Cannot create a USPS Click-N-Ship label for PCGS sub, USPS experiencing technical difficulties!
Goldbully
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I've never seen this before.
Ah yes, the old 'Failed to Fetch' error message.
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I usually use Pirateship. There is no membership involved, just buy a label. The rates are good......
I use PayPal shipping. Transaction does not have to be through PP. The cost is a good bit cheaper than Click-n-Ship. Off the top of my head it's 20% or so less than the PO.
USPS Click-N-Ship is up and running now.....just printed out my label. 😊
Pirateship shouldn't work if USPS is down
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PayPal shipping actually uses Pirate Ship.
And they all use USPS...
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
PayPal uses Stamps.com. I sent two packages out today and the label said Stamps.com in the upper right corner. In addition, I checked the shipping price with insurance on Pirate Ship vs. PayPal/Stamps.com for the two packages. Each were exactly $1 less through PP/Stamps.com.
My dog has the same error quite frequently when I throw his ball
How do you handle the dog slobber drool? Hard to see nice holdered coins when needing to wipe away drool.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
You've never met his dog 😉
Paypal is good, I recommend it to neighbors. Ground Advantage is becoming more central to their business. I like the priority packaging which usually costs customers a little more. Unfortunately "express" has become slower with guarantees often not available. One of the usps professionals told me they're phasing out "express".
Just checked the USPS tracking on my submission to PCGS.......
Warning!
I stopped using Pirate Ship because coins are excluded from coverage. I was lucky that none of my packages were lost while using their service. I had paid several hundred dollars in insurance fees to ship coins, but they were not covered under the InsureShield terms.
📌 Pirate Ship / InsureShield Insurance Exclusions
• Pirate Ship uses InsureShield third-party insurance if you add insurance to a shipment.
• According to the official InsureShield terms, the following items are excluded from coverage: cash, currency, money, coins, bullion, securities, notes, and similar negotiables — meaning you won’t be able to insure coin shipments under their policy. 
🪙 What “collectible coins with no currency value” Means
• The wording in InsureShield’s published terms is a bit confusing: “coins (collectible coins with no currency value are not excluded from coverage).” 
• This means some numismatic coins (those without face-value currency status) might technically be allowed — but coverage isn’t guaranteed, and in practice, many insurance claims for coins (especially bullion or coins with significant metal value) get denied or excluded by underwriters.
• Bullion coins and coins treated as currency or precious metals are often not covered. Anecdotal reports from sellers indicate that Pirate Ship’s current insurance no longer covers silver or gold bullion coins under their policies.
No drooling and no shedding were the top two criteria when I selected a breed. My pups often inspect packages and sometimes coin when I'm photographing them, but nary a drop of drool or a hair has been transferred.
Not exactly true about coins not being insured......They do practically require coins to be graded though.
[https://support.pirateship.com/en/articles/5261630-how-to-insure-shipments-containing-rare-items-and-collectibles]
They want you to get them graded which means if they are raw you have to SHIP THEM before they are graded. 🤔😬
From the pirateship link above:
Items covered by shipping insurance: The following collectibles are covered by shipping insurance:
Collectibles sold under a paid, commercial invoice
Sounds like you can insure eBay shipments.