I noticed the pitfalls of using the online postage from paypal but liked the convenience. This is how I get around it. Next time you go into the post office with a parcel ask them for some spare stick on "Signed for "lables, these have separate tracking numbers on them. I got a couple of dozen and keep topping them up every now and again, said it was to save time in post office, dont tell them you are going to post them in letterbox as they dont get any commission when you do this and will not be keen to give you them. Now when I print the postage lable on I stick a Signed for lable next to it complete with tracking number , note the number on the lable or do as I do and photograph it with my ifone. It is tracked for the whole journey except for the proof of posting at the post office but I have never had a problem as the main queries are at the delivery end and that is tracked. Hope this is of help.
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