DO NOT Use Stamps.Com

[Vchick]

Thanks for this great info Sallana

Just tried it and was able to print out a label, boofed the first one up, but they let you submit a cancellation for it, so all is good and
I can get my first PIF out tomorrow through the mail room at work! YEAHHHHHH I hate the post office and my inability to get there
while they're still open!

Thanks again!

 

[Ru42]

It probably isn't everywhere (maybe it is) but the 2 PO's near me have automated machines that you can get to anytime. No crowds - I love em. But most of my mailing is from home unless I need some special services.

 

[Sallana]

bumping for asharp22

 

[asharp22]

thanks sallana this worked great!!

 

[Desert Willow]

a bit of bump

Brightest Blessings!

 

[lynleestar]

wow I wish I would have seen this months ago~!

 

[Nightseer]

Yeah-stamps.com bites-lol-I cancelled them over two years ago(yes, I called)-and they still send me a monthly invoice. I owe them (supposedly) well over $300 according to their invoice, yet they charge me the $9.99 monthly. Every month. Even though it was their screw up-and refuse to cancel it again until I pay the whole ammount........

 

[gramakittycat]

I left you a thank you in the PIF thank you thread!!......

 

[Sallana]

Well you're very welcome, Grama. I'm glad people are still getting use out of this old post!

 

[lynleestar]

thank you nikhil~!! I was so excited to go home and get my old stamps.com scale....then bummed when I couldn't get it to work.....now I'm excited again~!

Unfortunately that scale is only compatible with Stamps.com software which you can't use if you cancel the subscription.

I managed to find a program that will read from the scale, though. It's here: USBScales.zip - Windows Live

 

[Sallana]

Thanks for this great info Sallana

Just tried it and was able to print out a label, boofed the first one up, but they let you submit a cancellation for it, so all is good and
I can get my first PIF out tomorrow through the mail room at work! YEAHHHHHH I hate the post office and my inability to get there
while they're still open!

Thanks again!

Yes you can cancel them, but if you go into the history tab you can also reprint them

 

[mary_d]

I feel like such a dork now....For the last few things I have mailed (1.4 ounces) I have printed my postage through paypal and TOOK them to the post office. I hate going to the post office but I thought I had to since it was first class padded envelope and not priority. I know you can schedule a pick up for priority but not for first class. I totally read the usps website wrong LOL....I thought it meant it HAD to be at least priority for your mail person to pick it up.....WOW I have never laughed so hard at myself before or felt like such a airhead ..... I have another package going out soon so this time I will just walk my lazy .... outside a few feet stick it in my mailbox and lift the flag

 

[Aresi]

have a question, i have a bunch of "forever" stamps (like half a book or more) if I plaster like 5 of those on packages will that cover it?

 

[FreakyStylie]

Thanks. I was just looking at what was available online. I didn't know about the PP option, I'll have to look at that too. I was just shopping based on what was on the labels of the supplies I get. Stamps.com and Click-N-Ship(USPS) mainly. Any problems with USPS?

 

[Sallana]

Thanks. I was just looking at what was available online. I didn't know about the PP option, I'll have to look at that too. I was just shopping based on what was on the labels of the supplies I get. Stamps.com and Click-N-Ship(USPS) mainly. Any problems with USPS?

I don't think you can print out first class labels with USPS but I might be wrong. There's a thread about that somewhere, too actually. Written by Blaze around the same time I wrote this.

 

[Sallana]

have a question, i have a bunch of "forever" stamps (like half a book or more) if I plaster like 5 of those on packages will that cover it?

Yes, we've been known to do that. And the cool thing about using stamps is sometimes they don't mark them. I used to get packages with stamps all the time, and they were almost never marked, so I could re-use them. I think 4 stamps should cover most standard packages, use 5 if you're paranoid like I always was

 

[Sallana]

I feel like such a dork now....For the last few things I have mailed (1.4 ounces) I have printed my postage through paypal and TOOK them to the post office. I hate going to the post office but I thought I had to since it was first class padded envelope and not priority. I know you can schedule a pick up for priority but not for first class. I totally read the usps website wrong LOL....I thought it meant it HAD to be at least priority for your mail person to pick it up.....WOW I have never laughed so hard at myself before or felt like such a airhead ..... I have another package going out soon so this time I will just walk my lazy .... outside a few feet stick it in my mailbox and lift the flag

LOL. We live, we learn. I used to walk to the corner and drop mine in the drop-box thing. But now I just stick it in my mailbox too, which isn't really even meant for carrier pickup. How's that for lazy? Sometimes he won't even take the packages. He let a package sit in there for 3 days once. I ended up covering it with 20 post-its that all said "OUT. GOING."

 

[ChloeEranu]

have a question, i have a bunch of "forever" stamps (like half a book or more) if I plaster like 5 of those on packages will that cover it?

I am pretty sure that a forever stamp is worth 1 ounce of mail (no matter when you actually use them). If you put 5 on a package, it would cover 5 ounces of first class mail.

It's a good deal for stamp hoarders because they are worth more when the rate increases than what they were paid for initially.

~C

 

[mary_d]

LOL. We live, we learn. I used to walk to the corner and drop mine in the drop-box thing. But now I just stick it in my mailbox too, which isn't really even meant for carrier pickup. How's that for lazy? Sometimes he won't even take the packages. He let a package sit in there for 3 days once. I ended up covering it with 20 post-its that all said "OUT. GOING."

I read online that they are supposed to pick up small packages under 13 ounces from your mailbox when your flag was up. Dang it if that's not true then I will have to go to the post office because my mail person isn't one of the nicest and won't go out of their way for anything .

 

[Sallana]

They'll take it. It's not like they carry a scale with them. lol