  
| Author: | zorbanj  | | Posted: | May 17, 2024 13:02 | | Subject: | Re: Printing Orders | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Ziegelmeister writes:
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What a bizarrely polarizing issue. This is fascinating.
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I am cutting and pasting this from a store's actual terms:
"I do not put an invoice in the package and will not print one to put in
with your order even if you request it. It is available online and a waste of
ink, paper, and shipping weight. If this is an issue, do not order from me."
Whaaaaat???
| | For me, the preference to ship a printout is two fold; prior experiences with
vendors and my organization/workflow. I store everything by brick type in bins
(1x1 bricks, 1x2 bricks, etc.) and then have the individual colors in bags in
those bins. I'm small with only 4600 lots, so it's exceptionally rare
for two orders not to share several lots that pull from the same bin - five is
statistically impossible.
So in the winter months when I can get 2-5 orders a day, I put a printout of
each order in it's own bin and then work through them all simultaneously
by brick type. If a new order comes in, I just print it out, add another bin
to the table and keep plugging along. Even though my terms page says I ship
in a few days, as long as those orders are in by noon, I can get them all shipped
that day.
I've tried just using stacked browser windows but even on a 40 inch monitor
it can get clunky.
Despite being a rabid recycler, instead of tossing it in the bin, I just give
it to the buyer.
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This is *exactly* how my store is organized and what I do as well. You probably
know this but you can set the default sort order by Category Name, Color Name,
etc. See attached photo.
A couple of additional benefits to including a printout:
If a buyer is missing a lot, I ask if it is checked off on the printout. If the
answer is no then I know instantly that I messed up.
If the shipping label is damaged, the printout inside the box also has the address.
Saved me a couple of times.
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Message is in Reply To:  Re: Printing Orders - Ziegelmeister (229) | [...] What a bizarrely polarizing issue. This is fascinating. For me, the preference to ship a printout is two fold; prior experiences with vendors and my organization/workflow. [...]
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