Cheers!

Thanks for the info. I was thinking about dropping it in a red box since there's one just around the corner from my house. Have you ever had anything go bad with the red box?

I have been using C & S since it came out and I always post in the red box as it's a fair way to my PO. Never had a problem.

Sweet... So basically, make the sale, pay and print, put it in the satchel and drop it into the red box? Sounds pretty easy. I am trialling it by selling a pair of glasses. If the transaction goes well I might start selling all the junk around the house.. 😄

is postage cheaper with c&s?

Judging by the testing I've done, it's about $4.00 cheaper to send with the slowest option than with an equivalent Austpost satchel.

If you just pop your package into a red box, you have no proof of lodgement which is required by PayPal should you ever be faced with an Item Not received Case.

You really should lodge your item over the post office counter, make sure it gets scanned into the system and get a receipt.

Is C&S cheaper? Yes and No. In some instances the flat rate works out cheaper, but for others, not so much. However, the convenience factor and the fact it is linked to eBay and PayPal makes everything run so much more smoothly if there is ever a problem. So for me, worth the extra 30c or so.

(a regular 500g satchel costs $6.95 including satchel, whereas C&S is $7.15 plus the cost of the satchel and label printing costs - but other things work out much more cost efficient)

Plus, I think if you process the 500g satchel as "own packaging" and input all the weights and measurements into the relevant section it does only charge $6.95 for the 500g satchel, but for 30c that's a lot of extra mucking around.

Don't you get a tracking number? I thought that would be sufficient for Paypal disputes.