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evry1nositswindy • seller since 2013
In the last 2 days, I remember seeing a post on here about NEW rules for scanning pkgs at pickup. IIRC, that poster was from the STL area. They said their carrier had told them about a meeting (which I took to be a regional thing), that now limits the number of pkgs they can scan to 5. You must print a SCAN sheet for >5 & you can't add the next morning's pkgs b/c they won't be on the scan sheet.
Well, I am in CO, nowhere near STL & I text with my carrier & this AM he texted me the exact same thing, so apparently this is a new rule that they are implementing, not just in St. Louis 😞
The only thing my carrier said different than the other post is that he may be able to pick up the new pkgs for the next day, as a separate transaction. My carrier is great & doesn't mind pkg pick up, so this is coming down from above 😐
I use Ebay shipping. Does anyone know if you can still print a scan sheet & how? Do I have to do MOS? (which I hate).
Just a heads up for everyone. I wonder why we haven't heard anything about this from Nate Heyward's team?
ATTN Mods: Please don't move to the SHipping board, as this affects MANY sellers & is not a shipping problem per se.
@tsme35 wrote:She didn't say it was software, she was instructed by the post master of the new rule. If the PO wants to get stupid, she has 6-8 people on her route that sells online, pass a note to the other sellers on her route and other routes, WE all go up to the PO and make the teller scan ALL our packages lol. Its a smaller PO, sometimes have to ring the bell to get anyone up front, bet that'd stop in a heart beat lol
Gotcha. Sorry. My carrier texted me that it is new software on his scanner, already installed, so I was thinking yours had said the same. I forgot your said it came from a meeting.
@regpata69 wrote:This isn't a new rule, shippers should always provide a SCAN sheet to their carrier anytime they have more than ONE parcel. It saves them time, put yourself in their shoes, please stop creating traffic jams by "forcing" your carrier to scan dozens of individual codes. We all want an efficient service because inefficiency results in delays and mail snarls, so please be of assistance in these regards.
This clearly IS a new rule or else 2 of us in 2 different states, would not have been told about the new rule, on the same day.
While anyone was free to use a SCAN form before, it was not required.
@slippinjimmy wrote:
@monster-deals wrote:
@regpata69 wrote:This isn't a new rule, shippers should always provide a SCAN sheet to their carrier anytime they have more than ONE parcel. It saves them time, put yourself in their shoes, please stop creating traffic jams by "forcing" your carrier to scan dozens of individual codes. We all want an efficient service because inefficiency results in delays and mail snarls, so please be of assistance in these regards.
You don't think those get scanned one at a time elsewhere?
all this is, is shuffling cards.
Of course they get scanned later, by a MACHINE, not by an actual USPS employee with a scanner.
As @regpata69 stated, this is NOT a new thing, it goes back at least 15 years (if you dig deep in the board archives you can find lots of threads from around 2005).
The answer has always been the same, get friendly with your carrier (if using carrier pick-up) or your Post Office clerk (if dropping off) or use the prescribed system of a SCAN Form.
These rules apply to online postage and are part of the reason that online postage has a discount over retail counter rates.
I don't have to, I remember all the drama back then. Been selling since 97.
It IS a new rule, as evidenced by the text that my friendly carrier sent me the other day telling me it's a new rule AND is part of his new scanner software! I haven't been able to speak to him yet, but it sounds like he can't override it, based on my texts with him. We are very friendly & he's super helpful (esp since I give him a very nice bonus each year).
The other poster who was also informed of this brand new rule on the same day I was, in another state nowhere near me, also made a point to mention that she is super friendly with her carrier, which is why her carrier gave her a heads up on the new rule, just like mine did.
I will post an update when I've had a chance to talk to my carrier in person & see if he can override.
ETA: I just checked his text & it says "new procedure", not new rule. But if it's not a new rule or procedure or whatever, why were 2 of us in 2 different states, told about the 'new rule' on the same day, by our respective carriers? Sure hope Nate Heyward's team can shed light on this.
@onefootflipper wrote:I used to really get excited, mad, frustrated about stuff like this. But, I decided not to focus on it. I have for basically the last year made absolutely zero effort now to make sure something gets an initial scan. My stuff just gets dumped in the bin at the post office, in the local box, or just dumped with the outgoing at my wife's work, and it all still ends up getting there and I am still top rated.
Congratulations on your good luck!
No way would I EVER go without an Acceptance Scan. If a pkg doesn't get any scans (rare I know, but it happens) you can't prove you sent it. Also, many people (myself included) have a sort center in another city, so IF they are scanned at the sort center, it will already be a day later, possibly causing hits on my metrics. I've also had lots of problems on holidays/long weekends, when my PO doesn't bother to scan at all. It's cool that you're so easy going. No way will I be taking that risk.
After I read this thread, I texted my mail carrier (he is also a friend and neighbor). He asked where I heard this information. I told him I read it here and that it came from a PO. He said he would find out and get back with me. He said today that this is NOT the policy. He found it to be ridiculous and couldn't believe someone would tell you that.
EDIT: I am in a rural location, not in a larger city.
