Using a different shipping service when giving out return shipping labels. | Returns

iamalwaysright · 2023-05-30T22:03:38.388000Z

Lately with ebay's "migration" to fedex for return labels, I've gotten the opportunity to self-generate and provide return labels through pirateship and I just thought of a few things.We don't necessarily have to give the same shipping speed or service for the return label as we used to ship it out, do we?This was the case before the "migration" with certain packages on ebay generated labels. Some items I had shipped out with Priority only to have ebay generate a first class label for the buyer then other times ebay would generate a Priority label for a different buyer who bought a duplicate item. I never was able to understand why. Also there was the issue that ebay return labels never dealt with flat rate packages. I.e. You send something out via Padded Priority Envelope for $8, ebay charges you $15 for the return label via Weighted Priority Mail.At least with self-generating these labels, I can send labels using flat rate services like Padded Priority. But I also realized I now have the opportunity to issue Parcel Select or Cubic Services that most likely be cheaper but will take longer to return to me. Have many of you done that yet? An increased length of return time shouldn't matter to ebay since the refund time clock only starts when the package is scanned at my door step, right? And I'm in no rush to receive these returned items anyway.The only concern I can think of is if the buyer uses the wrong package material. Like if it's to come back Priority Cubic but the buyer puts it in a Medium Flat rate box, or it's a Parcel Select label and the buyer uses any USPS Priority packaging. But this packaging issue has already always been around. Would there be a need to notify the buyer and tell them what packaging to use? Lol, I once sent a Padded Priority return label to a buyer and also had one of those envelopes sent to them since they don't offer those at most PO's.

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