Sellers--the upcoming USPS service change is July 9th

[fern*wood]

I've know about this upcoming change for quite some time, and saw the latest ebay announcement on June 21st, but until today I had not seen the information that we sellers must update our listings (especially 1st class pkg) with the new service name ourselves.   The knowledgeable poster "wastingtime101"  on the shipping board is making this known, but where is the clarity from ebay???  Don't they have a shipping dept that gets paid for this sort of thing?

[mn467462]

This is the type of stuff that makes me want to quit ebay forever and donate all of inventory. I never made enough to warrant taxes. Plus ebay has made my life difficult by taking away shipping options by default. I now need to put specific dimensions in. I have sent out all my orders, faster, and packed better than I ever have in my 15 years on here. Yet I have more complaints than ever. I had a buyer make blatantly false and libelous claims about me, left me false negative feedback, and ebay has done nothing about it. And I've sold 4 things this entire, and I netted a whole $15. This is where after 15 years, it time to throw in the towel. I am so defeated. I have no money. No way to support myself. Nobody is buying what I'm selling. Those that do, complain, and slander me. It's over.

[fern*wood]

It's about time for this.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/USPS-introduces-the-new-ground-shipping-service-USPS-Gro...

[toomuchstuffagain35]

Why on EARTH?

"Listings with Parcel Select Ground will automatically be updated"

yet

"Sellers will need to change First Class Parcel over the next 30 days"???

what???

ebay can auto change PS to GA but NOT FCP?

eta: and now I get "that announcement has been permanently deleted?"

[dubsteesllc]

I am incredibly sorry that you feel this way. Ebay has continually failed to support the Sellers, which Ebay would not have a business without them. I'm incredibly disappointed too. 

I wish they would simply dissolve then disburse their assets to us, the Sellers, their lifeblood.

[wastingtime101]

Read this post @toomuchstuffagain35 because not all Parcel Select will be automatically updated. As of right now, Parcel will only be automatically updated if it's the only service offered in the listing.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping/USPS-to-replace-First-Class-Package-Retail-Ground-Parcel-Sele...

And yeah, they're ignoring First Class and Retail Ground so sellers have to update those manually. In other words, the bulk of listings and biz policies will be a manual update by sellers.

eBay is giving sellers 30 days to make the changes.

If you use calc shipping and package weighs over a pound currently offering Parcel Select it could be impacted by price changes so you'll want to prioritize those updates over the FC under a pound packages. Packages under a pound will not see price changes this go 'round.

eBay deleted the original announcement and reposted it. Then they deleted the repost. I am guessing they're working on making it more clear after some of the FB received in the thread linked above?

[toomuchstuffagain35]

They Do realise there's a H-LL of a lot more listings using FCP than PS right? Especially after THEY took PS away from the majority of sellers?

Why do the sellers always get the shaft and have to do the "fixing"?

[wastingtime101]

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@toomuchstuffagain35 wrote:

They Do realise there's a H-LL of a lot more listings using FCP than PS right? Especially after THEY took PS away from the majority of sellers?

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They took away that TRS Parcel Select restriction a while ago. I think it lasted maybe a year before they reverted.

But yeah, I'm surprised they're leaving FC to be 100% manually updated by sellers.

[fern*wood]

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@fern*wood wrote:

It's about time for this.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/USPS-introduces-the-new-ground-shipping-service-USPS-Gro...

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Seriously, now it's gone.  I'm now in no mood to list, revise or continue to care about this.  

[klhmdg]

As a seller I would much rather fix my own listings than deal with the mess after eBay helps with updating. 

Will it be a pain? Yes

Is it worse when eBay changes my listings with no idea what they did? Yes

[toomuchstuffagain35]

Tbh, I'm not surprised at all.

They've shown time after time that a seller's time & effort means nothing to them.

[toomuchstuffagain35]

Unfortunately sad but true.

[wastingtime101]

Posted a third time. Doesn't look like any changes were made.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/USPS-introduces-the-new-ground-shipping-service-USPS-Gro...

[toomuchstuffagain35]

What hope do we have when they can't even get an announcement right the first time?

[sextons-sweet-deals]

I guess us sellers have nothing else better to do in life but revise, revise, and revise between eBay & USPS constant updates. 

The United States Postal Service is consolidating its ground shipping options by combining USPS Retail Ground®, First-Class-Package®, and Parcel Select Ground® into a single service: USPS Ground Advantage™.  

Here’s what to expect on eBay beginning July 9th:  

Printing labels on eBay 

• We’ll update labels automatically. If you had a sale with First-Class Package or Parcel Select Ground, the label will print and display as USPS Ground Advantage™. 
• If you printed your label prior to July 9th, USPS will continue to accept packages with the previous services for a period of time. 

Updating your listings on eBay 

• Listings with Parcel Select Ground will automatically be updated to reflect USPS Ground Advantage as the shipping service.  
• Only First-Class Package services are moving to Ground Advantage. First Class Mail for letters and envelopes will remain unchanged. 
• If you ship with First Class Package, you will need to update listings to USPS Ground Advantage over the next 30 days. Business policies will also need to be updated. 
• If you ship letters and envelopes with First Class Mail, no changes will be required. 
• Listings with Retail Ground will need to be updated to USPS Ground Advantage. 

On July 9 USPS is updating rates for some services, please see our previous announcement. 

For more details on USPS Ground Advantage and FAQs, visit our Seller Center.  

As always, thank you for selling on eBay.