vptrav Wrote:
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>
> It also seems a pretty big give away shipping a
> huge insured with delivery confirmation 3lb. box
> to a food bank in Zone 5.
>

This is one of the reasons I was reluctant to do the C scenario. I figured after a couple of go rounds at any one branch, they'd know that boxes addressed to food banks were a shopper, and I didn't want to be identified. And then there's the expense . . .

The old MSC provided the boxes and envelopes and the contents was copy paper that was sent to someone (teacher) for their school.

I see a lot of the PO shops here. I like doing them. My only problem is just what to send to get the 18oz! I usually have something to send to someone but if it does not weigh enough I have to put something else in. I do the A & B. I have also done the D but never the C. The shops just keep coming so I keep taking them. Really easy report for the money. And sometimes you get bonus!

I did one PO shop, and haven't seen any in my town since. I see them all over the rest oy my state, but never in my town or any towns close by. I wonder if they just get snatched up really quickly, or if they aren't shopping the locations near me anymore.

What is Scenario E? Anybody did one of them yet?

cyberjf Wrote:
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> I've done close to 100 po shops - I really like
> em! Helps fill my route when traveling. And my
> kids or my nieces love to get mail!
>
> I haven't seen new ones pop up for September
> either. I actually haven't seen a lot if september
> shops in general for any of my "usual" clients.
>
> Hopefully the po ones will be back soon!


Yes the PO are out there. But same w/ me Sept shops - any very thin. Anyone got ideas re this? I am getting concerned.

I've done 10 in September that were all A,B or D. I also don't do the dim weight ones because I'm not tying up that much money and not shipping to a food bank.

My solution to the return address question is to look up an apartment address in the zip code of the post office I'm shipping from. That makes me a "local" to the area and less suspicious. Scenario A packages are addressed before I leave home. I write a return address down on the one page I print out for the post office address for Scenario B.

If I ship from Louisville it goes to a sister with stuff my nieces and nephew can use or to a friend in Bowling Green. When I go to Bowling Green, I pick up the packages and reship them. If I'm away from Louisville I ship stuff home we can use. Sometimes I can peel off the postal stickers and labels and simply relabel them and ship them again. I go to yard sales occasionally to find things that weigh the right amount to ship. A couple of 14 oz. boxes of mac and cheese is in the right weight class and winds up getting used for kid food. I get stuff like that at the Dollar Tree. I bought lots of notebooks and filler paper before school started. Three notebooks or filler papers or any combination thereof is over 1 lb. 2 oz. I even shipped my Goodwill clothes to Bowling Green and my friend took them to the Goodwill there. I bought a bag of decorative rocks at the Dollar Tree. A pound bag of rice or beans and a couple of rocks makes the weight right too. lol It was that extra two ounces that I had to come up with. The rocks were cheaper than buying something else to add in.

There have been fewer to do in September so far and the ones left on my board are 50 miles away at least. I went to southern Indiana to do four last week and right after I came back across the bridge the governor of Indiana closed the bridge. My trips across will now be only on Saturdays because of the traffic on the other bridge. I can't afford to be stuck in traffic an extra four hours to go do a "quick route" in Indiana. Hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad since thec ommuter traffic for workers will be down.

I have done A and B. I have not done D.

How different is Random D from A?

Random Scenario E is a ReadyPost. So how different is E from B or s it a different name for a same shop. The shopper fee is higher. :-)

Besides downloading or printing a 13 guideline packet gets to be a bit much every month or so.

My great-niece just started college. I will send her a college survival pack.

A=D and B=E There is no difference. To the scheduler, A and B are scheduled regularly (monthly) and D and E are scheduled randomly, therefore sporadic in nature. There are still quite a few on the job board. I did another this morning while traveling through southern, Indiana. Bonused to $20 to ship a package....you betcha! I shipped a squeeze bottle of ketchup back to my daughter that I grabbed off the shelf on my way out the door this morning. lololol

Just read the guidelines and take succinct notes as you go through them. =)


sojo917 Wrote:
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> Besides downloading or printing a 13 guideline
> packet gets to be a bit much every month or so.

I print ONLY the first page of the paperwork. It has the address, phone and scenario listed on it. If it's a ReadyPost, I jot down a return address I've gleaned from googling the zip code to make it look like I live in the area.

I do not print guidelines for shops that I can read from the computer screen.

I do print reports in advance on a certain gas shop I do for Maritz because it becomes my checksheet to make sure I ask all the questions I'm suppose to. It also has the code I need to file the report.

I print alot less than I used to. But I still go through guidelines that may have changed. And the forum sometimes tells me things I didn't know like "no more Angus burgers" or "to a different postal zone". Things I hear in here send me back to the guidelines for things I might overlook. Thanks!

CharlesJ Wrote:
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> does anyone know where I can get phone shops and
> online shops only where I dont have to leave the
> house


Sorry to say these are few and far between. Shopper'sView and KernScheduling. We all wish there were more. You can try some survey stuff if you are patient and have time. You can private message me for more details.
cyn b

I get calls to do them. I love these shops. They are so easy, take very little time to complete and report is a cinch.

Scenario C: To those of you who have done these shops, do they usually cost $40 to ship?

I just got an e-mail fron the scheduler today all that was do it was dim weight and post ready. I don't do those I just do scenario A.

CANADAMOMMY Wrote:
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> Good use for those- I sent a care package to a
> nursing home resident last week. I found out the
> mailman personally carried it to the ladies lunch
> table. What a thrill for the whole room! Some days
> it takes so little but the reward is so great for
> others. What did I send- puzzle magazines! Enough
> for all to share.


I've done Post Office shops in Canada but I was always given the address where I had to send the parcel. Are you talking about the USPO or CdaPost? If CdaPost I'd love to find these shops.

Justtrying Wrote:
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> Scenario C: To those of you who have done these
> shops, do they usually cost $40 to ship?


Close to it.