Is this excessive?

These days when I ship an item I try to photograph the item going into the box and the box itself before shipping; I then send a scan or pic of the tracking receipt. Detailed packing pics on expensive items also help any insurance claims.

Since astromart creates a public record of transactions it occurred to me that it might be a nice touch to include the tracking receipt in the picture array of the expiring ad as a notice of "the deed is done." I didn't put in the address.

Any thoughts? I did this for one ad

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=620683

to kick off the discussion but will remove it if "the boss" says, or general sentiment is, that it's a bad idea.

thanks
Greg N

Any thoughts? I did this for one ad

Greg: I think documenting the shipping with photos is a good idea as is sending a copy of a tracking receipt to the buyer. But I am not sure that anything more than making an ad SOLD is necessary. I don't see any harm in doing so but I don't see a need for it..

That's ny two cents.

Jon

Greg,

I think it is excessive, and perhaps in violation of the terms of service for Astromart. The TOS forbids posting individually identifying information such as phone numbers, email addresses, or post office addresses. Posting the shipping confirmation means posting the ship from and ship-to information, I would assume. And that would, therefore lead to posting the identifying information.

Besides--You already have all this information in a record. Just do a screen print or print the email of the tracking record. If somebody is going to dispute that, they are just as likely to dispute whatever photos or other information you are posting back to the "Sold" column. I think your original ad should remain as is (with the exception of the "sold" notation). That makes a better record than an edited one.

Alex