But doing it online or at the store they still scan it and either way they are not tracked anyhow with the USPS. All it does is tell the buyer that with the dc number given the item was accepted and then it tells you once they got it. But no in between saying it was scaned at such a office at such a state. Just it was accepted and it was delivered. And the link I provided isnt prepay. Its just to make a label and get free DC. You still have to slap it on there and go to the PO and pay for the shipping at which they will scan the dc number [/quote]
I think you misunderstood.
When you print out a prepaid label with DC from the Post Office it shows up online as "The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper or shipping partner on "some date" to expect your package for mailing. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later."
If you send this package no information will show up until it is delivered. BUT, if you can get the post office to scan it in, again with a postage of $0.00, you now have a record that it was shipped. Online it will read something like: "Your package was accepted at "your post office location" and is in delivery mode, or whatever"
This way the buyer actually knows you shipped it whereas if you just drop off a package with prepaid postage your buyer will never know. It only proves you printed a shipping label and NOT that it was shipped. If it gets lost there is absolutely no proof that you actually mailed it.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY!!!!!!!!!!! It is now policy for the Post Office to NOT scan in prepaid packages. I repeat, it helps to have a friend there in order to get it scanned in.