PayPal Shipping Label Question

Ahrensdad · April 7, 2020 10:41PM

I sold some coins to a gentlemen using regular Paypal. He sent payment and I can see he as a verified address. I go to print the shipping label, but the address won't populate on the print label page. I see the edit hyperlink and click, but am just taken back to the top of the page. Has anyone encountered this, and is there a work around. I'd much rather print the label in paypal. It will link the tracking and it's usually cheaper. I'd appreciate some help if your able.

Thanks-
Andrew

CoinJunkie · April 7, 2020 11:06PM

Hmmm, not sure I know what's going on exactly. You can always just use the following link to create mailing labels through PayPal and get their discount. I think you can link to a specific transaction but I usually just enter the address manually and forward the tracking info after the fact.

https://paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_bulk-ship

Jimnight · April 8, 2020 3:39AM

That never happened to me.

Ahrensdad · April 8, 2020 6:55AM

@CoinJunkie said:
Hmmm, not sure I know what's going on exactly. You can always just use the following link to create mailing labels through PayPal and get their discount. I think you can link to a specific transaction but I usually just enter the address manually and forward the tracking info after the fact.

https://paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_bulk-ship

Thank you. That was really helpful. I have never had that happen, all of a sudden, it happened two times in a row.

roadrunner · April 8, 2020 6:59AM

Does a PayPal label actually save any money on shipping? The couple of times I've attempted to try it the estimates for shipping merchandise were always considerably more expensive than if I just did it myself going to USPS or UPS.

derryb · April 8, 2020 7:04AM

paypal offers discounted shipping and throws in free delivery confirmation.

YQQ · April 8, 2020 7:36AM

never seen that in Canada

lkeigwin · April 8, 2020 8:50AM

Weird browser behavior can often be corrected by quitting and restarting it. Sometimes there are issues with the cache, temp files, etc.
Lance.

jmlanzaf · April 8, 2020 9:44AM

@roadrunner said:
Does a PayPal label actually save any money on shipping? The couple of times I've attempted to try it the estimates for shipping merchandise were always considerably more expensive than if I just did it myself going to USPS or UPS.

They have commercial prices so it is always cheaper than straight USPS or UPS. If you get commercial pricing through a business or something, that's different.

amwldcoin · April 8, 2020 10:22AM

Perhaps you didn't notice, but Paypal's default setting is for priority mail. You have to change it to 1st class. They offer the same rates as ebay.

@roadrunner said:
Does a PayPal label actually save any money on shipping? The couple of times I've attempted to try it the estimates for shipping merchandise were always considerably more expensive than if I just did it myself going to USPS or UPS.

mustangmanbob · April 9, 2020 7:04AM

The other problem may be how the address is formatted.

Joe Doaks
C/O International shipping associated shipping account Finland for Joe Doaks Helsinki
245 Amherst Way
Newark NJ 10424

In this case the 2nd line exceeds the letter count allow for a single line, and it faults out.

I correct it to:

Joe Doaks
C/O International shipping
shipping account Finland for Joe Doaks Helsinki
245 Amherst Way
Newark NJ 10424

PayPal Shipping Label Question

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