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Check Out Our New eBay Shipping Policies

Posted by Anna-Vija McClain on

As OquistStamps continues to grow, we like to reach out to our customers to gain their input. Recently, we set up a survey asking customers how they felt about tracking labels vs stamps for their shipments. As a result of this survey we have made some changes to our shipping policies effective October 2015. Below are the new shipping options that will be displayed at checkout.   US shipments: USPS 1st Class PKG using label – WITH TRACKING - $3.00 US shipments: USPS 1st Class letter using stamps -NO TRACKING - $2.00   Orders over $50 will receive free shipping with tracking....

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Technology is Great!

Posted by Anna-Vija McClain on

Technology is Great!

  How far can you travel on $14.80? Recently we sold an item on eBay to one of our longtime customers in Peru. Because of the cost of the item we sent it by registered mail. Typically international registered mail takes anywhere between 10 days to 2 months to arrive depending on the destination. This cover took a bit longer… and a bit of a detour. Thanks to electronic tracking implemented in many countries that are part of the Universal Postal Union, we can quickly locate letters and packages with a few keystrokes. Given the nature of our mailings, we...

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