Shipping Charges for most supplies and references Orders

The information below refers only to shipping charges 
that involve a shipping labels that is printed online.

In order to insure that there is a record in the postal 
system that your parcel was received by the post office, 
and to be able to provide you with a delivery confirmation 
number online, I take an extra step that can be confusing 
to some customers. 

Here's how it works. I print the shipping label online at 
the USPS website. For that reason, I am initially charged 
a slightly lower rate than I would pay if I paid for the 
postage at the post office. My reasoning for handling the 
shipping label in this manner is to insure that there is a 
record of it in the USPS system, and it also allows me the 
ability to have an email sent to you by the post office 
which proves that I processed the label. That's the first 
half of the process. The second half of the process involves 
taking the parcel to the post office and having the shipping 
label scanned by the clerk. Most businesses DO NOT take this 
extra step. Instead, they simply drop off the parcel at the 
post office and leave. Going the extra mile, and having the 
label hand-scanned by a postal clerk creates a record that 
the parcel was indeed received by the post office at a 
certain time and date. 

However, since I require the post office to go through the 
extra step of hand-scanning the label at the post office, 
they charge me the same rate as if I handled the whole 
process AT the post office.

As it was explained to me by the post master, the reason 
the post office charges a reduced rate for shipping if 
the label is printed online is that the parcel does not 
need to be handled by a clerk at the post office. The 
customer can simply drop it off and leave. But, since I 
have them take the extra step of scanning the parcel at 
the post office when I bring it to them, they charge me 
the difference between the online rate and the regular 
rate. 

The point of all this is so you understand why there is 
a difference between the amount of postage printed on the 
online label verses that amount of postage you are being 
charged.

If you have any further questions, please contact me at 
1-732-840-8787.

Musically,

John A Tuttle
Player-Care.com
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