People have always had the need to send different items over long distances: clothes, certain types of products, gifts, things. It is not surprising that today many people use the services of the Russian Post company, because sending parcels in this way still remains one of the most inexpensive and affordable ways. There are post offices in all large and small cities, in villages and towns, in villages, in regions where it is very difficult to get by land transport.
Russian Post is constantly being modernized and improved, creating many ways to send: ordinary parcels, cash on delivery parcels, 1st class, courier parcels EMS. We learn from the article how to sign the package correctly.
Why do I need an address label?
Any shipment must have an address label. It indicates all the information necessary for postal employees: recipient, sender, their full addresses, at the request of the client - mobile phone number to notify the recipient, weight.
We consider the form
Let's look at the standard blank form necessary to sign a parcel on Russian Post.
As you can see, the layout of the lines looks very much like an envelope for writing. However, there are differences. Consider a sample of how to sign a package.
Parcel address label design rules
It is recommended to fill in the fields with recipient and sender data in legible handwriting so that there are no incidents with information entered by mail employees in the internal database. Addresses should also be legible. Of most importance is the index. It is on him that the employees of the sorting shops are guided. If the address you provide is correct, but you specify the index with an error, the package may begin to “walk” through the sorting points, and its path will increase significantly.
In the field "Phone number" you can enter the numbers of the recipient and sender. When sending, ask the mail employee to activate the SMS-informing service, it costs 10 rubles. Thus, when the parcel arrives at the place of delivery, an SMS will be sent to the recipient’s phone number with the message of the departure tracking code and the address of the post office where he can pick it up. It is very convenient. The number should also be indicated in order to be safe: if the recipient does not arrive for a long time to receive the parcel, the mail staff will call him and warn him that he should come.
What is cash on delivery and declared value?
On the form there are fields “Amount of declared value” and “Amount of cash on delivery”. If the declared value is more or less clear (there the sender indicates the value at which he estimates the parcel investment), then the phrase “cash on delivery” is not familiar to many. Cash on delivery is mainly used when selling package attachments. For example, you decide to sell a figurine. The buyer lives far from you, you can deliver it only in the form of a parcel. You want him to pay you one thousand rubles for her. To do this, at the Russian Post office, ask the employee to give a transfer form, indicate your data and the recipient in it, and write down the amount of “One Thousand Rubles”. You need to notify the mail employee that the parcel will have cash on delivery. On the form in the appropriate paragraph you indicate this amount. Then, upon receipt of the parcel, the recipient will first have to send you a transfer of one thousand rubles, as indicated on the form, otherwise the parcel will not be returned to him.
Please note that if there is cash on delivery, the declared value is always indicated.It cannot be lower than the cost of cash on delivery. Also note that the amount of sending the parcel is not included in the amount of cash on delivery. There is no sending at the expense of the recipient, it is always paid by the sender. You can ask the mail officer to calculate the cost of sending and include it in the amount of cash on delivery if you want the shipping costs to be at the expense of the recipient. If you do not need cash on delivery, just put a dash in this field.
The bottom field of the form is filled in by an employee of the Russian Post. There he indicates the actual weight of the parcel, the cost of sending it, glues a barcode for registration, makes important notes (for example, that the shipment contains fragile goods), puts his signature.
When sending an international parcel, you, depending on the country of destination, may be asked to fill out additional documents for customs. You can find out about this on the official website of the Russian Post or in your branch.
Where can I find a form for sending a package?
How to sign the parcel, you can also prompt in the post office. They will give a form there. If you do not want to spend time filling it out, you can find a sample of it on the official website of the mail, there is an opportunity to fill it in on a computer and print it ready. This will reduce your time spent in the department and simplify the reception for employees.
Knowing now how to sign a parcel at the Russian post office, you will not feel any difficulties with sending and its timely delivery to the recipient.