Not much useful info on packing slip

[RetroMonde]

I haven't sold on eBay in several months but listed and sold a few things this week. I always put a packing slip in with my orders; when did all the info regarding price, tax, shipping cost etc disappear? All that's on what I printed out today is the buyers name & addy, seller's name /addy and the item title. Is this something new-ish?

[zoesam]

Yeah, about a 2 months ago or so. There were threads b/c ppl were upset they couldn't do a custom message anymore. I don't mind all that being gone. To me, a packing slip is simply about having the "TO" address on it, in case the pkg were to get mangled. I'd rather NOT remind the buyer how much they paid.

[Pantlandia]

I still can and all my info is there, including my message, price, item, etc. Depends on where you print it from.

[val2525]

I print my packing slips from PayPal. All of the info is on them.

[chapeaunoir]

You can also print them in bulk from the seller hub with all the info. But yeah, the nice ones with the addresses and no price was my preferred one, too - the substitute is pretty lame.

[denise15601]

When all of that changed, I started to do this....

On "Manage all Orders" page, I hit the drop-down

I click on "Print shipping labels or invoices"

Then I click on "Invoice & Packing slip"

[Pantlandia]

Sept 6, 2020 18:48:11 GMT denise15601 said:

When all of that changed, I started to do this....

On "Manage all Orders" page, I hit the drop-down

I click on "Print shipping labels or invoices"

Then I click on "Invoice & Packing slip"

That's where I get mine from and I print them in bulk.

[kat]

I stopped including packing slips a couple years ago. I learned that if a USPS package or outer label is damaged it goes straight to the mail graveyard. No one looks at the slip inside and sends it on it’s way anymore. I write thanks on the sticker I seal tissue with and never had an issue.
If I sold a lot or pulled items and printed using the packing slips, it would be different.

[kritter]

I have never used packing slips and in all these years, never had an issue, knock on wood.

Too much wasted paper floating around in the world today as it is. Just another pet peeve like too many unnecessary emails.

[chapeaunoir]

I use packing slips - I'm not the only one who pulls inventory, so that makes a difference, and the packing slip remains with the item from the time it's pulled, through packing and then shipping to ensure the right thing goes to the right person. I can't grok not shipping some kind of identifier of a financial transaction to my customer along with their item - I've never ordered something from any company that hasn't had an invoice of some kind.

ETA: I've gotten two packages shipped onto me in the USPS 'sorry' envelopes (both I suspect shipped in those little paper FREs that dissolve) which got to me because of an inside packing slip - the address used to get the item to me.

[thekloset]

Sept 6, 2020 20:33:25 GMT kat said:

I stopped including packing slips a couple years ago. I learned that if a USPS package or outer label is damaged it goes straight to the mail graveyard. No one looks at the slip inside and sends it on it’s way anymore. I write thanks on the sticker I seal tissue with and never had an issue.
If I sold a lot or pulled items and printed using the packing slips, it would be different.

i dont know about that.....one hot july my shitty labels fell of several packages and they were absolutely opened AND returned to me, thanks to the packing slip. i was pretty grateful to the usps for doing that!

so i always include them.

[RetroMonde]

I keep streamlining my process, giving up wrapping tissue paper earlier this year. But I use packing slips as a way to get the right item into the package with the correct ship-to label. In spite of that I STILL manage to occasionally switch packages :-(

[kritter]

I keep streamlining my process, giving up wrapping tissue paper earlier this year.

Me too.  Now everything goes into a Walmart bagel bag and then into the shipping bag.  It is it shoes, each shoe goes into a separate bagel bag.

I guess I have been lucky because I have never switched packages but then I do them one at a time from finding the item, putting it into the bagel bag, then into the shipping bag, then printing the label and sticking it on the package.  May take me a little longer but works for me.

Good thing that everybody can do what works for them and not stick to one way or the highway.

[kat]

Sept 7, 2020 12:37:15 GMT thekloset said:

Sept 6, 2020 20:33:25 GMT kat said:

I stopped including packing slips a couple years ago. I learned that if a USPS package or outer label is damaged it goes straight to the mail graveyard. No one looks at the slip inside and sends it on it’s way anymore. I write thanks on the sticker I seal tissue with and never had an issue.
If I sold a lot or pulled items and printed using the packing slips, it would be different.

i dont know about that.....one hot july my shitty labels fell of several packages and they were absolutely opened AND returned to me, thanks to the packing slip. i was pretty grateful to the usps for doing that!

so i always include them.

Good to know. What this recently? I wonder if they changed it back or you were just lucky to have them go through the hands of a common sense crew? If I remember correctly, the policy was for safety reasons.

[chapeaunoir]

I wonder if it's one of those things that 'depends' KWIM.

Anyway, I use a little square or long rectangle of tissue paper inside the item as I wrap it to soften wrinkles - especially with that slinky stuff it makes it easier to fold fast. Stopped wrapping things in outer tissue a while ago.

Most of this for me is presentation, yes, but also to be more efficient (i.e., not mixing stuff up, etc.)

[denise15601]

I used to use a couple of sheets of tissue, but there have been so many posts on the Facebook forums about saving the environment, etc.
So now I just use one sheet of tissue if necessary. I will continue to put darned near everything into a clear poly, in spite of the nay-sayers.
My job is to protect the items that I ship, and not gamble on bad weather ruining the item.

And I do draw the line at using food boxes for shipping.

[chapeaunoir]

I use poly bags, too - they keep the item together, again especially the slinky stuff, and make it easier to slide into the package plus protect it from the rain.  I try to be efficient with the tissue, as well - I cut up the big sheets and use 1/4 sheet to fold tops around and 1/2 for long dresses, none if I'm shipping sports gear, coats, etc.  If I could print two packing slips on one sheet of paper and cut them in half I would, but to do that would require too much finagling, and I found that with slinky items, light items, scarves and the like, folding the packing slip into the package actually helps stabilize it. 

Honestly, though, as long as the item gets to me intact, it's all good. 

[denise15601]

When I had Edge, I could print 3 packing slips per sheet. But now on FF, I can only print 2.