[pct-l] Click-n-Ship

[Dan Welch]

Be hope - How does the USPS authorized Zip code and address differ from the
regular address and zip I have to mail a package?

I have used click and ship for about a dozen packages in the last year and
never had any problems and no ambiguity about the address or zip code used.
But maybe the problems you ran into have been corrected since 2012?  Anybody
else experience similar problems?  If so, I'd like to know before I leave
because I have assured my re-supply person the Click and Ship process is
pretty simple. 

Timberline
 
Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of be hope
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:57 PM
To: PCT MailingList
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Click-n-Ship

My experience is vintage 2012; the USPS may have changed some of the below
protocols and eliminated some of my frustrations.

I sent some of my boxes via Priority Mail from my USPS account via
click-and-ship. When it worked, it worked well, especially when the PO picks
up your box at home. One can set up your USPS account address book such that
it contains all your resupply destination. However, be careful.
In order to click-and-ship, your USPS origination / destination must be a
"USPS Authorized Zip Code" / address. Such a zip code includes a VERY, VERY
SPECIFIC ADDRESS plus the zip code. One typo, one unauthorized abbreviation
and you're cooked. You need the "USPS Authorized Zip Code" /address for both
the address from where you're sending to the destination address.

I entered what I thought to be "USPS Authorized Zip Codes" / addresses in my
USPS account / address book only to learn later when I went to
click-and-ship that some of those address destinations were NOT a "USPS
Authorized Zip Code" /address. In 2012 one could only click-and-ship for
outgoing mail only for the next day outgoing delivery. In 2012, one could
not set up a shipping schedule / print labels 5 months in advance.

So you're on the trail and say someone else is click-and-shipping from your
account. Remember, you might not have the correct "USPS Authorized Zip Code"
in your address book. And my experience was that it can be an ordeal to
search the USPS website for the "USPS Authorized Zip Code" / address.
And phoning the USPS for why your labels won't print might generate ~~ after
waiting 30 minutes on-hold and then another 30 minutes ~~ "gee, I don't know
why your label won't print." My wonderful wife just threw in the towel and
took the boxes down to the PO for mailing.

At Timberline Lodge, I spent about 2 hours trying to print a label for a
gift box to be mailed to a trail angel. No one knew at the Lodge knew the
"USPS Authorized Zip Code" / address for the Timberline Lodge. It was not on
any of their letter head, etc. It was an ordeal to finally track it down on
a very slow connection. It turned out that more than one label was printed /
charged to my credit card. But if you know where to look under a hidden rock
under a buried tree in your account, one can "cancel" a label that is not
used and obtain a credit card reimbursement in about 3 weeks.

Hopefully some one on the list can provide additional and updated info.

Good luck!

be hope







On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Alan Miller <alan.miller401 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Almost all of our boxes will be sent out in Priority Rate flat rate boxes.
>  Did anybody use the click-n-ship program to print labels or is just 
> easier to hand write on the boxes?  Thanks
>
>
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