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Hey guys, this is going to seem like a pretty rudimentary question, but I've actually never shipped any records via media mail before. I want to print out labels at home from USPS, but I can't seem to find a media mail option when I try to do this on their website. I've also looked into printing labels via PayPal, which does include a media mail option. However, it only includes Delivery Confirmation, and I can't find an option to get a tracking number. Therefore, for those who ship via media mail frequently and print your labels at home, how do you go about doing this so that you can include tracking as well? Anyway, this board has been super helpful since I started collecting, and I hope you guys can help me out once again. Once I figure this out, I'll be selling a lot of my records that I want to get rid of on here. Thanks!

I searched for awhile to see there isn't a general thread for shipping questions--just a bunch of one time questions with a one time answer. Maybe it's for the better? Who knows? Either way, here's my question: I printed out (and paid for) a shipping label straight from PayPal. It's attached to the mailer, paid for, and ready to go. Do I still have to take it to a post office or can I just take it to the blue USPS drop boxes on sidewalks? Sorry for the simple dumb question! Feel free to continue using this thread for general shipping questions/answers. Hopefully I can count on Shitty Rambo to merge this if one already exists...