Where can I go to calculate registered mail with signature confirmation.

[mozartbach1971]

A buyer from San Francisco is asking me to send a 4 pound package by registered mail with signature confirmation. I can't find a site where I can calculate the price.  Does anyone know where I can find out the price?

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@mozartbach1971 wrote: .... I just go off the phone with Stamps.com and they walked me through the process of registered mail with ground advantage at 4 pounds with signature confirmation and it came out to 

 $30.32. However this is their discounted rate they did not tell me  what it would cost if I went to the post office and shipped it their.  Should I just add about ten percent to this amount? Would that be enough?

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We could have saved you those phone calls if only you had provided the details need to figure out the cost, such as item value and the shipping ZIP Codes.    Ten percent doesn't sound like enough. Ground Advantage postage for 4 pounds ranges from $7.40-$12.47 online and $9.55 - $19.00 retail.

Since you haven't shared the ZIP Codes here, you can use the eBay shipping calculator to figure out the retail Ground Advantage postage cost, and add that to the Registered Mail and Signature prices that were provided upthread.

http://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator

[12345jamesstamps]

Never known anyone to use it....very rare.

[12345jamesstamps]

This is what I have to use all the time for registered mail. I have to use a form from the post office. Best wishes.

[stephenmorgan]

You have to go thru the steps and you will get to the page where you would select it.  It will be on the fourth page.

[stephenmorgan]

If you do use Register Mail make sure the package is sealed around all seams/openings with a paper type tape and not these plastic type tapes.  USPS will seal the package by stamping all around the sealed tape so the tape has to be one that will asorb the ink.  Something like a fiber reinforced paper package tape works well.

[mozartbach1971]

If you do use Register Mail make sure the package is sealed around all seams/openings with a paper type tape and not these plastic type tapes.  USPS will seal the package by stamping all around the sealed tape so the tape has to be one that will asorb the ink.  Something like a fiber reinforced paper package tape works well.

Are you saying I can't use clear shipping tape to seal the package?

[buyselljack2016]

That is correct.

exterior has to have tape that gets a cancellation date stamp used at every seam. Clear tape not allowed.

Registered mail is generally used for high value item, stocks, bonds, negotiable certificates.  Anything that needs an extra level of security. Gets recorded and signed for all along the way.  A slower process.

Not sure why your buyer wants "registered" for a $222 item. 

Insured with "restricted delivery" would cover all the bases.

[stephenmorgan]

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@12345jamesstamps wrote:

Are you shipping from the USA to USA? There's no registered mail.... International is from one country to another. San Francisco is in the USA and you are in Irvine, CA ?

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Register Mail is for a few more things other than International Shipments. 

If you are sending too much cash it is required to go by Register Mail.  Anything with a lot of Value, Register Mail is the way to go if you want to insure the full value.  

You also have to purchase Register Mail in person.

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Registered-Mail-The-Basics

[buyselljack2016]

sorry, but this is incorrect.

Registered mail is very commonly used for USPS domestic mailings where insured value is high, and for items where added security is a concern.

[mozartbach1971]

That is correct.

exterior has to have tape that gets a cancellation date stamp used at every seam. Clear tape not allowed.

Registered mail is generally used for high value item, stocks, bonds, negotiable certificates.  Anything that needs an extra level of security. Gets recorded and signed for all along the way.  A slower process.

Not sure why your buyer wants "registered" for a $222 item. 

Insured with "restricted delivery" would cover all the bases.

Can you tell me where I can buy this type of the tape? Is the post office the only place for it?

[stephenmorgan]

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@mozartbach1971 wrote:

If you do use Register Mail make sure the package is sealed around all seams/openings with a paper type tape and not these plastic type tapes.  USPS will seal the package by stamping all around the sealed tape so the tape has to be one that will asorb the ink.  Something like a fiber reinforced paper package tape works well.

Are you saying I can't use clear shipping tape to seal the package?

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That is what I am saying.  There is a small roll of tape sold at office supply stores that is self sticking, it is called Kraft and it looks like paper but I am not sure how ink would work on it.  I have always used the (kraft tape) Fiber Reinforced Paper Tape that you have to wet with a sponge and then stick it to the package.

[12345jamesstamps]

You cannot clear tape . Only paper tape. I remember that doing from my registered mail.

Package will be stamped on paper tape.

[buyselljack2016]

stevenmorgan has supplied an example.

most any paper tape will work.

still very odd that the buyer is asking for that service.

Someone may have posted this already, (not going back to reread) but I think your buyer is confused about the service. It is total overkill for $$ value being sent.

[stephenmorgan]

You package should look something like this for Register Mail.

[12345jamesstamps]

Since I usually wait in line at the post office for a clerk almost daily for years...I have never seen it. 

How would I see it? Waiting in line you can see the forms people use for mailing items. And I live in a city of around one million people.

Are you saying you can do registered mail online with no forms then?