Well.... first of all your research was very limited and incomplete. One thing you can do is to type in 'tracking number' in the search box here in the forum and you will find innumerable posts about sellers unable to enter a delivery confirmation as a tracking number. They dont understand why they cant .... its because they are the same as I was at first... ignorant about paypals policy, and the diff between delivery confirmation numbers and tracking numbers. Delivery confirmation number is just what it implies.... a number you can type in online to confirm if the package was delivered... it is NOT a trackinng number that you can track the progress of the package with online. To me it seems that a delivery confirmation number should be viewed as just as good as a tracking number as proof during a dispute that the item was shipped. But paypal does not allow for that... I have argued with them to allow delivery confirmation numbers as proof as well as tracking numbers... because like I said... USPS does not provide tracking numbers... altho I have been told now that if you use the flat rate shipping boxes at USPS and ask them for a tracking number they will provide one for those. But just shipping an item in a manila envelope or your own box.... they do not give tracking numbers. Now... you stated that if you print a label in ebay it has a tracking number... I am not familiar with that but if its true then that is an option . But ... are you sure paypal will recognize that number as a legitimate tracking number? I found out the hard way when I had a dispute from a buyer once... and I entered the delivery confirmation number at paypal to begin to resolve the dispute... and it was rejected. Paypal told me its not allowed because it is not a number that allows the item to be tracked online as per their rules.... so its useless in disputes... and without a tracking number you can not even proceed further to resolve the dispute...so you automatically lose the case. Like I said... check the forums here.... you will see many sellers complaining that they were unable to enter the del confirmation number . Too many sellers are given the false impression that del. confirmation number is a tracking number.... till they find out the hard way. Ask someone at the counter at your local USPS... they will tell you a del. confirmation number does NOT allow you to track the items progress online.... it only can tell you if the item was delivered or not... thus it is not the same as a tracking number. Using the flat rate boxes and asking for a tracking number.... if thats true you can get one that way , as the paypal person told me... or using the ebay mailing label..if that number is allowed by paypal.... are the only ways to have a tracking number thru USPS. And until I confirm that both of those ways will work I wont say 100% yet that they will. I hope they do.... especially the ebay number you talked about..if that is a legitimate tracking number it would be great . thanks
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