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If you are outside of your home zip and send a package back to yourself, do you put a return address on the package, and if so what address do you use?
Shopping Central Jersey Shoreline. WHAT? I'm an adult?! When did this happen?! How do I make it stop?!
My understanding is that the post office requires a return address. UPS and FedEx even require photo ID which matches the return address, or at least provides them with a way to track it back to you if you say you are mailing it for someone else. The post office does not yet require that the person mailing the package produce an ID of any type, but they do have the right to ask for a return address., My experience is that they accept whatever return address is on the package. They verify using a national database that the address you are mailing to is correct, but I don't believe that they validate the return address.
When I do Comcast shops, I have to provide a valid service address which Comcast can look up in their database. When I am out of area, I provide an address which "I am thinking of buying." There is a small but finite risk that the Comcast employee lives in the house or next door, but it is the best I have come up with so far. ON one occasion, I even had to find the listing on my smart phone since the Comcast employee was initially unable to find it.
When I do Comcast shops, I have to provide a valid service address which Comcast can look up in their database. When I am out of area, I provide an address which "I am thinking of buying." There is a small but finite risk that the Comcast employee lives in the house or next door, but it is the best I have come up with so far. ON one occasion, I even had to find the listing on my smart phone since the Comcast employee was initially unable to find it.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
I haven't done a shop with the new guidelines yet, but as I recall, you are not allowed to send something to yourself. You have to send something somewhere outside of your zone.
@Orrymain wrote:
I haven't done a shop with the new guidelines yet, but as I recall, you are not allowed to send something to yourself. You have to send something somewhere outside of your zone.
you are incorrect
All I know is that the shops I did forbade sending packages to yourself. I do not know about the new guidelines.
You have to put a name and return address, but it doesn't have to be your return address.
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@cubbiecat wrote:
You have to put a name and return address, but it doesn't have to be your return address.
I've shipped to my home with various combinations of different return addresses, different first names, to my kids, etc.
You are required to send the package to an address out of the town that you are in. For years, when I have been on vacation in another state, I have mailed a package back to my home address and used the address of my friends as the return address. I have done in the last month. This has never caused me any problems.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@myst4au wrote:
You are required to send the package to an address out of the town that you are in. For years, when I have been on vacation in another state, I have mailed a package back to my home address and used the address of my friends as the return address. I have done in the last month. This has never caused me any problems.
This forum is great (generally) but jeez there seems to be just lots of info that doesn't jibe with the facts.
Again, just sayin'
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It gets a bit confusing because they say it has to be sent to Zone 1 or higher. You cannot send to Zone 0. Then they say you cannot ship to the same Town/City that it is sent from. Using the USPS "Get Zone for ZIP Code Pair", if I put my Zip (which covers only 1 town) into both fields, it comes up as Zone 1. I've also used the same zips for surrounding towns into both fields and get Zone 1. So what is a Zone 0?
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Shopping Central Jersey Shoreline. WHAT? I'm an adult?! When did this happen?! How do I make it stop?!
Because UPS charges anything under a pound as a pound. Then they round up to the nearest pound after that - like 1.5 goes as 2. Heavier packages are cheaper there than the USPS.
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Just completed my first with the new msp on friday. We will see what they pay as it was zone 1 but over 2lbs and shipping was $6.70. If I lose $.75 or $.85 no big deal as they pay $2 more for the shopper fee so I actually still gain $1.15 or $1.25. Funny I did a UPS Store shop different company right before across the street from the USPS shop and for a box going to the same place weiging no more than 2 ounces they charged over $9 and that was the cheap option which would take till Tuesday. USPS way cheaper.
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BuffaloNY101
Just completed my first with the new msp on friday. We will see what they pay as it was zone 1 but over 2lbs and shipping was $6.70. If I lose $.75 or $.85 no big deal as they pay $2 more for the shopper fee so I actually still gain $1.15 or $1.25. Funny I did a UPS Store shop different company right before across the street from the USPS shop and for a box going to the same place weiging no more than 2 ounces they charged over $9 and that was the cheap option which would take till Tuesday. USPS way cheaper.
Kim
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I mail stuff to my house all the time. I'm away from home at a post office (or 3) in a nearby town. I address my package to my house and for a return address I generally use either my sisters address or the address of a rental house we have. Once the CSR said "wow, you could almost take that there yourself." I said I could if I were there but I'm not and I'm not going to be for days. I was thinking it was none of his business LOL.
So what you have to pay attention to, is whether you are far enough away from home to mail the package to your home.
So what you have to pay attention to, is whether you are far enough away from home to mail the package to your home.
Of course you can mail it to yourself. This applies to old and new guidelines.
In addition to the normal distance requirements you do need a return address and be able to answer anything clerks that might say like CoffeeQueen stated above. I have used made-up or randomly selected addresses with success but prefer to use a valid address from a friend or relative that will hold the package for me if that rare event occurs when the post office decides it wants to return the package rather than deliver it.
Actually I prefer to mail to a Post Office buddy in zone 4 rather than mail to myself. It saves answering awkward questions and is behavior more like a 'normal' customer.
