posted on October 3, 2001 12:55:59 PM
Hi everyone,
I guess I should look into this now as I'm getting much more DC/no insurance business than I was in the past.
My first question is about the labels. Can you design your own (for eg. 4 to a page w/the paper orientation being landscape)? Or does endicia have set label sizes for you to use?
Second question: the demo makes it look like creating a label takes a lot of steps. Is it time consuming? Or is that just the first one, with each subsequent one just being an address change? Either way, is it cost effective when you factor in your time?
Last question: After you signed up, did you get a lot of spam? In other words, did you feel like they sold your name?
posted on October 3, 2001 02:07:47 PM
You can customize each label, like Media Mail, Priority Mail, etc and name and save.
Then when you want to use a particular label you just open that one. I have large labels that are 2 to a page. I have my logo, return address with e-mail and web address,
I also have the words Media Mail, Priority Mail, Fragile, Do Not Bend, Air Mail, etc, print on the label. This requires a lot of save. Its not time comsuming once you set them up, but you can do a test print with voided postage. I love it, I can even do International labels and postage
posted on October 3, 2001 02:11:55 PM
Endicia is the best thing since sliced bread! I had a little problem getting my first label set up, but it was my printer's fault. I opted to use Endicia's blue arrow label as my printer won't feed label stock back through once a label has been removed from it. Packages are getting delivered much faster too and checking the status of DC packages is a snap.
It sames me a LOT of time at the post office because I just walk in, plop down the packages, get my green insurance slips stamped if anything is insured and then spend the 30 minutes chatting with the postmaster that we usually spent weighing packages and putting on postage!
They have a 30 day free trial and all it will cost you is buying some postage, which you would be spending anyway.
They have some pre-defined templates plus you can set up your own. I use both 3 up and 4-up labels with no gaps or margins. Both work but the 4-ups are a squeeze. I found setting up the labels pretty easy but I could not get the envelope (#10) that is required to work and I needed to call them to get it to work. Once you set the label up, you save it. It's no different than a file save and file open. They appear to have done away with their 800 number for tech support.
Whether or not it is cost effective depends on your own personal situation. Do you live far/near from a post office? Do you have long/short lines at the PO? Do you have alot of problems with people saying "they didn't get it". Do you like to talk to your PO employees or would you rather weigh stuff and put on labels and not talk to them? Will your mailman pick the packages up or is it small enough to put in the mailbox? If not you still have to go to the PO. If you want tubs you may or may not have to wait in line anyways depending on your PO. Some may allow you drop off the tubs on a loading dock and others do not. The easiest way is to just give it a try. It's free for 30 days so you won't be out anything other than the price of the labels.
posted on October 3, 2001 03:53:57 PM
Thanks everyone,
Looks like spam isn't an issue. So I guess I'll give the 30 trial a shot.
I'm happy about being able to set up my own labels.
It won't save me going to the PO because I live in a town where no one gets mail delivery - we all have PO boxes. But it would be nice to have a printout of my Postage expense each month, and not have to keep track of a million pieces of neon paper (the dc's).
