My Listings Say Delivery in 2-4 Days?

[yellow-snapdragon]

So this is a new one among many of eBay's glitches. My listings are now saying delivery in 2-4 days. My handling time, stated in EACH listing, is 3 days. So how can I possibly guarantee delivery in 2-4 days? Only MY listings are showing this in newly listed items in my category. Is there a way to fix this new mess?  

[dhbookds · Accepted solution]

remember what you see as delivery time is based on you shipping to yourself........same zip code......

what I see to PA is 1/15 to 1/18

[yellow-snapdragon]

Weird... I've honestly NEVER seen that showing on any of my listings, to myself or not. Thank you! I'm only on my first beer but I was confused...

[fern*wood]

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@yellow-snapdragon wrote:

So how can I possibly guarantee delivery in 2-4 days?

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They aren't even guaranteed to your zip.

[stainlessenginecovers]

@yellow-snapdragon FYI; the system hasn't shown the correct 'estimated delivery dates' for years. Showing 1/15 to 1/18 to PA, as well as to me in NV- looking at an item today, means you won't even ship out until Wednesday 1/14 to there is NO WAY it is getting anywhere by the 15th. 

They use your 'average' plus a 'secret algorithm' (latin for "hogwash")......

SO, the ONLY thing you can do to 'change those dates' is to INCREASE your 'handling time' to 5 days, possibly the next step, 10 days...then at least the dates (and trust me, buyers ONLY look at the 'early' date) will be more accurate.