In addition to the normal distance requirements you do need a return address and be able to answer anything clerks that might say like CoffeeQueen stated above. I have used made-up or randomly selected addresses with success but prefer to use a valid address from a friend or relative that will hold the package for me if that rare event occurs when the post office decides it wants to return the package rather than deliver it.
Actually I prefer to mail to a Post Office buddy in zone 4 rather than mail to myself. It saves answering awkward questions and is behavior more like a 'normal' customer.
Happily shopping Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut
Wow there is a lot of misinformation on this thread. If you are assigned to a shop and have a question about the guidelines, I highly encourage you to contact your scheduler, not take the word of someone on a message board.
The guidelines are quite clear on the shipping to the same city question. This is even in bold in the guidelines:
The recipient’s address must be a different zip code and in a different city than the post office from which you are mailing.
The guidelines are quite clear on the shipping to the same city question. This is even in bold in the guidelines:
The recipient’s address must be a different zip code and in a different city than the post office from which you are mailing.
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@BeachBumess wrote:
It gets a bit confusing because they say it has to be sent to Zone 1 or higher. You cannot send to Zone 0. Then they say you cannot ship to the same Town/City that it is sent from. Using the USPS "Get Zone for ZIP Code Pair", if I put my Zip (which covers only 1 town) into both fields, it comes up as Zone 1. I've also used the same zips for surrounding towns into both fields and get Zone 1. So what is a Zone 0?
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Zone 0 is the zip code you are in. For example, my zip code is 00957, so I can't ship to anyone in that zip code.
As far as I am concerned, you can ship in the same "town/city", as long as the zip codes are different.
Cheers!
As far as I am concerned, you can ship in the same "town/city", as long as the zip codes are different.
Cheers!
Has anyone's USPS shops been approved for pay? I was confused about the zone 0 also because when I did the zip code pairing I shipped to another city and said it was zone 1. When I put my zip code to the same zip code it still says zone 1, so I'm not sure if I did these correctly.
I usually look up the address of a dollar store, hotel, etc. that's in the city in which I'm shopping to use as a return address if I'm mailing the package to myself, which I do somewhat frequently. Obviously I do not do this for my own town (I send it to someone outside my zip). I have never had an issue. Generally the clerk only looks at the recipient's address anyway, as was mentioned.
Happily shopping the Pacific Northwest. Shopping since 2013
@Nataliekorn wrote:
Has anyone's USPS shops been approved for pay?
A shop I performed on 10/23 was ok'd about a week ago.
I've had a bunch of shops approved for pay, but not sure what's up. Most say total pay rate is $12 and does not include the reimbursement, while another does include the reimbursement and pay rate only is $12 and total pay rate is 17.95, which does reflect the reimbursement. Is everyone else showing this? Also, does MSC only pay by check? I do not see a direct deposit or paypal/billpay option?
Still waiting on the 4 I did to be approved. One was on 10/30/15. I hope they approve these soon and pay within 45 days average. If not I may no longer be shopping the post office.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
I use three addresses, one in KY, two in IN, in different cities. Never had a problem.
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How do you tell if the shop is regular box or dim? It says to look at the evaluation heading but I don't see how we tell. Is it abbreviated or something? HELP!
Is it by looking at pay rate that we can figure it out? $12 = regular and $15 = dim. I guess that's the answer since they are not marked in any other way that I can see.
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Is it by looking at pay rate that we can figure it out? $12 = regular and $15 = dim. I guess that's the answer since they are not marked in any other way that I can see.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2015 12:43PM by Orrymain.
@Orrymain wrote:
How do you tell if the shop is regular box or dim? It says to look at the evaluation heading but I don't see how we tell. Is it abbreviated or something? HELP!
Is it by looking at pay rate that we can figure it out? $12 = regular and $15 = dim. I guess that's the answer since they are not marked in any other way that I can see.
Open up your survey, the first question after the date and time shows you. The pay rates are different but it's probably better to know this way as well since with bonuses the pay rates could be the same in some circumstances.
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@Summit Scheduling wrote:
The pay rates are different but it's probably better to know this way as well since with bonuses the pay rates could be the same in some circumstances.
Will there be bonuses for the hard to reach / nobody wants them / leftover locations?
@eveb wrote:
@Summit Scheduling wrote:
The pay rates are different but it's probably better to know this way as well since with bonuses the pay rates could be the same in some circumstances.
Will there be bonuses for the hard to reach / nobody wants them / leftover locations?
If we are having trouble, yes.
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Ah ... but I want to know what kind of shop it is before accepting the assignment because I prefer one over the other. I figure the pay amount is the only way to tell before accepting an assignment.
@Orrymain wrote:
Ah ... but I want to know what kind of shop it is before accepting the assignment because I prefer one over the other. I figure the pay amount is the only way to tell before accepting an assignment.
That's actually a really good point. For now the shop fee is a safe indicator, but I will look into how we can change the way they show up.
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That would be very helpful. My suggestion is just to add it to the description -- USPS blah blah - reg or USPS blah blah - DIM ... etc. :}
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