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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@thecatspjs wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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"I always take photos while at the post office of the buyers address and AP postage imprint."

 

This does not prove that you lodged or posted the item. It proves that you photographed the item whilst at the Post Office. It does not prove that you left the item there and handed it over to Aus Post for delivery.

 

For proof, you need a tracking number, you then need to ensure that the parcel's tracking number is scanned into Aus Post's system, i.e. "lodged" (it's not enough to just toss it into a post box as it may get lost/stolen before it is scanned)

 

 

 

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Paypal do accept a broader range of proof of post than a tracking number.

 

A photo at the PO of envelope with a post office post mark addressed to the buyer may or may not suffice as proof.  A mail register with post office stamp may also suffice.  It is a matter for paypal to determine according to their proof of lodgement and proof of addressee requirement. 

 

Whilst tracking numbers assists for proof of lodgement purpose you do not have to have a product that comes with tracking to prove lodgement ie. registered post letters and parcels that are not scanned at lodgement, but you have a stamped lodgement slip.

 

 

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and this is relevant to the OP, how?

 

There re a lot of mays and maybes in your contradiction response. I prefer to give advice that has the best chance of offering the seller her Seller Protection.The methods that provide her with the safest means of trading and the methods that are easiest when dealing with PayPal.

 

You yourself know of another member who says that their parcels are sometimes handed back to them to put in an outside post box after they have been stamped/scanned or whatever.

 

and doesn't a stamped lodging slip have the tracking number for a registered letter on it?

 

(I don't know - I used to send registered parcels a few years ago and I used to go blind on paperwork filling in all the tracking numbers to hand over to the post office for my stamp of proof of lodgement.

 

so in effect, you do have a tracking number and you do have proof of lodgement of the letter relevant to that tracking number which are what PayPal requires for proof of postage.

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I made my response to relation to incorrect comments that you made regarding proof of post that other posters may read.  

You do not have proof of addressee if you do not lodge registered post over the counter.  Whilst paypal may accept tracking number and mail centre scan only according to a small number of posters on the boards, nonetheless their terms and conditions are worded so as to make these two separate requirements.    Unlike other post products, registered post is not sold with tracking as a feature, notwithstanding that, is frequently scanned in any case.