USPS Online - New SCAN Form? (1 Viewer)

[links_slayer]

Anyone else notice these lately? It's been about a month or so since I've shipped so this was new to me. It's a Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice (SCAN) form that was at the end of my labels. The form lists the number of packages and their types (e.g. Priority, Priority Express, International, etc.). Apparently you need to give this to the USPS employee when dropping of the packages. I wonder if this means no more skip to the front of the line, set on the counter, and bounce??

Anyway, just found this interesting - I was really confused when I heard the 3rd page zip out of the printer this morning

 

[bentax1978]

Anyone else notice these lately? It's been about a month or so since I've shipped so this was new to me. It's a Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice (SCAN) form that was at the end of my labels. The form lists the number of packages and their types (e.g. Priority, Priority Express, International, etc.). Apparently you need to give this to the USPS employee when dropping of the packages. I wonder if this means no more skip to the front of the line, set on the counter, and bounce??

Anyway, just found this interesting - I was really confused when I heard the 3rd page zip out of the printer this morning

My understanding is that the SCAN form gets printed out anytime you have more than one package. The idea is that USPS scans the SCAN form and it puts all of the tracking numbers from the form into the system (as opposed to scanning them one at a time). I've always ignored it, as I typically don't ship more than a couple items at a time. I suppose if I was shipping out dozens or hundreds of items at once I would go ahead and use the SCAN form.

 

[links_slayer]

I understand the idea - I'm saying I never noticed it before today. I have certainly printed multiple labels for multiple packages previously.

 

[bentax1978]

I understand the idea - I'm saying I never noticed it before today. I have certainly printed multiple labels for multiple packages previously.

Yeah, for as long as I remember, a SCAN form has always printed when I print more than one label online. The same applies if you print one label in the morning and one later in the afternoon. When you print the one in the afternoon, a SCAN form will be generated.

 

[links_slayer]

interesting, i wonder why i've not seen one until today.

 

[Psypher1000]

They weren't previously printed by default - you had to click a box to have a scan form included. Now it's their default mode.

 

[bentax1978]

They weren't previously printed by default - you had to click a box to have a scan form included. Now it's their default mode.

I guess now that I think about it, in the past it only suggested printing one and there was a checkbox you could check/uncheck to print out the SCAN form. Now if you have three labels and don't want a SCAN form, you'd have to manually print pages 1-3 to omit the 4th page (which is the SCAN label).

 

[atomiktoaster]

Yeah, I've gotten SCAN forms before. I put them in the mailbox typically, and I assume they make things easier compared to reading in 15 barcodes.

 

[rowlin]

Anyone else notice these lately? It's been about a month or so since I've shipped so this was new to me. It's a Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice (SCAN) form that was at the end of my labels. The form lists the number of packages and their types (e.g. Priority, Priority Express, International, etc.). Apparently you need to give this to the USPS employee when dropping of the packages. I wonder if this means no more skip to the front of the line, set on the counter, and bounce??

Anyway, just found this interesting - I was really confused when I heard the 3rd page zip out of the printer this morning

I just had my first experience using one for a single SFRB. The clerk scanned it and kept it.

I am also curious about the "set and bounce" implications. Half the times I've handed a FRB to an employee they're like "why'd you wait in line with that shit?"

 

[bentax1978]

I am also curious about the "set and bounce" implications. Half the times I've handed a FRB to an employee they're like "why'd you wait in line with that shit?"

That seems to vary by post office. Some of the post offices I've used are totally fine with people putting the package on the counter and just leaving. Others, like the ones closest to where I work, won't accept them that way and you have to stand in line and wait to get it scanned. Not sure what the official USPS policy is, or if perhaps it really does vary by location.

 

[chkmte]

My post office didn't even know what a SCAN form was used for...its been around forever and I've always ignored them. They mean nothing where I'm from.

 

[luckbox]

i just drop them at the end of the counter, wave to the clerk and thats it....i handed him one of those a few weeks ago and he handed it back said you dont need those