leave the house for, nevertheless to go to a store and buy the envelopes, tape, and so on! All free!

Tony,

If you saw what was working behind the counter, you'd take a trip to the P.O. as well, LOL.

But thanks for the tip.

Goody