Are USPS Flat Rate A and Flat Rate B boxes No Longer Shipping Methods On Ebay?

[lcristel11]

Within the label printing area if you clicked the "carrier packaging" bubble it would show other USPS shipping methods. I no longer see "Flat Rate A" or "Flat Rate B" boxes. I tried looking at  the latest announcements but I don't see any mention of this. I have so many flat rate A and B boxes. 😬😬

[ebooksdiva · Accepted solution]

If you’re referring to regional rate boxes, they were discontinued by USPS on Sunday January 22, 2023. 

[monica-sells]

It was announced in multiple places

January 22, USPS discontinued Regional A & B pricing

You can still use your boxes, but you need to use cubic pricing

[lcristel11]

Wow, that's quite unfortunate. Shipping just got a whole bunch more expensive. There must have been a 20% savings shipping flat rate A/B in many different circumstances.

[monica-sells]

Here's the announcement...It is easy to miss

2023 Shipping Carrier Rate Changes (ebay.com)

Also, check out Priority Mail Cubic Rates....for some comparable shipments, they are actually cheaper

(I used Reg Box A a LOT!)

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@monica-sells wrote: ... You can still use your boxes, but you need to use cubic pricing

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Or regular Priority Mail rates based on weight and Zone, available through eBay shipping labels.

[s10warehouse]

Well this sucks , I looked and could not find anything. Was hoping it was an eBay glitch, and that flat rate A and B would still be available.  I have a lot of items pre-boxed and listed as flat rate a shipping! So they’re saying we can still use the boxes it just won’t be flat rate?

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@s10warehouse wrote:

Well this sucks , I looked and could not find anything. ... we can still use the boxes it just won’t be flat rate?

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USPS discontinued Regional rates on Sunday, January 22.   

The official USPS memo about discontinuing Regional rates says that we can now use those boxes at regular Priority Mail rates (based on weight and Zone). It also recommends using their "Priority Cubic" rates instead of the Regional boxes.  A recent poster pointed out that those rates can be even lower than the Regional rates for a comparable size box.  Unfortunately, eBay shipping labels don't offer Cubic pricing, but you can get it through Pirateship.

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Regional-Rate-Boxes

The eBay announcement on January 9, discussing various upcoming USPS rate changes, mentioned it briefly.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/2023-Shipping-Carrier-Rate-Changes/ba-p/33473166

[pls-consignments]

I'm still ordering the Regional Rate A boxes. Not only are they a good size for me, but you can still use them for standard Priority Mail shipments according to the post office 😉