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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: bigunit on June 24, 2011, 03:03 am
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Don't want to go off on a rant but, I received 3 packages today.
All had handwritten addresses.-People we all have printers for FUCK's sake go and buy a box of labels and some bubble mailers.
One package had no return address. Get out your yellow pages and find some wholesale business and use that as your return address.
If you have to use stamps-make sure that you use the correct postage. Better yet, go to a small post office preferable one that's in another business like a store. There's less of a chance of cameras, and it looks more bisiness like.
If your package is over 13 oz-you can't use a drop box.
Basically, think of something you have received from Amazon or QVC and try to make it look like that.
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wow. double wow on the no return address. Make sure you reflect your disdain in the feedback comment for those vendors. It is pretty un-acceptable considering vendors here should be well read on shipping and the "standards" they need to meet up to. It is also very selfish of them to put buyers at risk like that. Whomever you sellers are shame on you.
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It is disappointing that new vendors are not being more professional in their packaging. But on a positive note you did get three deliveries, which means hopefully the site has three more legitimate sellers.
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Handwritten address is not a big deal and stamps are necessary for posting letters without being on camera; no return address is pretty bad though.
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I am pretty sure that they can tell what printer printed what label, just as good as matching handwriting.
Its a matrix of yellow dots, invisible to the naked eye that is kind of like a serial number/fingerprint.
Its even on Wikipedia. hxxps://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Printer_steganography
Ok this is for laser printers, but it would be foolish to assume this isn't in ink-jets/bubble-jets too.
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What do people who object to stamps suggest is used instead? It's not as if sellers can sign up for a postage account and franked mail.
I vacuum seal, add shipping labels and bogus internal use stickers to the packet make it look as legitimate as I can. I still had users want more from my shipping in feedback, without suggesting what. If they want the goods hidden within something else this is going to add to the cost. I suppose I could add it as a service for users that want to spend extra.
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I can vouch your shipping methods are top notch peaceandlove, the packages i've received couldn't have been packed better. :D
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I appreciate that Nomad. As I say they have been improving all the time as my customers make suggestions. Got a label maker and vacuum sealer. I am always trying to respond to what the customer needs and take feedback very seriously so when people say that there was a negative aspect I'd like if they said what it was so I could try improve it.
Nommad remind me to throw in a little gift in your next order.
Peace+l
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How do shipping labels work, i mean are they anonymous? Ive never figured out how to send large packages anonymously, short of sticking a ton of stamps on it.
If you dont trust printers, get a dot-matrix printer, the tech is too old for secret codes.
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For large shipments flat-rate boxes are your friend ;]
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Can u just throw flat rates in one of those bins or do you still have to go on camera somewhere to ship em?
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Handwritten address is not a big deal and stamps are necessary for posting letters without being on camera; no return address is pretty bad though.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think customs profiles hand written packages.
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Handwritten address is not a big deal and stamps are necessary for posting letters without being on camera; no return address is pretty bad though.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think customs profiles hand written packages.
It is -ONE- flag, it generally takes 5+ for a package to be individually inspected.
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hmm, usually, stoners are lazy. So lazy that they wouldn't even care to write an address by hand, let alone a couple of them.
So, if you are a seller who ships regularly, why don't you just fork the $99 (or less if you look on i.e. Google Shopping) and get a Dymo LabelWriter? There's probably nothing that will blend in more nicely than this as there are labels in the formats specified by post offices all over the world, and you get generic labels all over the place for less than a cent each.