When does the clock start for shipping time with Scan form.

[robbie31415]

Is it when it's officially accepted?

Say, I dropped off 30 packages 3 days ago on Saturday, and now it's Tuesday. Scan form was scanned before close on Saturday at the PO. However, they were 'Accepted' today on Tuesday.

So does that mean the time starts on Tuesday?

[ebooksdiva]

It's all based on your handling time. My handling time was 3 days. So in three business days I have to have tracking uploaded and validated. 
I have never used a scan form.

I wait at the counter for the clerk to scan my packages and get a receipt. So my items are accepted right there and then. 

[robbie31415]

I don't care about eBay, that was taken care of by the scan form on Saturday.

I'm curious about when the USPS officially starts the 'clock' for it's service expectations when you use a scan form.

[wastingtime101]

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@robbie31415 wrote:

I'm curious about when the USPS officially starts the 'clock' for it's service expectations when you use a scan form.

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Acceptance scan, if there is one.

SCAN form is just a provisional scan.

[robbie31415]

Thank you sir,

That's crazy I had a package that had an acceptance scan in Alaska, when I shipped it from California. First scan after the provisional was at the destination.

So they could have let it sit there for 5 days and not delivered it.

Maybe they should give me a refund for the zone cost since it was accepted at the destination. Zone 1 😂

[wastingtime101]

Well that's really not an acceptance scan since it's not at your ship from location. That's an in transit scan. The acceptance scan was missed.

In the absence of an acceptance scan I don't know what USPS uses - not something I ever thought about. I suppose it depends why you're asking other than curiosity. Like in terms of filing a claim or something like that.

Checking out. This sinus infection is kicking my butt.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

It is largely irrelevant when the clock starts. USPS recalculates the estimated delivery data whenever it changes.

[a_c_green]

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@wastingtime101 wrote:

In the absence of an acceptance scan I don't know what USPS uses - not something I ever thought about.

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The Acceptance scan is considered to be the first in-network scan of the tracking barcode, regardless of where it occurs.

A scan by the Self-Serve Kiosk is considered a Provisional scan because the sender can simply walk back out with the package; it doesn't prove that the USPS has ownership of it. The PO is supposed to scan all packages when emptying the drop box, and that's when the provisional SSK scan is upgraded to a full acceptance. A SCAN sheet scan is  also considered Provisional because it cannot by itself verify that every package represented by the SCAN sheet is actually present.

If a package evades any direct scan before it reaches the origin sort facility, then the first in-network scan it receives will be on one of their automated scanning/verification units, and that will create an Acceptance record for it in the database.

The Acceptance wording in the tracking log for this situation is unique: the text will read "Accepted at Origin Sort" (or similar), but the location given is not that of the sort facility; it's the city indicated by the Ship From ZIP of the label. (To my knowledge, that's the only tracking log entry that does not indicate the actual location where it occurred.)

[simba6]

If your asking about getting dinged for late shipping?  Then eBay does not count it shipped until it says  accepted.   Yes I got a late shipping ding over that.

[robbie31415]

Nope, I don't care about eBay.

All eBay cares about is provisional acceptance, Kiosk and Scan form satisify eBay.

However, it's not true acceptance from the USPS, true acceptance happens when the package actually gets scanned and they verify they have the physical package.

My question was more inregards to true acceptance, not about what satisify eBay's requirements.