prepaid postage solutions

[chezzy]

Hi guys

It has been many weeks since I have shipped an ebay item (much of this to do with my local PO's attitude,

but that is another story).

I want to prepare myself for selling/shipping again, whether that be ebay or elsewhere.

Ideally I would like to keep my PO time to an absolute mininum so don't want to have to do any/much

fiddling, packing or paperwork IN the Post Office.

My options?

Ebay labels or Click and Send.....

Prepaid Parcel satchels? How does one get on with the red (normal) or yellow (express) satchels

if they need to add extra cover or signature? Can any of these services be pre purchased eg people

used to buy rolls of Registered Post stickers....

If I can add extra cover etc to normal parcel post satchels (or even own packaging) but have to do it AT the Post Office, is it an

easy process or does it require filling out paperwork at the counter?

Thanks...

[englishrosegardens]

cats posted the link to the forms I use.  You could print them off but it's much easier to just ask for a heap of them.  Let AP pay for the ink and wear out their printers rather than you do it.

If you stuck your labels over the bit from "Item addressed to" down to the bottom of "suburb or town", and between the pink/orange on the left and the space for the PO stamp, you'd have room for a 2.5 x 11 cm label.

I'd be inclined to leave a bit more space at the right for the PO stamp because if it ended up half on your label and half on their sheet it wouldn't be dead flat and the stamp might not be as clear to read.  I'm not sure that'd matter but it's something to consider.

[chezzy]

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@englishrosegardens wrote:

cats posted the link to the forms I use.  You could print them off but it's much easier to just ask for a heap of them.  Let AP pay for the ink and wear out their printers rather than you do it.

If you stuck your labels over the bit from "Item addressed to" down to the bottom of "suburb or town", and between the pink/orange on the left and the space for the PO stamp, you'd have room for a 2.5 x 11 cm label.

I'd be inclined to leave a bit more space at the right for the PO stamp because if it ended up half on your label and half on their sheet it wouldn't be dead flat and the stamp might not be as clear to read.  I'm not sure that'd matter but it's something to consider.

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Thanks Cats and Rose!

I just did a test print with the Dymo and the labels will just fit so that is handy (the labels are larger but I will trim the blank space).

I have been using size 20 font (arial) for the address but there is no reason I can't make it a tad smaller and give the post office stamp a bit more room. Preparing my list of things to order and will certainly ask for lodgement forms from the PO next visit.

[englishrosegardens]

I suggest you ask at the PO whether you even need to leave room at the side for the PO stamp.  It probably doesn't matter where they stamp it - on top of your label or over at the left where the "extra cover" section is (if you've got no writing there).  It'd come down to whether the stamp was legible, but I think if you did have to make a claim everything would be in their system and they probably wouldn't bother actually reading the stamp anyway.  They'd be more interested in the other details on the form and would just look at the stamp enough to see that it's genuine.