Handling time function could use serious improvement!

[dippitydoo]

Howdy all.....just wanted to let off some steam about handling times.  I've got the "2 day" designated, but what I find especially irritating is when an item sells at 11:50 p.m....(say on a Monday night), that TEN MINUTES left of Monday counts as one of my handling days!  I find this very unfair, it's not anything close to a day, but mere moments, and I realize Ebay won't make any changes as they really want to you to ship within 5 minutes of the sale, ha ha.  But what would be reasonable (in my book) would have a cut-off time, say 5 p.m., since they are counting these days as "business" days, then business should have a closing time.  I don't like waking up to see the sale and have had already lost an entire day of handling!!  

What do you all think?  Legit beef, or "get over it!" ??

-Dippity

[slippinjimmy]

Purchase at 11:50pm on Monday, Tuesday is day one,  Wednesday is day two, you need to ship by 11:59pm on Wednesday.

The day of the sale does not count as a handling day, if it did you would only have ten minutes to meet 1 day handling.

I would say "that's not how it works" rather than "get over it".

[dippitydoo]

Howdy Slippin'!  I believe you are right, and I just got confused and miffed all at the same time!!  Thanks for setting me straight!  (now I'm embarrassed for making a whole posting!).

-Dippity

[slippinjimmy]

You came back and acknowledged it, that's a rare event around here so you get a helpful!

[dippitydoo]

😙

[postingid7659]

Somewhere once upon a time I remember being able to alter a setting wherein sales after a certain time of day would be counted as next day's business.  I set it absurdly early, like noon.   

I don't know if it's still a thing.  

[wahlstreetmkt]

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@postingid7659 wrote:

Somewhere once upon a time I remember being able to alter a setting wherein sales after a certain time of day would be counted as next day's business.  I set it absurdly early, like noon.   

I don't know if it's still a thing.  

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Set same business day handling times

https://www.ebay.com/ship/prf

[thtoolbox]

One day handling does work that way. Sell 11:50 Sunday must ship out Monday. Purchased 11:50 Tuesday must ship on Wednesday. This is not one day handling its next day handling. For me purchasing on non business days counts toward my 1 day handling time. Happened this weekend. Purchased on Sunday must ship on Monday. 

[randysauto01]

Ebay development team probably found that feature way to beneficial for sellers, therefore, it went away.