I feel the pain waiting. I think it's tough waiting because if you are waiting for a bill to show up, and you keep all your monies in paypal, you just need to ignore whatever the shipping costs were and leave that amount in your paypal account or it will charge to your credit card/ebay mastercard when you don't pay the ebay invoice. I know many of us live "paycheck to paycheck" and once a sale is made, I like to immediately make "one time payments" so I don't get huge ebay invoices. I would rather pay the small amounts as items sell than pay all at once. It can add up and if you don't have a lot of cash around when the request for payment arrives, it may go to your checking account and if the money isn't in there, then you get an overcharge in your personal bank.
The good thing about fedex is I believe you are getting a large discount. I shipped a 16th century chair from Massachusets to Kentucky and the chair arrived safe and sound. The FEDEX charge was $75 and the UPS would have been more than $150. So Fedex, for inhome/larger deliveries is likely better, but yeah, you have to wait. UNLESS you know what the fee will be, (you should) and just give that to EBAY. You will show a credit/overpayment to ebay but when the invoice finally does show up, it will zero out and your card or whatever your payment method is, won't be charged. So, I give it to ebay even if it's an overpayment. Just make sure when you do pay it that your account shows up that amount in the GREEN. When it goes through, you'll be back in the red. But it's paid and you don't have to hold the money and wait, giving you the opportunity to spend it accidentally.
