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woo-bay · ‎06-05-2020

For anyone that ships first class international using the "type" = letter (not a package), I see an issue for people who switched over to ebay payments and was wondering how they resolved it.

Currently I use paypal as a way to print my first class international packages using type = Letter. The cost is $1.20 for the first 1 or 2 ounces.

The issue now is Ebay shipping doesn't have this option for letters just packages so the cost to mail something to Canada is like $10.. Paypal has this option still but once you convert to Ebay payments, the transaction will not go through paypal thus you don't have this option to ship at the "letter" cost level. USPS doesn't have this option either for some reason, you can buy $1.20 stamps but you can't print out labels for international first class letters. Maybe some can tell me how?? For those on ebay payments - how do you get buy this situation for letters going international?

Thanks

richard1rst · ‎06-05-2020

@martin2001 wrote:
@richard1rst wrote:
@guangxi_hone wrote:
@woo-bay

no tracking for letter. Ebay requires tracking for buyer protection so only trackable services are offered but you can send letter, safely, depends what, where, to whom.

Even with tracking, dishonest buyer wins.
The OP's underlying complaint is that an international letter sent through by Paypal INCLUDES tracking and proof of delivery. That is what we are about to lose.

In reference to stuff4divas above - Pirateship does not offer first class letters, only packages. But if the buyer uses PP on MP then that should solve it. IF they use PP it should show up on the PP screen. But I suspect if they use any other method then PP never sees it and the option will not be available.

There was a time I was sending out handwritten addresses with stamps but attaching a post office supplied customs form. That they were scanning so I did have some protection. But of course if the foreign post office doesn't scan it then the protection is gone.
Up to 3.5 oz and complying with the dimension requirements you can send a letter/rigid envelope without a customs form. Have been doing this for years.

That is not the issue. A letter can contain documents. If the document is a collector's item (such as a letter signed by a celebrity) then it has value. And for that you want tracking to verify it got where it was going.

What is not "required" is entirely different from what is "recommended"

"Laissez-faire capitalism (AKA The Great Material Continuum) is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships." ~ Ayn Rand

woo-bay · ‎06-08-2020

Richard what are you referencing OP's

The OP's underlying complaint is that an international letter sent through by Paypal INCLUDES tracking and proof of delivery. That is what we are about to lose.

martin2001 · ‎06-09-2020

@richard1rst wrote:
would you be so kind and posted a photo of the shipping label ? Thanks
To do that I would have to create a label and at the moment I do not have a shipment going overseas. So, sorry, at this point I can not. But it looks just like any other international mailing label.

Thanks, I understand that.