If a letter is returned to sender, can I reuse the label?

[fenryswulf]

I sent something with eBay  standard envelope shipping - 3 coins in holders. I send like 10 of these every day so I know what I'm doing. One of them just came back return to sender marked as insufficient postage - they want me to pay $4.10, which is about the same as the value of the items and isn't going to happen. I'm pretty confident if I just put this back in the mail again it will go through, but I'm wondering will it work if I mail it again or is there something with the QR code on it that won't be accepted? 

[lacemaker3]

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@fenryswulf wrote:

I sent something with eBay  standard envelope shipping - 3 coins in holders. I send like 10 of these every day so I know what I'm doing. One of them just came back return to sender marked as insufficient postage - they want me to pay $4.10, which is about the same as the value of the items and isn't going to happen. I'm pretty confident if I just put this back in the mail again it will go through, but I'm wondering will it work if I mail it again or is there something with the QR code on it that won't be accepted? 

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Probably not.

Reusing postage that has already been scanned is an obvious fraud attempt. Why are you even asking this? Do you think we're going to tell you that you it's OK to do a scam and cheat the USPS?

[wastingtime101]

Since the USPS erroneously rejected it you can try to reship on the same label. I don't know if it will work. I did it a couple times with packages when USPS returned to sender in error. In my situation USPS told me to reship with the same label.

Where was it rejected? Was it at your PO or the buyer's PO or somewhere in between? If it was the buyer's PO you might need to call the postmaster to make sure it doesn't happen again. It could have been rejected by a worker that's not informed of that service.

[kensgiftshop]

@fenryswulf 

No, the label has been used, you can't use it again.

[fenryswulf]

It's not obvious or I wouldn't be asking. I don't see it as a fraud attempt. I paid for them to deliver it and they did not. That's not fraud. 

[fenryswulf]

It was at or near the buyer's post office. 

[house*of*paws]

Hi @fenryswulf 

If the label has never been scanned ... then I suppose you could still use it ... but I doubt that it could have gotten close to the buyer's post office without ever being scanned.

Another problem would be the time stamp.  Items should be shipped within 24 hours of the date on the label.

[shayn9318]

The woman at the post office told me I could reship using the same label because it didn’t actually ship to my destination. This is awkward though with customers as I feel like they think I am trying to pull a fast one. But then I don’t have the option to buy a new label on eBay because it says the item was delivered!

[frso_7864]

 

He’s probably asking because it didn’t go anywhere but to the post office of his city and back I had the same **bleep** happen to me 

[soh.maryl]

Anyone care that the original message is dated 01/13/22?

And the answer to the question is still "probably not", but wouldn't that be a question you'd ask of your local PO anyway?  

[le-5262]

I'd probably ask the mail lady...

I don't know if I'd chance having my stuff rejected again.

The customer probably isn't going to be pleased with extended drama.

I don't know...

Maybe you're not really supposed to ship those in an envelope?

The $4 price sounds like ground advantage...

[le-5262]

One other thing...

I seem to recall threads about coins shipped in envelopes.

When the envelopes go through the sorter...

sometimes they will pop out of the envelope.

[babyers88]

if it was a error on usps part then you take it to the counter at the post office, explain what happened and request it be sent again with 0.00 postage and the employee will print a small stamp like label and place it on the package and off it goes (same tracking number). That is the correct way to do it, if you simply toss it in the bin/mail you may or will end up with a repeat or return or you might not ever see it again.

[babyers88]

dang got me lol, a mod should make this read only