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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: WalMart on October 04, 2012, 11:02 pm

Title: New vendor DCN question
Post by: WalMart on October 04, 2012, 11:02 pm
Scenario:
Got a package that is classified as a large letter (greater than 4" by 7" by 3/4").
Has a DCN tag on with with the extra green label.

1. Do I have to leave the large green part on there?
2. Can I just slap some more postage ($0.75 extra I believe)  and drop it in a blue box for usps?

Also, does checking DCN through a tor node flag anything?

First batch of customers and I'm excited to get this done, but I want it done right.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: fidocscentral on October 05, 2012, 01:05 am
Don't EVER check a DCN from USPS through TOR network, it will automatically flag the package.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: SexyWax on October 05, 2012, 01:17 am
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1. Do I have to leave the large green part on there?
2. Can I just slap some more postage ($0.75 extra I believe)  and drop it in a blue box for usps?

1. you put the part of the green DCN that has the large bar code on it, the smaller half. this is the only part that has a peel off back sticker. put it on the front of the package. then you rip along the perforated line and keep the other half for your records.
2. you need to add $0.85 cents worth of extra postage for the DCN.

NEVER check the DCN number through tor. Infact, dont even check it at all unless you need to. and dont check it from your IP address. either use a VPN based in the US or maybe a public wifi...
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: WalMart on October 05, 2012, 03:23 pm
I absolutely LOVE this community!

Thanks, and I'm updating my vendor profile now to tell customers not to check it through TOR.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: farmer1 on October 05, 2012, 05:45 pm
Don't give out the DCNs so that you can control how/if they are checked. You only need the DCN in resolution so there is no benefit to sharing it with your customers.

It is an extra $0.75 of postage.

I would recommend checking the DCN via TOR + some kind of proxy... like a 3rd party package tracking website. I would only check them if the customer claims the shipment never arrived.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: SexyWax on October 05, 2012, 07:54 pm
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Don't give out the DCNs so that you can control how/if they are checked. You only need the DCN in resolution so there is no benefit to sharing it with your customers.

It is an extra $0.75 of postage.

I would recommend checking the DCN via TOR + some kind of proxy... like a 3rd party package tracking website. I would only check them if the customer claims the shipment never arrived.

Yeah dont give out the DCN to the customer, forgot to mention that. also damn is it 75 cents? ive been wasting that extra 15 cents!
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: NorCalKing on October 06, 2012, 02:11 am
Its 75 cents if it is a priority box or envelope . . .  85 cents for any other package.   They don't always know themselves, so many packages get delivered with inadequate postage.


NCK
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: nothing on October 06, 2012, 02:40 am
I think this would be one of the most risky aspects having USPS fish for your real IP and ID connecting the seller to a DCN number that a custermer will complain and make the Vendor check it......ect.....maybe it isn't really anonomous checking it................


Honestly if I were vending I would never check it............it you need it checked give it to SR Admin to check it for you.........if they wish
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: nothing on October 06, 2012, 03:03 pm
Don't EVER check a DCN from USPS through TOR network, it will automatically flag the package.

That is the stupidest argument I have ever read bar none on any Tor Anon board, I notice they must not think highly of the intellectual status of Drug Culture
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: painbow on October 17, 2012, 02:50 am
Don't EVER check a DCN from USPS through TOR network, it will automatically flag the package.

That is the stupidest argument I have ever read bar none on any Tor Anon board, I notice they must not think highly of the intellectual status of Drug Culture

Dude, there's already many sites that either flags or blocks Tor traffic.  You are the naive one thinking that USPS doesn't have the resource to do what many smaller sites have done.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: Aidoneus on October 17, 2012, 03:23 am
2 arguments here:
FIRST: USPS doesn't have the resources to do shit. They're operating on a several BILLION+ dollar deficit.

That aside.. the information here is both correct AND incorrect. YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ONLY CHECK DCN INFORMATION THROUGH TOR. The catch? Well... you SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT check the DCN information via Tor using the USPS website.

There are TONS of third party services that you can access via Tor and plug your information in to and get the same results.
.Hades.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: ballervision on December 28, 2012, 06:21 pm
Where are these 3rd party DCN checkers? I have never heard of that.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: caerus on December 29, 2012, 02:36 am
Where are these 3rd party DCN checkers? I have never heard of that.
Just google TRACK USPS PACKAGE and you'll see a tooooon 8)
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: ballervision on January 05, 2013, 06:16 am
Thank you very much
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: anex45 on January 05, 2013, 09:43 am
I agree that you shouldn't track a package through Tor BUT ONLY because it's better to be on the safe side.

The truth is, there's not a single shred of evidence or a single piece of proof that a package on SR has ever been intercepted because of someone tracking it through Tor. There has never been one proven case of an SR buyer (or SR vendor for that matter) having their package flagged or being arrested because they checked their tracking/DCN# of their SR order through Tor on USPS's website. It's just a myth that was blown up and passed around the community.
Title: Re: New vendor DCN question
Post by: NorCalKing on January 05, 2013, 08:23 pm
^^^Exactly^^^
Just use a 3rd party checker.
NCK