Offering multiple shipping options, how do these appear for the buyer?

[cyber_akuma]

I am trying to create a listing, and thought it would be best to offer two shipping options, a cheaper slow one, and faster but pricier one.

When I go to preview the listing however, it says "Read item description or contact seller for details." Is this because since I am the one previewing it, it does not have an address to estimate shipping cost? Will the buyer still see the actual prices if they are logged in with their address?

Also, how can I be sure that all the options I chose are valid? I used the "Calculate Shipping" option, but it gave me a large amount of USPS options, far more than the USPS site itself gave me. And some of them don't seem to make sense, such as having an option for small, medium, or large box shipping when I already entered the size and weight of the box, and I don't think a box that is W17.75 x 14L x 8.5H would be considered small or medium. I was burned before because of the wrong shipping I listed once and had to pay extra fees myself to ship the item, I don't want to pay a huge amount out of my own pocket to ship something becuase I chose the wrong option or ebay is giving me an option that is not viable for the product.

[llllady]

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@modulok! wrote:

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@llllady wrote:

@cyber_akuma

We still don't know what type of items you are selling, but from the size you have described, Media Mail certainly is NOT an option.

USPS Media Mail is very restricted, and before you try to use it inappropriately, you should read the guidelines from the USPS website:

https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm

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In regards to your quote where you referenced the package size as it pertains to Media Mail...."We still don't know what type of items you are selling, but from the size you have described, Media Mail certainly is NOT an option.".

Well that statment is plain wrong as the OPs package dimensions ARE certainly an option for Media Mail (though the item, gaming system, certainly is not permitted).  Media mail can be up to 70 pounds and the package size can be quite large (look up the package size limits at USPS for further reference).  I've shipped big packages that I could ship myself in via Media Mail.  The OP cannot ship a gaming system via Media Mail but if the item was on the list of allowed items then the OPs package size would not prevent the OP from shipping via Media Mail.  Just don't want anybody thinking that only small packages can be shipped via Media Mail, as this is just false.

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Thanks for the clarification. 

[cyber_akuma]

I tried going to USPS to see their flat-rate boxes, and it is unfortunately just barely too big to fit in one of those. Ebay itself was estimating around $20 for UPS Ground, I tried going to the UPS store and they estimated the most it could possibly cost to ship it the farthest in the US was around $30.

Wondering if I should just put it at the $20 UPS ground ebay is estimating and if in the low chance someone orders it in sucha  remote location I would have to eat the cost. Granted, it's supposed to be calculated and change based on location, but I have been burned on shipping costs before on ebay.