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@mrsbmcv77 wrote:My listings apparently say standard shipping even though I specify only USPS options for shipping choices. I have no idea why eBay does this. It's strange since I assume you will be in the actual purchase before you find out how it is coming.
There is a link next to the standard shipping that says "see details" it does list the shipping options if you click it.
That's just how eBay works. You have to click on the 'see details' to see what method they are going to use. I wish they wouldn't do this b/c the terms "standard" & "expedited" are eBay terms that encompass many things & don't really mean anything.
As a seller, I just select which methods I'm going to use (I usually have a choice for the buyer), but they have to click into the Shipping Details, to see it. I don't put it in my listing.
As a buyer, I rarely care. All 3 main services deliver here daily. I have no problems with any of them, so the only resason I care is if I want to grab the pkg asap, when it arrives.
@stephenmorgan wrote:Because there are many different ways to ship and some people may not purchase your item if they know how you will ship it.
I hate it when I purchase something that says Fed X but it is actually Fed X for part of the trip and then it is turned over to the USPS. This always add two or more days to the delivery. The Tracking is not accurate as it will show out for delivery but not really. It is out for delivery to the USPS and not you.
If I knew this is the shipping that would have been used then I would not have ordered.
This is the 'last mile' service that the PO offers to Fedex & UPS. I know lots of people hate the service b/c of the add'l delay. But IDK how/if the seller could know that the carrier was going to use that last mile service? I didn't think there was a way to know.
@stephenmorgan wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:
@stephenmorgan wrote:Because there are many different ways to ship and some people may not purchase your item if they know how you will ship it.
I hate it when I purchase something that says Fed X but it is actually Fed X for part of the trip and then it is turned over to the USPS. This always add two or more days to the delivery. The Tracking is not accurate as it will show out for delivery but not really. It is out for delivery to the USPS and not you.
If I knew this is the shipping that would have been used then I would not have ordered.
This is the 'last mile' service that the PO offers to Fedex & UPS. I know lots of people hate the service b/c of the add'l delay. But IDK how/if the seller could know that the carrier was going to use that last mile service? I didn't think there was a way to know.
I thought it was a special service that they purchase for a lessor fee. Normal ground FedX or UPS is max 5 business days but with the pass off to USPS it is 7 or more business days.
It is a special service that the carrier uses & def pays a fee for, but what I'm saying is that I don't think there's any way for a seller to know if the carrier they choose is going to use that service or not. In the beginning it was mainly for rural or far out addresses, I think it's expanded since then. But they intricacies of how UPS & Fedex choose to use that service is not something the typical seller would be privy to. At least I don't *think* they would.
@varebelrose wrote:"
@richard1rst wrote:I can tell you I NEVER use parcel select.
May I ask why not? Quite often it is the cheapest shipping, especially for large or heavy packages.
Some times Priority can be, say, $40 and parcel select only $25. It still gets there either way.
I'm not Richard, but I personally would not use it either. It's slow & often buyers don't realize how slow some services can be. I think like MM, it's also low in priority. But the main reason I have never used it, is that the few times it's made sense for me, the difference is between a nickel & 15 cents. Maybe it's just been my pkgs weren't suited to it, but I've never seen it be over $1 difference, so given the other issues, there was just no reason to. I rarely sell very heavy items though, so perhaps it still makes a difference there. I tend to use RR's for my heavier items.
@eunster1313 wrote:
@inhawaii wrote:They just say "economy shipping" or "standard shipping".
As a buyer I want to know HOW it's being shipped.
FedEx? UPS? Parcel select? First class? Priority?
As a buyer i've actually skipped listings that don't show me this information.
Am I the only one?
Are you looking just here?
Or are you looking at the shipping tab also and still
can't see it?
Yes I do click on the "shipping" tab.
