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FED EX CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
WE ALL KNOW THAT FED EX IS PULLING A SCAM AND OVERCHARGING ON LABELS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS. EBAY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EMAILS WENT AROUND AND THEY ARE AWARE ON A RECORDED CONVERSATION. THEY CHARGED ME AN OVERCHARGE OF $54 ON TOP OF SHIPPING ON A SET OF FRONT FLOOR MATS ALONE. I LOST A LOT. THIS WAS MY 50TH INCIDENT NOW ROUGHLY. I CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY. I AM WONDERING ABOUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. EBAY WILL SEND A DISPUTE. ALL SELLERS GET A 1 TIME COURTESY FOR UNDER $10. THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED ON A RECORDED LINE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRY TO CLAIM THIS IS FALSE THEN WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY ISNT JUST MEMBERS. THAT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? BEFORE YOU MAKE UP SOME NONSENSE...I OVERWEIGH, OVER MEASURE, AND TAKE PICS BEFORE SHIPPING FOR EVIDENCE. WE ARE ALSO SHIPPING TO PEOPLE WE KNOW WHO ARE CONFIRMING ON THEIR END WITH PICS AND SCALES TO PROVE ACCURACY. FED EX WILL STILL MAKE UP DOUBLE CHARGES ILLEGALLY.
kh-stanley1
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
simba6
·2 years agoIt's as if they no longer want home business but don't just want to come out and say that. Just stop using them is all you can do. They are the worst for that.
uniwarehousewares
·2 years agobasically, fed ex, UPS, USPS, all these companies are thugs and doing scam with people, they increasing rates 3 times every year and no one is there to stop them why they kept increasing 3 times a year, plus in holiday season other countries reduce rates so people can save some money for their families and gifts and here in US , USPS increasing rates in holiday season to loot people. there must be laws suit against USPS too because they taking advantage of holiday season and looting people. USPS is not private company and its govt entity and should not loot people by increasing rates in holiday season. its running on our paid tax money.
retro-metro
·2 years agoHas anyone spoken with an attorney about filing a class action suit regarding the shipping label issue?
pantrymemory
·2 years agoThis happened and the funny thing with me is that twice already they take extra money and write that the parcel weighed less than it was indicated and take money for it! Ebay just sends me to the fedex website and that's it. First they tell us that we get a discount on delivery due to the relationship between eBay and Fedax and then they brazenly rob us and take what they want!
royalty-business
·2 years agoYou can count me in! I recently had to learn a $209 lesson about the importance of fully documenting my outgoing shipments. Unfortunately, I don't have any hard proof of their most recent transgression, but I'm certain that it won't be the last. Whenever they try this again I will have my documented proof, and I'm more than willing to contribute.
Quick cut version of my recent experience:
-Ground shipment 147.75lbs 24.5"x24.5"x24.75" (my specs)
-Purchased label for 147.8lbs 25"x25"x25"
-packed in Fedex's branded box (largest box they sell for ground services) purchased from Fedex Office originally measuring 28"x28"x28", but then trimmed down a few inches & re-creased to previous stated dimensions fit shipment appropriately
-I'm charged an additional $209 for "underpaid" shipping label, Fedex states my shipment was 147.75lbs 27"x27"x29"
29" when the original box was only 28" before I trimmed it down! Right.....................
dcff1
·2 years agoI'm totally in on this! We are tired of getting charged an extreme amount when everything is correct. When Ebay allows the shippers to do this to its sellers we loose money. The sellers never win with Ebay everything is in the favor of the Buyer and other Outside sources such as fedex. Just got another yesterday for an additional $30.88 when I already paid $14.41
ServiceFedEx Home Delivery
Label creation dateJul 17, 2024
Weight16.00 lbs
Dimensions10 x 10 x 8 in
Billable Weight by carrier16.00 lbs
Shipping cost
Paid
(charge)
Paid
See cost breakdown
What your buyer paid
What you earned
bigbill1942
·2 years agoI'm curious to know what's the status on your suit? I just got robbed for an additional $31 in Feb and $30 in June from overcharge fees from FedEx!
I literally just paid to ship items to those people for no reason because those "overages" cut out my profit on both transactions.
It happened to me a couple of times last year too, but I didn't say anything about it because I thought I was alone on this. It's obvious to me now that I'm not!
