Pay attention or you could be providing free upgrades

[pvcliff]

They have been tinkering with labels and the first option with the big blue dot is likely NOT the service the buyer paid for. I had labels with FedEx "selected" (which I don't ever offer) when item was actually sold shipping Priority Mail, and light weight First Class items where eBay has put PM at the top of the labels list with a big blue dot. If you aren't watching what is going on you could be shipping via a method that your customer did not pay you for. 

[cityslickercreations2004]

Yes! Yes! I got the shock of my life when my 4 oz. item was going to cost over $7.00 to ship.

Luckily, I was paying attention before I hit the print button.

Also watch your inventory carefully.

I recently sold 3 different items of which I had only one. I then discovered they were still listed

as available for sale. 

Bring on those cancellations!

per pvcliff:

"They didn’t say it was your fault. They said they blame you."

[fern*wood]

Also be careful if you switch to the proper method/cost and then change the ship-to date.  That throws it back to the wrong method again, so don't hit purchase quickly.

[pvcliff]

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@fern*wood wrote:

Also be careful if you switch to the proper method/cost and then change the ship-to date.  That throws it back to the wrong method again, so don't hit purchase quickly.

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I was printing labels about 7pm last night and noticed for the first time that the ship date hadn't turned over to the next day like I was used to seeing after 4pm Pacific. During covid times I've been mostly printing the morning I'm shipping, so I don't know if the next day's ship date not showing later in the day is new or if that just started. I didn't specifically notice the shipping revert to the wrong method, but my differences were obvious enough (FedEx which I never use, and PM on very light weight items) that I might have just made the change again without thinking about it. Thanks for the additional heads up!

[idakathy]

Same here, three first class and one media mail package were being charged as Priority mail until I changed it. More money for ebay if we pay more for shipping! Sellers...Beware!

[pjcdn2005]

It is ridiculous that these problems are happening but I don't see how ebay gets more money if you use a service that you didn't have in your listing. You pay fvf on the shipping the buyer paid...not on the amount of the shipping label.