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@a_c_green wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:
ANY. I do & have always scheduled my pickups. It's actual software on their scanner. After the 5th pkg, it gives a failure beep (like on a game show lol).Okay, thanks; I had a feeling that might be the case.
tyler@ebay : I don't know why eBay is having such a hard time figuring out how to generate a SCAN sheet from seller-selected shipments, as seen on the Manage All Orders page under Seller Hub. That is, once you have all your shipments for that day ready to go out, you should be able to just check off the ones to be listed on the SCAN sheet and click a button to generate it for them. (Check the box on each row to select the item, then go to the "More" pulldown menu and select a "Print SCAN Sheet" option [to be created].)
The relevant tracking numbers for each item have already been generated (and are even showing on the Manage All Orders page under Seller Hub) , so it's not like the SCAN information has to be retrieved from someplace else; it's already been retrieved for display on that page. In addition, the structure of the "More" pulldown already supports working with multiple choices collectively, so it just doesn't seem like adding SCAN sheet functionality should be all that difficult.
If it really cannot be added to that page, can we at least get a plausible explanation from the developers as to why they cannot work it out?
since you paged Tyler, I'm just going to add
jasmen@ebay b/c she is the one who is working on trying to get a hold of Nate to figure out wth is going on & why the USPS is trying to make it harder for us to get an Acceptance Scan & we are all being subjected to this with no notice (though I can tell you that today my carrier told me they got no notice either). So Jasmen, this is another aspect of this issue. If we are truly stuck with being forced to do these SCAN sheets for 6 pkgs, we need a simple way to do it that does not involve Bulk Shipping, which many of us don't use & prefer not to use!
The bar of 5 is so low, that even occasional sellers are going to hit it. I don't use Bulk Shipping b/c I normally average 2-3 sales/day. Not enough to deal with the ugly mess that's Bulk Shipping or deal with a SCAN sheet, up til now.
@xchains wrote:it gets scanned then that same day upon leaving that facility as is REQUIRED every day at every location. Then the item is on the way to the next point and is usually scanned same day there a second time before change of day or shortly thereafter. I have shipped close to 1m since 1998. Too experienced. Yea I said that. TOO experienced.
Hahahahaha. I have shipped since 97. MANY locations do NOT scan every pkg upon leaving the facility. That's so incorrect it's funny. Many locations have sort centers that are in other cities now, so the scan doesn't happen til the next day, as a matter of course (mine is one of those, so is my mom's in another state, it's very common w/sort centers closing). Many PO's wait for the sort center to scan.
Also, many PO's don't scan if they are too busy. They know they're required to. Mine told me, "you want us to scan them or get them on their way"? LOL. The station manager knows it's required & doesn't care. Been going on for 4 years now, even spoke to the USPS for Business specialist in the big city an hour north, she said she can't make him do his job. They called him & told him he was breaking the rules, no one cares. Not some rogue little country PO either, it's the busiest PO in a city of close to 1M.
I *wish* everything worked as smoothly & easily as you say & if it does for you, count yourself lucky. Frankly, there are still a bunch of PO's (not mine thankfully) which even refuse to scan at the counter, which they're 'not allowed' to refuse. But we read about them here every day. If things really work that smoothly where you are & everyone follows the rules, you are a lucky guy or gal 🙂
I looked into using Sixbit last night for the SCAN sheet & here's what I found, directly from their Help document. So, no help to me, since I use Ebay for labels. But posting in case it helps someone else.
SCAN form features will only be visible if Endicia or Express1 has been integrated into SixBit.
@lja440 wrote:
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:It's my understanding that rural carriers' allotted work hours are based on average overall volume. If that has been maxxed out then there's no motivation to increase their apparent workload.
@lja440-- can you shed some light on whether this local limited-scans policy is within USPS overall rules?
OK, First there is no limit to the acceptance scans, only the number in the batch. Sometimes the scanner may only take 5 (random number) barcodes. If I am picking up 10 (also random number)packages I hit accepted after the first batch then scan the second batch. It's a bit of a PITA but I still scan them ALL.
As of this week we have a new Rural Mail Route scanning system. It is now more like the City Carriers. We clock in with the scanner, we then go to Rural scans and scan the top piece of each bundled flat. before casing. once done casing we scan that we are loading our vehicle, then again when we finish loading and leave for the route, again we scan if we have to deviate from the route (road closed) and when we get to a point where we can pick up the route again. We also now have a scan for packages without tracking. The biggest change is we now get PAID (18 seconds per package) and if we have to take Multible packaged to a porch. OK, OK , I know 18 seconds doesn't translate into a windfall paycheck wise but as I normally deliver 100 or more packages per day, 100 packages at 18 seconds does add up. If they don't scan your packages then they are just cheating themselves out of money.
Thank you for posting this! This is what I've been telling Ebay on the other thread. Despite the fact that Ebay is saying there are no changes, there is IN FACT NEW SOFTWARE ON THE SCANNERS that is now limiting the number of items that can be picked up without a SCAN sheet. My carrier wasn't sure if that work around would work. He's currently using the H scan for the first 5 & then going back to the old way, for the rest, but he thinks it's likely the old way will go away & he won't be able to do that anymore.
I don't understand why Ebay Shipping team won't take this seriously, when it's clearly NEW SOFTWARE the carriers are using, as well as new memos that have been sent out. They're acting like it's not real, but it IS VERY REAL. I'm going to reach out to Ina hopefully next week, b/c all that came down from Ebay is that there's been no change, which is patently untrue. I've seen the new software in action, myself.
