Why does it seem USPS is so against it?
You print a shipping label (via ebay, paypal or something) but you are either shipping something expensive or need proof of shipment (entry/acceptance scan by post office), so you wait in line and then go up to the counter and hand the clerk a prepaid package.
The clerk will look at you and will say "What do you want me to do with this? It's already prepaid" instead of scanning the damn thing and giving you a receipt.
It's very odd, it's as if the USPS doesn't understand that some people either need a scan or prefer to hand things off to the counter instead of using a drop bin.
They'll also sometimes refuse to give you a scan and receipt. I always get this when I go to a large post office with a self-help automated machine/drop off bin and I've seen plenty of other people refused scans as well.
When somebody doesn't have a prepaid package, it takes a few minutes for a clerk to look up and read off prices, process payment and then print/affix postage. It often takes longer when they have to explain something.
It only takes a few seconds for a scan and receipt - especially now that they've supposedly standardized the scanners. Yet some clerks just won't do it for you.
I got this today at my local post office when I decided to drop off a prepaid package while picking up a missed package which required a signature. This office doesn't even have an APC or large drop off bin.
Really annoying when you have to go through this and UPS/Fedex isn't
practicalaffordable. You guys ever get this at your post office when you mail a keyboard or something?
This is so bull:
