USPS Has long stated that single issue comic books are not to be shipped media mail.
Graphic novels which are usually hardbacks and trade paperbacks which are softcover or paperbacks Do not contain the advertisements that the USPS Deems unmailable.
they still contain comics which is why when most buyers go looking for graphic novels or trade paperbacks they look in the comic section.
Comics are listed under the collectibles category on eBay and now eBay has blocked the usage of media mail when you choose to use the collectible comics Header to sell your books.
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Apparently somehow the USPS has convinced eBay That they are responsible to make the Postal Service’s job easier
And apparently the United States Postal Service has so much work to do that they can’t get packages anywhere on time, without busting the heck out of them, or leaving them on your porch to be stolen, or cramming an obviously meant-to-be flat package in half so they can jam it in a mailbox full of 20 other letters and or small packages… but they somehow find the time to open packages and look through them to make sure that people are not sending single issue comic books.
and yet now they have gone against what they previously stated and are now blocking the usage of media mail for sending graphic novels and trade paperbacks.
And have employed eBay to react in the same manner
In their ignorant rage they have decided that they will destroy everything that is possibly marked media mail.
whether it is used correctly or incorrectly they will cut or rip the item inside whether it is an actual book that is “legal” to send by media mail or if it happens to contain artwork on paper …which sends USPS into a spiral of discontent.
Now we are expected to charge double to our buyers or more by using priority mail , their golden gleaming always hungry baby, from one side of the nation to the other side of the nation and pay well into the $15 range for what should cost a maximum of five dollars and God forbid you don’t put it in a box because any other method is simply asking them to dip it in water, step on it or get it caught between a door and then throw it at your front door and blame you for having the audacity for giving it a hard place to land.
And eBay has said …yes please
yes sir
thank you ….
wonderful Burger King of the US government
your wish is my command
thank you
you’ve put another 20% from these shipping hikes in our pockets for this wonderful idea
let’s all charge three or four times more for a simple comic book because the United States Postal Service is too busy stabbing packages instead of just handing them off to the next guy to get them where they’re supposed to go
And let’s force the sellers to sell (what is obviously known to the entire world as a collection of COMICS in a thicker form with no ads in it ) their trade paper backs in graphic novels only in the book section because if you list it in the comic section where people are able to find it you will be forced to pay double to ship it.
it’s only been a couple decades since the comics code authority was told by the comics community that they are no longer needed
and yet here we are again with a supposed authority Telling us where to go and what to do with the work of anybody who happens to draw on paper and sell it to the good people of the United States.
comic book sellers now have two choices
• Present shipping rates so high that you will not have sales in the comic section on eBay
or
• List your graphic novels and trade paper backs in the book section where they will not be found …when the buyers obviously look to buy comics in the comic section.
all of this will obviously lead to single issue comics being shipped as light as possible so that they may still be considered first class under a pound and with inadequate protection slowly and surely everything that has been kept nice and in collectible condition will be destroyed if shipped in this manner.
