computerboy
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posted on September 13, 2001 07:40:54 AM new
For those who asked, Avery makes a full 8.5 x 11 sheet label. Their product number for this product is #8165 and I purchased this 25 sheet package for $9.95 at my local office supply store.
I'm going to contact USPS Business Development and recommend that they supply the full sheet label to their Priority Mail shipping customers, just like the Priority mail tape and boxes are supplied. Don't know if it will do any good, but it least it will be on record at the Post Office that the product was recommended.
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sun818
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posted on September 13, 2001 08:52:54 AM new
marlenedz - my advice is only for ink jet printers. unless the labels are travelling in straight path, there are too many curves the labels go through. you risk gumming up your printer. these labels are only meant to travel once through the printer. we've had several laser printers need repair due to this very issue.
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glassgrl
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:03:01 PM new
Ummm. I just got back from the PO and even though I printed out the label, they STILL charged me 40 cents for the DC. So who's got it right? The link or the the PO guy? What should I of said? He said he'd never seen one before.
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computerboy
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:28:33 PM new
The website is correct and the clerk is uninformed.
The Post Office training program is non existant and it is not uncommon for Postal employees to be in the dark regarding mail classes, rates, restrictions, etc. These folks can only be as effective as their training allows them.
The Post Office, as a business and organization, is inept at best.
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sun818
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:31:12 PM new
Another seller mentioned a Bulletin that was released by the post office regarding eDelivery Confirmation. Does anyone have this link?
Also, you can always ask the clerk to process the package as if it was a Priority Package without a barcode. This sometimes will work. If they insist, either pay the $0.40 or come back another time and visit a different clerk.
[ edited by sun818 on Sep 13, 2001 01:50 PM ]
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HarryWhitehouse
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:43:23 PM new
glassgrl
If you will EMail me at [email protected], I can reply to you a copy of USPS official announcement to their PO's in PDF format.
Harry
Endicia
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deichen
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posted on September 13, 2001 02:45:32 PM new
what is pdf format? I feel really stupid.
Sorry
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HarryWhitehouse
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posted on September 13, 2001 02:52:53 PM new
what is pdf format? I feel really stupid.
No need to feel stupid! Asking questions is the best way to learn!
PDF= Portable Document Format from Adobe. You will see a lot of Web documentation in this format. You can read a PDF file using the free Adobe Acrobat software.
That said, I checked again and the USPS information is in a Word doc format!
And here's a USPS Web site page with the electronic vs retail DC rates:
http://new.usps.com/cgi-bin/uspsbv/scripts/content.jsp?D=21708#fees
Harry
Endicia
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glassgrl
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posted on September 13, 2001 02:53:42 PM new
thanks Harry. I cut and pasted and will take them with me to the PO next time. I only had two packages so it wasn't a big deal but we will have it on hand to show. The mistake was made I see when he scanned them and that rang it up for him I guess. Well we all live and learn here don't we?
PDF format is Adobe acrobat isn't it? Whatever it opened right up to a very nice one page explanation.
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glassgrl
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posted on September 13, 2001 03:02:32 PM new
All that being said, when I looked on the bottom half of the page that printed the DC label, it's says right on there that there is no extra fee for DC under number 6.
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char44
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posted on September 14, 2001 08:13:24 PM new
Thanks for letting us know. I tried it and it works. Went to the post office today and the clerk said they had just got notice on this.
Thanks again
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