EBAY SHIPPING

Question

Does anyone else hate the eBay shipping? You get zero tracking from their tracking numbers. Status is literally unavailable at all

times and one day your package shows up, but no way to really track it. Might as well just throw my stuff in an envelope and provide no tracking, i could save a few bucks

disneyshopper · Answer

I've been using ebay shipping for the past 20+ years and it works just fine.

You have 3 active listings, and no sold listings under this user ID, so I don't understand how you can say that the tracking doesn't work. If you were to use the ebay standard envelope for trading cards under $20, those tracking numbers are not read by the regular carrier scanners, but by the scanners located in the hubs with the sorting machines, which is why they have to be flexible enough to wrap around a Coke can.

comics-scifi-collectibles · Answer

@cjm_collectables What kind of tracking are you referring to? The eBay standard envelope tracking for trading cards and a few other categories is not regular tracking.

This post by a fellow mentor explains how the system works>

What you need to know about eBay Standard Envelope:

There will be no acceptance scan and no delivery scan, as local clerks can not read eBay's code. Only major USPS sorting hubs have the equipment to read eBay's proprietary scan code. In some cases the letter may never get scanned if it doesn't pass through a hub capable of scanning eBay's ESUS code. And it certainly won't get scanned if it jams the sorting equipment and gets kicked out.

At the delivery end, the last major hub may estimate and issue "delivered" when the item is still hours or days away from the destination, while the item leaves the hub and enters the normal mailstream through smaller distribution centers where it can't be scanned.

Track an ESUS letter here:

https://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking

When a buyer complains that tracking shows "delivered", and nothing has arrived, ask them to wait up to three more days for the letter to continue through local channels. If the letter is more than a week late, it will be time to refund and open a lost item claim here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/setting-shipping-options/ebay-standard-envelope?id=...

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Ask-a-Mentor/Standard-envelope-shipping/m-p/34239169#M598479