I have been at this since 2004, so I know how to weigh and get accurate dimensions of my packages, so when they come with these "adjustments" at random, I know that this is a racket of some kind.
wyldflower002
·2 years agoSame thing happened to us, we sent a tire out via Fed Ex and my customer paid the shipping, we were then charged by ebay, a few days later, double what our customer paid and the dimensions and weight were exact. I have never and I mean never used Fed Ex again and will ever. Every other shipping service we can use on ebay doesn't do this, not even UPS. It's extremely bad practice and may I just suggest that every seller remove them as shipping option entirely. *edited to add two things, I'd be happy to join the class action and shouldn't ebay bear some responsibility for this too? They deduct the charges out of our account without notice or questions.
eoop00730
·2 years agoThis just happened to me through Fedex. Shipped a package on 2nd day air that was 4x4x34 and 2lbs 5oz. Prepaid shipping price was about $16. Fine, perfect. Then FedEx adjusted the size to 3lbs and 10x28x38 and billed be another $174. Absolutely crooked company. Will never use them again. Happy to join a class-action lawsuit.
kalyoth
·2 years agoI ship Fed Ex & UPS frequently. no up charges or recharges. I do not know what I am doing differently. I round up to the nearest inch for the dimensions, I'm not shipping oversize. I round up to nearest whole pound as well. I once used ebay for them & opened my own free fedex & ups accounts for the convenience & easier claims filing based upon accounts here in community. Their web site is not very complicated & the agents are always helpful to me.
richard1rst
·2 years agoThat's why I only use USPS these days. After so many back charges I am simply
an-57470
·2 years agoI have also been going through this and I wish I saw this information before. Fedex and Ebay are scamming me big time. I paid for a pre shipping label according to the exact size and box weight and it was a total of $66.36 through Fedex ground. I dropped off at Fedex in Pompano beach and the clerk said I was good to go after measuring the box and scanning the pre label shipping sold at EBay page. To my surprise, 12 days after the buyer bought my used monitor, I received a message from Ebay that Fedex reported the item was not 45lbs but 254lbs!!!!!!!!! This is completely outrageous and wrongful by them!!!! They must stop this illegal act and this fraudulent charges are absurd. Now it says I owe them $1,462.32 !!!!! Can you even believe this? The used item I sold was $500!!!!! Ebay and Fedex scamming was three times the price of a new monitor. This is absurd and ridiculous! I have retained legal counsel to avert the damage this is causing my family and I. Im absolutely disgusted and devastated with this illegal action by both companies. I have all the proof there is to show they are wrong. Please keep this information post going so we can alert the lawful public that tries to do business with them and get completely screwed doing so. What happens now? Ebay will try to send to collections? More damage added to injury.
smallmotorpartsrus
·2 years agoI realize this thread is a couple months old. Anyway, I use fedex to ship thru eBay more than any other shipping company. I know for a fact that my scale is dead on accurate. I shipped out 4 lawn mowers that weighed 2 lbs per wheel and even added an extra lb just in case to total 9 lbs. I just received a cost adjustment from fedex saying that it weighs 11 lbs and they are charging me $8.82 for the difference. I knew Fed ex was doing this but it was occasionally and only for a couple dollars here and there. Whether they realize it or not, they are making way more money off of us ! There needs to be a class action suit started against them!
highpassaudio
·2 years agoI also have had about 5 packages shipped via Fedex come back with additional charges. These were all over or around 50 lbs. I admit my main scale has been down that can weigh that high, however I have a floor scale that is right on the money and I have tested it with dumbbells from 20 up to 150 lbs. I drop my packages off at a Fedex Office and am now going to get a receipt with the weight. If you also notice, many times ebay will list up up 3 Fedex ground options depending on where your customer lives. One will be Fedex Ground, another is Fedex Home Delivery, and also Fedex Ground Economy. I have had all 3 options come up many times and they are all at different price points (some times 20 percent) at times different (however very similar) Estimated delivery dates. I always go with the cheapest as they all appear to go on the same truck and delivered the same way. I have no interest in any lawsuit as my bad experiences are few and far between.
othersimon
·2 years agoNo disrespect to the user that suggested cost of labels purchased thru ebay are simply estimates or quotes, that the final amount charged may possibly differ etc - everybody understands this, most would (I think) accept it and tolerate a reasonable adjustment, but the real issue here is FedEx re-weighing packages, claiming they weigh much more than they do, or are much larger than they actually are, then ebay whisking the money out of the sellers acct at FedEx's request.
