What do you use to actually print the labels, with postage indicated? Is there some standard size printer label that's used for Paypal postage?
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just print them on plain paper Markfm. And tape it on . I have used Pay Pal multiship for a while, it works great.When it asks for the info on the item you can ignore those buttons too and just fill in the address , and return address . You dont need to fill in all the other stuff .
It will work just fine.
It will work just fine.
I picked up a digital postage scale on ebay for under $20 shipped. It weighs up to 75lbs, and has both an AC cord and battery backup. I haven't even bothered plugging in the AC cord yet, just been running on the battery, and it's been probably 6 months since I bought it. The battery is still working great, so it is basically a cord-free unit if you want it to be. I don't see the exact one that I bought listed anymore, but it was similar to this one, and I think this is the same seller that I bought mine from.
76 LB DIGITAL SHIPPING POSTAL SCALE POSTAGE LB SCALES W - eBay (item 350385777160 end time Aug-19-10 05:14:37 PDT)
76 LB DIGITAL SHIPPING POSTAL SCALE POSTAGE LB SCALES W - eBay (item 350385777160 end time Aug-19-10 05:14:37 PDT)
That's a good deal on the scale Adja, I got a 10lbs us postal scale from amazon for the same price a year or two ago, been running it on batteries also.
Just got off the phone with stamps.com canceling the trial account. They put in some serious effort into retaining customers... of course they need to with the crazy monthly fee.
Just got off the phone with stamps.com canceling the trial account. They put in some serious effort into retaining customers... of course they need to with the crazy monthly fee.
Looks like I'll go for the Weighmax 35#, $20 shipped. Scale's got a lot of reviews, mainly positive, and the vendor's got a good rep.
Yeah, I liked that it weighs up to 75lbs because I sell a lot of crap on ebay, and some of it is fairly heavy.
I hate that when you really want to cancel something and they don't want to accept the cancellation. On the other hand, I have discovered that you often get an offer of the same product or service at a lower price when you say that you want to cancel. LOL
I got my rates lowered on my Internet service, my cable service, and my On-star service when I called them and told them that I wanted to cancel. On-star even gave me three months of free service for reconsidering my desire to cancel. I took the three months then cancelled anyway.
Yeah that is pretty much standard operating procedure for most companies, it can work out well for the consumer.
I wish I would have gotten at least a 30 lbs scale, I've had more than a few occasions that I was selling something heavy on eBay and would have to pack it, run to the Post Office to have them weigh it (boy they loved that) and then list it so I knew how much shipping would really be.
I wish I would have gotten at least a 30 lbs scale, I've had more than a few occasions that I was selling something heavy on eBay and would have to pack it, run to the Post Office to have them weigh it (boy they loved that) and then list it so I knew how much shipping would really be.
Depending on the pitch they toss at me I may hang with them a bit. The address book sure comes in handy too. If I'm sending to someone I already know it takes no time to pull them up, throw it on the scale, and print. Done.
I'm no good at importing stuff......there's gotta be a way of importing contacts to PP....anyone?
boB
I'm no good at importing stuff......there's gotta be a way of importing contacts to PP....anyone?
boB
Yeah that is pretty much standard operating procedure for most companies, it can work out well for the consumer.
I wish I would have gotten at least a 30 lbs scale, I've had more than a few occasions that I was selling something heavy on eBay and would have to pack it, run to the Post Office to have them weigh it (boy they loved that) and then list it so I knew how much shipping would really be.
You could always grab one of those 75lb scales and PIF your 10lb scale. I'm sure someone here would love to have a digital scale that weighs up to 10lb packages.
Actually, when you got in PP multi-order shipping there is an option to import from a file, so you can bring in all contact info for everyone. Not sure of the actual mechanics but it's definitely do-able.
Yeah I saw that....looked like files that I'm not familiar with be oh be does well typing! boB
I have like 20 pages of addresses saved in a word document, alphabetically by username,lol So far it works great. Wonder if I can transfer that file to PP,lol
It's not that difficult to do, especially if you have excel.
Check out this link: Creating or editing a csv file
Basically just set up a simple worksheet in excel or openoffice (free if you don't have excel) like it shows in the above link with all the contact info.
Save it as a csv file.
Import the csv into PP mulit-order shipping and it will let you map the fields (like name to name, address to address) into Multi-order shipping so it all matches up.
However I'm not sure it will save that data to an address book or not. It may just be a single use type thing as if it were an order coming in. Which makes the whole process unrealistic.
I'll keep messing with it.
Check out this link: Creating or editing a csv file
Basically just set up a simple worksheet in excel or openoffice (free if you don't have excel) like it shows in the above link with all the contact info.
Save it as a csv file.
Import the csv into PP mulit-order shipping and it will let you map the fields (like name to name, address to address) into Multi-order shipping so it all matches up.
However I'm not sure it will save that data to an address book or not. It may just be a single use type thing as if it were an order coming in. Which makes the whole process unrealistic.
I'll keep messing with it.
You just need to convert it to CSV or XML. I'm fairly sure Excel and OpenOffice let you do that. Then you should be able to import it into the USPS program. Whether your formatting will work properly with the USPS program's fields is a toss up though.
Thanks for the link and info. I'll give it a shot and see how it turns out.
I just sent out a package over 1 lb. and used the parcel post option in Paypal instead of the priority and it was cheaper. Ironic thing was that it just didn't quite fit in my mailbox, so I ended up going to the PO anyway.
Purevapes called it. It has to be formatted with certain fields a specific way.
I had it set up correctly to import the data, but it would only bring in data from the first row. Ignoring any of the other information.
It just doesn't seem practical because it's set up for importing a single order at a time.
I had it set up correctly to import the data, but it would only bring in data from the first row. Ignoring any of the other information.
It just doesn't seem practical because it's set up for importing a single order at a time.
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