Shipping advice (cheap mailers + Paypal shipping)

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Chicken Boy replied on 08-04-2008 8:50 PM

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Sorry if this is a dumb question but can anyone explain how exactly to get to Paypal label printer, because I can't find the link?

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Lurknomore replied on 08-04-2008 11:56 PM

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Chicken Boy:

Sorry if this is a dumb question but can anyone explain how exactly to get to Paypal label printer, because I can't find the link?

I'm confident that it is in the OP.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now&info

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kube00 replied on 08-17-2008 1:40 PM

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Great Thread

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alena865 replied on 09-01-2008 2:40 PM

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Thanks for all the advise! This is the first day i  have used goozex,so this was very helpful!

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wolfkin replied on 09-11-2008 11:20 AM

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This is a great post. I'm replying mostly just so I can find it again easily. Personally I wasn't able to find bubble mailers for really cheap but I did find them for a low price which does save me from making quick stop purchases at the post office.

That said I do have a question. Is there a way to 'navigate' to the Paypal page or do you have to use the link here. I was trying to find it and I just couldn't find it.

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goomba478 replied on 09-11-2008 11:26 AM

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I think you have to use the direct link actually. There may be a link buried somewhere on the page, but I don't think it was intentionally meant to be used without eBay auctions, item sales, etc.

I just bookmarked the link in my browser and it works great. Best of luck :)

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spookyhurst replied on 09-11-2008 3:51 PM

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wolfkin:

This is a great post. I'm replying mostly just so I can find it again easily. Personally I wasn't able to find bubble mailers for really cheap but I did find them for a low price which does save me from making quick stop purchases at the post office.

That said I do have a question. Is there a way to 'navigate' to the Paypal page or do you have to use the link here. I was trying to find it and I just couldn't find it.

Click on the "Products & Services" tab, and then at the bottom of the page, click on either "Shipping Labels" or "Multi-order Shipping."

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Bullettactics replied on 09-13-2008 7:59 PM

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never ship to canada if youre in USA.shipping cost alot....

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devyanks90 replied on 09-13-2008 8:51 PM

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Bullettactics:

never ship to canada if youre in USA.shipping cost alot....

ummmm, no. just don't use paypal shipping. going to the post office and asking for first class international will get you rates similar to domestic mail.

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dtp11 replied on 09-14-2008 4:05 PM

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devyanks90:

Bullettactics:

never ship to canada if youre in USA.shipping cost alot....

ummmm, no. just don't use paypal shipping. going to the post office and asking for first class international will get you rates similar to domestic mail

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CoffinDancer replied on 09-16-2008 1:52 PM

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I'm just replying to echo the praise above on Paypal shipping.  It's so cheap and easy and I love how it stores everything you've mailed.  It makes tracking packages a lot easier.  

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wolfkin replied on 10-05-2008 12:10 PM

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interestingly enough the one time i actually tried to track a package the number wouldn't work.. but I've never had a problem with a package and noone else I've given the numbers out to has ever complained that they couldn't find it so i guess it does work or i did something wrong.

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d4rkewolfe replied on 10-08-2008 11:30 AM

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Tagged. I always come to this thread for the link, but keep losing where this thread is...time to let it show in my discussions

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deciphered replied on 10-20-2008 2:13 PM

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sylvo:

Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that I have noticed that games ship faster if you have the full zip code on the package. Meaning you have the usual 5 digits and then an extra 4 digits, ex: 12345-1234. If you use the paypal shipping it automatically adds the extra digits for you. If you do not use paypal you can look up the full zip code here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp It just takes a second to look it up, and I have found that it does help shipping times. I would even recommend looking it up for your own address; that way you can benefit by receiving your trades faster. Hope that helps! Happy Holidays!

I was going to post this -- it's well known in places like Amazon and Netflix.

Goozex should verify addresses using USPS and add the 4 digits to the mailing address. People will write down whatever they see, and games will ship faster and more reliably. This is a very simple change to globally improve the system.

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LameAssTheMity replied on 10-20-2008 2:37 PM

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I have no idea what my full ZIP code is,  sure I could look it up, but I've never had a problem receiving a game with just my 5-digit code.

Wikipedia:

ZIP + 4

A ZIP + 4 code uses the basic five-digit code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery. Initial attempts to promote universal use of the new format met with public resistance, and today the plus-four code is not required except for certain presorted mailings. In general, mail is read by a multiline optical character reader (MLOCR) that almost instantly determines the correct ZIP + 4 code from the address and — along with the even more specific delivery point — sprays a Postnet barcode on the face of the mailpiece that corresponds to 11 digits. This technology has greatly increased the speed and accuracy of mail delivery and kept costs nearly constant for over a decade.

The computer does it for you as soon as it gets to the post office.  Amazon and Netflix are required to do it because of the volume of mail being sent.