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@gurlcat wrote:The total time for each of them, before I can request cancellation, is 3 weeks, including weekends (I suppose there's probably a 'business days' wording in the policy, just saying 3 weekends will also be attached/included).
That's correct. It's been reduced, back down to a more reasonable 15 business days now, that's 3 calendar weeks, plus holidays.
It was 15 business days before the pandemic.
@qeqo_0 wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:
@gurlcat wrote:Also separate question: Does the USPS not have any kind of expiration date on return labels like they do on regular ones? Is the date of printing the label a factor? Just curious.
Ha! That's a can of worms. First off, yes, the date of printing is key. But the answer once the label is generated & there's a printed date varies insanely depending on your PO. Many say it must be used that day. Many others say next day, some say a week. When this came up on another board, I surveyed 10 PO's, all in my state, but 4 different cities, including the 2 biggest cities in the state & all of the PO's in my state said 1 year. Unanimously. Then a million people argued with what my PO's say LOL , but that was years ago & in my state, they still say 1 year. I know that especially small rural stations who have time for busy work, routinely say same day (which is ridiculous since if you print the night before, they supposedly aren't good which makes no sense).
Realistically speaking, unless you're handing it to an employee, I can't imagine that date ever gets checked by a human & in all my years of selling, the ONLY time I've ever heard of issues is one someone hands it to a postal employee. As long as your buyers drop it in a bin, it'll be fine. If they hand it to an employee, the worst I've ever heard happening is that the must stamp it with a 0 fee stamp that has 'today's date' on it.
Sorry, that's incorrect. The eBay return service label doesn't have a date.
And it can't* take a zero fee stamp or additional postage, as it says "no postage needed" on it.
So all of that discussion is wrong. Plus the label doesn't expire -- I've mailed it over 2 years later, and it was delivered just fine. Also, USPS Return Service tracking survives for a year, unlike regular USPS tracking that self-deletes** in 120 days.
*yet uninformed postal clerks do, all the time.
**which allows successful Item Not Received claims at PayPal for the following 60 days because the USPS tracking no longer says Delivered as it disappears after 120 days (but PayPal and card issuers takes paper proof of delivery, if you still have it).
@qeqo_0 I was talking about pre-printed labels in general sent to buyers, not specifically just the return service ones. It looks like you're right that the Return ones have no dates. I used to send the label to my buyers on the rare occasion I had a return & those had dates, so was thinking of that. I've submitted months old labels into the system too & they've been just fine. I've also had the 0 amount stamp put on it, even though it's unnecessary just to get the date 'right'.
Thanks for the correction. Do you work for the PO? I'm curious if you know the real, true answer for just regular pre-printed postage labels, if there is a time limit? I've never understood why most sellers say there's requires same day or next day & 10 or so in my state, all say 1 year. Do yuo know what it really is? I understand that practically speaking, as long as you don't hand it to a person, you're fine.
@vintagecraze50 wrote:Frankly. It does not bother me I have their money to work with if they do not want it back quick then that’s THEIR problem.
What work can you do with it for 3 weeks when it's here?:
