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Tracking Details

Hi all, The Shipping team wanted to share the following information from the issues with tracking not being updated. "We are aware that some sellers are seeing tracking details not update automatically to orders after purchasing a label. Our team is ...

GSP to Canada from US seller

I have been a member of eBay Canada since 2003 Purchased the majority of my items from the US over those years All of them have gone to Erlanger Kentucky I haven’t made a purchase in a year or so but did purchase an item recently from Houston Texas R...

Shipping methods

Hello. I will be offering free shipping on all my sales. My question is, if I'm offering free shipping, does e-bay still allow the buyer to choose a shipping method? I will be offering basic shipping and a 1 day turn-around. Thanks in advance.

Just got re-re-re enroiled into eis AGAIN

Opted out when first opted in.Opted out when first improved and again opted in.JUST replied on board about now wanting eis And now get this: 'eBay International Shipping is now displayed on your eligible listings' '...let you know that eBay Internati...

Returned item to me

i sent a parcel to my buyer and printed the label using the e-bay postal service.(Evri)2 days later the item turned up on my doorstep with an adhesive label addressed to my stepdaughter, the label being stuck on top of the original.i took the origina...

rant - freight forwarding is very frustrating -- no tracking or accountability -is insurance useful?

Just had a bad experience where the freight forwarder lost my package, and blamed me for it. I spent hours following up on tracking, and got the geo-track the package to the freight forwarding address from my post office manager. I wondered what the ...

Splitting one-of-a-kind item into 2 boxes / shipments. How to handle item value?

Greetings,I'm going to be attempting to sell a rare vintage pedestal sink from 1955. It has a bowl and separate base and they are heavy porcelain necessitating the need to ship them in separate boxes. I'm wondering how to set up the shipping in eBay'...

Still says "PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM" after 24 hours

I sold an item and went to the post office at 10 AM and left it on the outgoing drop off mail counter. I used USPS media mail shipping with the label printed off ebay. It's been 24 hours days and the status of the package still says "PRE-SHIPMENT INF...

EIS Questions

Saw on another thread that @tobaccocardyahoo said "EIS takes into account shipping history on similar items. It does not seem to care about the absence of weight or dimensions." Tagging a few random folks to this thread. Anyone else, please join in. ...

Resolved! EIS Shipping Charges? Probably Been Asked But...

I sold my first EIS item shipping to Canada. I am purchasing the label and it shows it costs $4.19 and it's going to Illinois. Do I, as a seller, get charged by eBay for any more than this when it hits their shipping hub? If not, how is it so low?

Houston Sellers: Are Your Packages Experiencing Severe Delays or Missing?

sellers in the Houston area of Texas, are any of you experiencing significant delays or lack of updates with your recent USPS shipments? I’ve encountered numerous packages with no updates, facing delivery issues. Surprisingly, even packages within Ho...

one sale with two seperate boxes

I'm making a listing to sell a 3D Printer. The printer fits into its original box for shipment but, the extra print materials I'm including will not fit into the original box. How do I adjust the listing so there are two shipments/costs for this one ...

USPS shipping discount inconsistencies on relists

Hello! I started selling dolls in November, listing nearly all as auctions. Due to a trip, I paused auto-relist. Now that I’m relisting them, I’m seeing inconsistent USPS shipping discounts / retail / commercial pricing. Dolls that had Priority and G...

ESUS SHIPPING SCAM

Scam shipper. They'll post that your item was delivered, when in fact it wasn't. Sellers think they're saving money using this scam shipping service - but all they are getting is bad feedback and nasty messages from buyers.

Poor packing

I am both a buyer and seller on eBay so I know how shipping works and what the discount is that ebay gives to sellers who purchase labels on ebay and the charges they have on shipping costs. Lately I have been receiving items insufficiently packaged ...

Bought an item listed as usps priority but was shipped ups ground

Just bought an item listed as usps priority free shipping only to be shocked to find it was sent ups ground. Hugely disappointed considering how much longer ups ground takes in comparison, and it's a piece of equipment i really need asap. is this a c...