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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: oldbuddy on September 24, 2020, 10:15:41 am
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I did a Tap Research Survey this morning that led me to search for ways to do physical mail from a website. You deposit funds for postage, then upload a PDF or DOCX file to send to any USPS address and send it.
Sounds like the ultimate solution for those who have more money than time. No buying stamps or going to the Post Office to send it. Do everything right from your home computer.
I am almost curious enough to try it, so I thought I would ask around and see if anyone else has.
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This is the first I've heard of it. I'm more likely to make a trip to the post office. Still, it sounds like it could be useful for some people.
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This is the first time I have heard of this but am really curious about how it would work and how much more expensive would it be to do it that way as opposed to going to the post office yourself.
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First I have heard of it. I don't think it is something I would use.
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So whoever prints the PDF gets to read your personal stuff? No thanks, not that I ever mail anything anyway.
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I haven't heard of that, what is it exactly?
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I've never heard of it.
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Never heard of it but it sounds kind of interesting.
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This is the first time I have heard of it. The most similar thing I heard previously is that you can buy a machine which allows you to print your own postage at home. I will look into it myself. Thanks for flagging.
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I've never heard of it. Sounds like another nail in the post office's coffin.
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Wow interesting - thanks for the information. I have not ever tried it but I likely would if I had much to mail ever because I do not go to the Post Office ever especially since all this Covid stuff started. I don't ever have anything to mail though.
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I've never heard of it. Sounds like another nail in the post office's coffin.
Just the opposite, it is making it easier to mail more and each time you use it the Post Office sells another stamp.
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Wow interesting - thanks for the information. I have not ever tried it but I likely would if I had much to mail ever because I do not go to the Post Office ever especially since all this Covid stuff started. I don't ever have anything to mail though.
The benefit is greatest for those who don't ever have much to mail. No stocking supplies, running out of stamps, making last minute trips, or even thinking about all the background stuff. Get an idea to mail a letter and in a flash you type it up and submit it. Mission Accomplished!
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I've never heard of it. Sounds like another nail in the post office's coffin.
Just the opposite, it is making it easier to mail more and each time you use it the Post Office sells another stamp.
That's good. The post office needs all the help it can get.
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I have never heard of it before.
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I have never heard of it before.
I keep seeing this (or a similar) response, which brings up the real question. what are you going to do about it? I maintain a website for a car dealer and he has a tendency to drag his feet when this pandemic slows his cash flow even a little, so I need to click his button if I don't want him to fall way behind and make it even harder. I have used emails and phone messages, but a physical invoice seems to carry more weight, so I am going to try this next time. Putting together a physical invoice and getting everything in the mail slows me down, so maybe this can be worth the extra half a buck to make it happen easier.
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Never heard of this at all. Sounds intriguing.
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Have heard of this but never needed to do it. I know you can ship packages from home. Good information to know is to know how to do stuff.
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This is new to me but sounds interesting though. Might check it out for the hell of it. NO harm in that
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Not familiar with it...confused on what it is exactly...you pay money to be able to print postage?
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Not familiar with it...confused on what it is exactly...you pay money to be able to print postage?
Not quite, you don't print anything. All you do is write it and upload the finished document file (PDF or Docx) to their website, then they print it, stuff it in an envelope they furnish, put the proper postage on the envelope and send it to the address (one or many) you want to receive it.
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I haven't heard of it before this. How much are you paying for each stamp??? I use USPS :)stamps.com and have for several years. I'm quite happy with it.
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Thanks for the information, I did write it down to try later.
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I have never heard of it. I won't trust it.
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
Believe it or not, everyone does not have the Internet. Also getting a snail mail has a higher open rate than email ever will.
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first i have heard of it
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I have never heard of it.
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I have never heard of switchmail.com. What is it?
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I have never heard of switchmail.com. What is it?
It's just a service that will mail any document for you so you don't need to stock supplies or take the time to do it yourself.
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I wouldn't do anything where I had to deposit funds first! :o
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
Believe it or not, everyone does not have the Internet. Also getting a snail mail has a higher open rate than email ever will.
But if they don't have the internet, they can't use switch mail either.
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
Believe it or not, everyone does not have the Internet. Also getting a snail mail has a higher open rate than email ever will.
But if they don't have the internet, they can't use switch mail either.
They do not need the Internet to receive SwitchMail and I do have the Internet to send it to them.
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
Believe it or not, everyone does not have the Internet. Also getting a snail mail has a higher open rate than email ever will.
But if they don't have the internet, they can't use switch mail either.
They do not need the Internet to receive SwitchMail and I do have the Internet to send it to them.
Ah, good point. I was only thinking of the sender and not the recipient.
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Switchmail.com sounds like a great idea until you think about it a minute. If you can just go to the site, upload and document, pay the postage and voila - it gets sent - why don't you just attach the document to an email and send it over the internet without paying the postage? It isn't likely to be used too often, I would think.
Believe it or not, everyone does not have the Internet. Also getting a snail mail has a higher open rate than email ever will.
But if they don't have the internet, they can't use switch mail either.
They do not need the Internet to receive SwitchMail and I do have the Internet to send it to them.
Ah, good point. I was only thinking of the sender and not the recipient.
One does no good without the other. For example I have a car dealer I host and maintain a website for and I used to email him an invoice which he often overlooked, but now when a professional looking invoice arrives in his snail mail it goes right to his wife's desk and gets paid much faster.
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I have never heard of this before but something else similar. Sounds interesting but it seems like I couldn't use it to mail my bills or something of that sort.
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i have never heard of this before
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I have never heard of this before but something else similar. Sounds interesting but it seems like I couldn't use it to mail my bills or something of that sort.
Would not see any practical reason, since you can pay directly from a bank account for free and it is common to do so.
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no where can i fine them
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I use a service similar to this, I do fulfillment for cds and dvds so I ship out 5 to 10 packages a day, sometimes a lot more. I just print the label out, it has the postage on it, I just add postage anytime I run out, 24/7. Very convenient. I can go to front of line at post office and drop off or call and they will pick up.
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I use pirateship, but it isn't for single stamps.
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I never heard of this as well but it sounds interesting :)