Can l mail Stamps this way ?

[polly.the.cat]

l wish to start Selling some of my Australian Stamps, 1940's - 1970's.

What is the Best way to cover myself from having a problem Buyer Dispute ?     l have plain white Tudor 90x145mm envelopes to post them in, with thin cardboard inner support.  The whole item is very, very light.

How do l post them to cover myself for a Buyer who claims, "they never got here"  (INR),  Thank you.

A Happy New Year to all the "Boardies"

[saarzi]

cheapest (and safest) is registered mail... which would be $4.50 (requires signature pick up)

Second cheapest is parcel .. which would be $7.20 (trackable online)

[dylan11235813]

The registered post stickers can be purchased in rolls of 50 for about $3 each, maybe slightly more

I think the max weight for a small letter is 50g, they should also be flexible. The large letter rate doesn't seem to have that requirement and is $1.40

[i-love-my-sheep]

Small letters need to be able to go through the automatic sorting machine without damaging it. I believe (most) large letters are hand sorted (unless that's changed?).

[clarry100]

If you want to go over the counter at your local PO you can take a photo after the PO have put their cancellation stamp across the stamp(s).

I was told a while back by a PayPal CSR person this method will stand up as sufficient evidence for PayPal in case of INR claim.

There is no additional cost this way but its a whole lot of rigmarole if you will be mailing out more than a couple every day.

[cq_tech · Accepted solution]

I actually find it very quick and easy, Clarry. When busy I can send 3 or 4 large letters per day and I have them very well trained at my local LPO. They cancel the stamps for me and lay the envelopes flat on the counter for me where I take a quick shot of each one with my mobile phone camera, and voila, job done.

When I get home, I copy the images to my PC and rename them using the item numbers of the items sent. I also leave the originals on the camera as backups.

[clarry100]

That's great to hear cq. Have you ever had to put one of these pics to the real test in an INR claim? The PayPal CSR I spoke with sounded 100% convincing that this method would be good to go.
We haven't tried it ad we normally mail out around 25-30 per day when things are travelling good.
But we have an alternate plan in mind.

[cq_tech]

No Clarry, since photographing my large letters I've not had occasion to test them as evidence of delivery in an INR claim, but given that in Australia an item is legally deemed to have been delivered once it has been handed to the carrier, I don't envisage any problems at all.

With your 25-30 items per day I can see that photographing them after cancellation of their stamps would be a logistical nightmare. Not impossible but certainly an imposition on the PO unless you could come to some sort of an arrangement with them. Perhaps in your case a written ledger would be more appropriate as that should also be deemed as satisfactory evidence of delivery.

I also think that your alternate plan has a great deal of merit as well.