Combining shipping buyer has paid and wants to hold order?

[retrok-vintagej]

Hi

I have a great buyer - she won 2 auctions from me last week

and has paid.  Shesent me a message that she is bidding

on auctions that are ending this Thursday so if I want to hold shipping

and combine all she would be fine with that. I am all for saving her $$

Is there a way to put an order on hold and not be

penalized TRS  for not shipping immediately? 

Thank you!

[rapple1066]

You could print a label and just hold onto it until the other auctions end.

If she buys additional items, void the original label and ship them all together,  making sure that the tracking numbers show up correctly.

[sam9876 · Accepted solution]

"Is there a way to put an order on hold and not be

penalized TRS  for not shipping immediately?"

Nope.

[chrysylys]

Supposedly as long as you have that request in Messages, you should be Golden, but we all know how 'supposedlys' work around here.

[sam9876]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[lintbrush*]

You can have the On-Time Shipping metric fixed with a message from the buyer asking you to delay shipping.  The call to eBay is usually pretty easy regarding this.

You cannot have the Tracking Uploaded within Handling Time fixed even with the buyer message.

At least the Tracking Upload is only based on 3 months and with your volume, the two little late TU shipments will be a mere hiccup.

[dtexley3]

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@rapple1066wrote:

You could print a label and just hold onto it until the other auctions end.

If she buys additional items, void the original label and ship them all together,  making sure that the tracking numbers show up correctly.

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Bad advice, on time shipping is based on when the carrier SCANS the item, not when you print the label.

[retrok-vintagej]

Thank you for all the replies!

I greatly appreciate it!