[pct-l] Click-n-Ship

[Jackie McDonnell]

Sometimes, Click-N-Ship will default to a different Zip Code.  Belden CA is
a good example.  To see this in action, go to the USPS website and create a
label for Belden.  The system will allow you to enter the Belden address,
and it will NOT give you an error code.  However, when you "add to cart",
you'll see that the address has automatically changed to Oroville CA.

My book makes note of the addresses which are not friendly with
Click-N-Ship.

Another recommendation:  use Regional Rate boxes!!!!  You'll save lots of
money on postage.  But, when using Click-N-Ship, do not check the "flat
rate" button.  If you do, you won't get the Regional Rate option.

Yogi
www.yogisbooks.com


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Dan Welch <welchenergy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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