01-21-2018 06:41 AM - edited 01-21-2018 06:41 AM
so my question is why did ebay seller USPS shipping discount drop to only 5%? the increase on the USPS padded flat rate and the flat rate envelope went up 60 cents!!!! these kinds of increases are freaking insane! flat rate medium box went up 40 cents. why is our discount only 5% now, it used to be more, this is more the problem than the USPS increase. what is going on ebay?!?!? your negotiating skills suck!
01-21-2018 07:02 AM
The "eBay discount" is nothing more than the difference betwen USPS's regular published rates for retail vs online postage. There is nothing negotiated or special about eBay's rates. Here's a link to the official USPS rates publication, Notice 123.
01-21-2018 07:07 AM
We actually don't know how good they are at negotiating. They might be great but just choose to not pass the savings on to us.
01-21-2018 07:37 AM
Good point. We just know they aren't good at negotiating on our behalf.
01-21-2018 08:13 AM - edited 01-21-2018 08:14 AM
That was my thought too - eBay is for their bottom line 🙂 - or I should say that most online platforms are for their bottom line 🙂
01-21-2018 09:43 AM - edited 01-21-2018 09:44 AM
ebay has essentially increased their bottom line again by giving us less of a shipping discount!!! just like the 20% back for TRS sellers that was cut in half to 10% last summer. they have no competition, they can do what ever they want to us1
01-21-2018 09:50 AM
@classictoyspaper wrote:ebay has essentially increased their bottom line again by giving us less of a shipping discount!!! just like the 20% back for TRS sellers that was cut in half to 10% last summer. they have no competition, they can do what ever they want to us1
eBay doesn’t give a shipping discount though. They aren’t giving you less of a discount. USPS rates went up. Therefore we all pay more.
01-21-2018 09:51 AM
USPS increased their first rate prices by .30.... And still get the same **bleep**ty service 😞
01-21-2018 10:32 AM
01-21-2018 10:37 AM
eBay uses the USPS published rates, so it's a bit tricky to say that 'they" (eBay) decreased the percentage discount.
01-21-2018 10:43 AM
01-21-2018 11:16 AM
@wtc7freefall wrote:
discounted rates are NOT published rates. these are special rates negoatiated by ebay and given to the sellers who are top rated.....
LOL, please let me know if these published USPS Commercial Plus rates shown below are different from what TRS are paying for domestic Priority Mail.
Here's a link to the official USPS rates publication, Notice 123.
http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/notice123.pdf
01-21-2018 11:19 AM
It is in Ebay's best interest for the cost of shipping to go up since they take a cut of your shipping cost too.
01-21-2018 11:29 AM
@wtc7freefall wrote:
discounted rates are NOT published rates. these are special rates negoatiated by ebay and given to the sellers who are top rated.
I think you are giving eBay too much credit ... despite what eBay wrote in their recent announcment, eBay doesn't "negotiate" anything. They simply qualify for USPS Commercial Plus rates based on the volume that they sell. The Commercial Plus rates are published on the USPS site, and are available to any volume seller ... in other words, you can sign up with any number of on-line postage sellers and you will get these same rates.
(I'm surprised PayPal doesn't offer these rates, yet).
01-21-2018 11:36 AM