I was billed $193 cad by eBay/FedEx for an item I shipped after purchasing a label for 22 bucks - post delivery, FedEx claimed it weighed close to 20 kg, almost 30 times the 650g package I shipped, claimed it was a different size altogether also, this after shipping an almost identical item, a single vinyl Lp in a standard record mailer, to the same buyer 2 weeks prior with no issues whatsoever.
To clarify further: while I'm irritated by "mistakes" on the part of FedEx, their weighing a different package altogether (oops!) and then getting ebay to bill me for it, my gripe here, the thing that really ticks me off, is the ridiculously poor customer service on the part of ebay, their unwillingness to deal in any way whatsoever; I've been on the phone at least 8 times to ebay over the past couple of months, have been given all kinds of run-around and half baked assurances with multiple expired timelines, and am still no closer to getting my money back.
Unfair obviously, incredibly disappointing and disrespectful for the sellers here also, and entirely deserving some kind of legal action imo.
carlmarxx
·2 years agoI'm amazed to see such a mess going on with FedEx currently over billing issue mistakes , Not since around 2019 was the first for FedEx shipping label billing mistakes over triple charges ,which eBay took care of that mess . Well when eBay got FedEx around 2011 there where rare one off billing error issue that happened until 2019 . Since 2019 there hasn't been another major billing error issues until this year . I have had a FedEx account since 2005 And it has been well known about their sorting machines weight and scan not always resetting ,a long with small packages getting stuck to the large ones once in a while that got charged as a large package and heavy weight by mistake which FedEx has known to happen. Far as filing a class action suit against FedEx , the ebay sellers should document all threads on these boards into files and even print them out .And call law firm's that deal in business law's that deal with retail company's like FedEx ,.
toysaver
·2 years agoThis is what is agreed to when you purchase a FedEx label through eBay. My interpretation is the shipping price is only an estimate.
fedex.com Terms of Use
"Section 21. Courtesy Rate Quote
The courtesy rate reflected by the Courtesy Rate Quote on SHIP MANAGER, if shown, may be different than the actual charges for Your shipment. Differences may occur based on actual weight, dimensions, and other factors. Consult the applicable FedEx Service Guide or the FedEx Rate Sheets for details on how shipping charges are calculated."
wholesale-car-parts-co
·2 years agoWe were overcharged $ 1.64 for having our dimension 1 inch smaller on one side than the actual size! Weight was spot on and all other measurements were exactly correct. I over measured in THEIR FAVOR and was overcharged. This is just one of many I am adding to my list of overcharges that are incorrect. Keeping a file! Waiting for a class action if anyone starts one.
m.j.s.suppliesmore
·2 years agoI sold an item used FEDEX to pack it in a fed ex box. They are trying to charge me 260 dollars saying it weighed 90 pounds. I have to call ebay back and forth and waste time. I get reference numbers and a lot of 7-10 business days with not a lot of action.
an-57470
·2 years agoThey are attempting to overcharge me $103 & $94 on 2 of four identical boxes sent to a buyer... also saying they were over weight when they were not. And the label says up to 50 lbs but Ebay's email and label now say 35. I'm livid and will be making sure to get the attention of someone or if not I will be contacting both with attorney. I won't be dealing with either very soon due to these kinds of RIP offs happening often along with forced refunds on items clearly being lied about not as described . I left ebay once over their practices and will be doing so again. And I urge everyone else to do the same before it happens to you.
psfhobbies
·2 years agoI was up-charged $29.09 a few days ago for a toy kite that was 9oz they said weighed 35 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
same with can of paint was upped almost 4.00
chevymontecarlo88
·2 years agoYou may want to look into their "Insurance" coverage as well. From what i was told from FED EX ( A few years ago) is that they only will refund up to a certain amount. At that time i think it was $1500. If you insure your item for $10,000, they will accept the insurance fee up to that amount (fee goes up the more you insure it) but will cap insurance claims around $1500. I have not looked into that to see if it changed. (stopped using Fed Ex for expensive shipments) Seems like Fraud for a company to charge and accept for higher insured shipments while dismissing claims over a certain amount.
-Good Luck