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How many packages do you bring to the post office in a week?
 

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If you care to share - how many packages are you bringing to the post office every week?

I'm currently in the middle of changing what I'm selling but it will soon be around 55-60 things a week. Around 220 monthly. I know that may seem like absolutely nothing compared to some people on here, so I thought it would be interesting to see in comparison for everyone. (I'm the type to go with higher profits/less volume)

I find myself dropping about 10 packages a day almost every day (Monday-Saturday) so that brings me to about the same level as you. In my opinion, I spend too much time at the post office haha

0, post office provides free carrier pickup

I average about 80-100 per week but might increase a little bit with some coffee makers and vacuum cleaners I have found to sell.

You take those to the Post Office?

That's some hard work there then.

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My wife and I bring about 30-40 packages to the post office every day. Sometimes we miss a day if there isn't so much to send and send it the next day. We used to do much more, about 80-100 a day but have changed products since and have reduced the load by half, while maintaining the same profit margin, so that's nice, less work. The packages are small and light-weight, though.

around 200-300 on average. holiday can be anywhere from 800-2000.

What if you are not home? Can you leave the packages somewhere for them to collect? I just don't want to be waiting around for the mailman to show up only to find he came while I was out mowing the lawn.

Mostly about 15-20 a week, unless I have to dilute a DSR then about 100 envelopes with .99 items and free shipping. :mad:

No, I will sell them for someone and get a cut. I am branching out into other selling venues.

I used to have my mail picked up. One Monday I had a huge weekend of sales, let go $3000 worth of product to the mailman. Lost or most likely got jacked of every single package, it was a nightmare. Never again, been going to the post office myself ever since.

Agreed been selling for years. Unless it is just a few packages and the mailman happens to show up I always drop them off myself. I normally go at night and hit up the the 24 hour postage machine drop boxes. Never had a problem there. Several years ago I did leave the USPS totes on the porch for the mailman and for a long time I didn't have a problem. Then one day the packages where gone and no updates on the tracking. Not sure if it was the mailman somebody stole them or what the deal was. I lost a good amount of money and always bring them in myself or hand them off to someone in person ever since.

30 to 50 a day big boxes too

have an arrangement with the postie

meet him outside and i throw them in his van

he gets beer and gifts on birthday and xmas

Currently around 60 per day. Got to know the staff in the post office well so they let me take their post sacks home each day so I'm only at the post office for a couple of minutes

i shove all mine in the post box. my items sell for between £6-40, but they cost me hardly anyhing. if they get lost, they get sent again or refunded

I send 70-100 everyday average around 2000/month
I put them all in totes and the mailman picks them up "I tip him $20 every friday for lunch"
I think its a pretty good deal for me.

Yup, smart move. Definitely worth it.

I hardly ever go into the post office most of what I sell is under 13 ounces so I drop it down any usps mailbox, usually about 10 a day 20-30 on Mondays, every now and then I'll have some flat rate priority boxes and naturally I'll have to go inside and drop those off on the counter.

I use to live down the street from a post office, that was always convenient. Some packages would go across the country in 48 hours.

Yeah, you really cant beat the service you get from usps for the price. Cross-country takes max 3 days usually with saturday delivery to boot. Funny, sometimes it takes longer for something to go one state over.

ten packages

I have a GREAT Relationship with my local Post office, I simply Unload on the Back Docking Bay, I even Load them in the approiate Bins for them, NEVER, EVER go inside the Post office, Although USPS SCREWED Me Royally this Holiday season by Losing a TON of my packages, I would not give up that convenience so easily, They have offered to Pick up, but I won't chance it, rather drive them down myself

Same here, go to the back dock.

I dont want to risk having them pick up either.

Brings back memories of two local Post Office in the States.

Service always great.

Use the back door, in, unload and away. Little grief.

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Do you bother scanning them in for tracking?

I don't.

I have trust with the people working in the back. Same people every day. They know us, they say thank you for your business. We Walk in drop of the crates say hi and then leave. No need for tracking, the labels are already with the packaging.

Exactly same scenario here.

Too often there's about 5 people standing there in the back talking, like it's Martin Luther King Day every day xD.

Doesn't bother me, knowing I finish my work at 10am, and they just just started "working" xD

I did not in the Past, Now I use Stamps.com, Thanks to a User Here, Now I simply print out a Batch Dropoff Sheet which has a Barcode on the bottom, I have that 1 Barcode on the sheet Scanned and Violla, EVERY package shows Scanned in, GREAT Tool

Cool and smart.

Around 3-5 a day, and over the weekend, they pile up to 10-15. I don't sell as many items as most of you guys, but I make big profits.

Same here DeanChev.

I got a call from the Atlanta USPS service center wanting to know what I am doing with all the boxes I was ordering.

Anyone else get this?

And FYI they do put bar codes on all boxes now and can scan the boxes as you use or not use them.

What a stupid question, your mailing sh1t! DUH! It's a wonder how the USPS is still in business!

I often wonder myself.

They hand out free boxes then add a bar code to it. I was told by a clerk they really look and see if you use those boxes too.

I got my share of freebies from them. Back when they gave free tape I was told by a family postal carrier they were going to stop it soon, grab some.

I did, they stopped I think 2 years or so ago and I still have unopened boxes of free tape to use today.

I ordered max cases every day for months and ended up with half a garage full of free tape.

Of course it is priority tape and I dont sell everything priority but the free tape cuts down on cost.

I like your style Sandy, your a true Ebay Pimp!

Wait a minute. Pimp????


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Madam,,,,,,

between usps and fedex I drop off 40 a week -\+10

MM had to sleep on the couch for the night for being a bad boy and blames me.

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The Couch,,,Thank GOD I came up with a Permanent Solution to sleeping on the Couch