Sticking own address labels to satchel

[spicy-pickles]

Does anyone out there stick their own printed labels to Aust Post satchels? I mean the normal parcel and express post ones, not Click & Send.

My hand writing is a bit messy and I find filling out the satchels by hand a bit of a chore, so I want to print the delivery address on a sticker and attach it somehow. I guess I may need to tape it on.

I can't use the C&S satchels as I need to insure packages regularly, so have to use the bought over the counter ones as they let you add insurance.

[photo-video-accessories-pty-ltd-australia]

One more thing - if you do use labels on packaging which has the postcode boxes pre-printed on it you are supposed to leave them blank.... It's either addressed by hand or addressed by label, not a mixture.

[spicy-pickles]

Do you format the address to mimic the satchel fields and layout, or just address as standard formatting? Where do you write the phone number, above or below the address?

[ozstockman]

Yes, I use my own DYMO address labels on every parcel/satchel/ letter. I even stick "from" label on satchels backs instead of writing my address as a sender. I have been doing it for at least two years.

[ozstockman]

You do not have to mimic anything and I guess you can even leave postcode boxes black on a satchel. I leave them blank most f the time. I use 101x54mm Dymo labels. I just print buyer's address on it, sometimes with their phone number and with "If undelivered please return to....." note in much smaller font at the bottom of the lable. It's just because I did not stick another label with my "from" details. Now I use both labels but this note is still on "to" lable just in case.
I stick "to" label just at the place where it is supposed to be written down.

And I do not think postcode boxes are scanned on satchels. It is not a flat envelope and in most cases contains boxes inside. You cannot scan, read, recognize and process written postcode automatically for items that are not flat.

[phorum_junkie*]

I used a Dymo label printer for years before the advent of click & send. Sold it for nearly as much as I paid for it now I don't need it anymore. For the rare parcel that isn't going C&S I just print on plain paper and selotape it on.