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tdbnbr · ‎04-26-2021

No doubt this has been asked before but I have searched the boards and cannot find an answer, so here we go....

I am going to list a large item (a vintage car seat) and the box/packaging I made up to ship it in is 64x33x15.

and at 90 lbs. I was going to offer to my potential bidders UPS Ground only. (Since FedEx is now so expensive).

The package max size to go UPS Ground and avoid Freight is 165" in length and girth combined. My box is 160" total. But when i try to make up my listing, Ebay won't allow me to use UPS as it says: "The dimensional weight of your package exceeds the weight limit for the shipping service you selected". According to UPS themselves, it fits within their specs. According to the Ebay's shipping calculator Shipping Calculator | eBay it works. But it won't take the listing. When i change it to Fed Ex it works however. But Fed Ex prices are outrageously high now.

Help! What am I missing?

richard1rst · ‎04-26-2021

I will admit I am only guessing based on what the post office says. For international mail, for example, there is BOTH a maximum united inch AND a maximum length.

Yes I know you are talking about domestic UPS but you might want to check to see if, even through are under the 165" that there isn't also a maximum length that you are over.

Also you said the note said " your package exceeds the weight limit " so maybe it isn't the size but the weight.

Just a thought.

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Anonymous · ‎04-26-2021

I suggest shipping through your UPS account, not ebay

@richard1rst OP is below the girth as accurately calculated and max length is 108" so under that as well.

tdbnbr · ‎04-26-2021

So I can come up with the billable weight (according to UPS) as 192 billable lbs.

They use a calculator of L x W x H / 165 = Billable weight. So in my case, 64x33x15 / 165 = 192 lbs.

No problem. Don't care as long as the bidder's calculator used by Ebay on a listing is correct. So far it seems to be.

Still does not explain why Ebay won't let me list my item with UPS as a shipper!

UPS does accept within their normal ground service, 'packages' that size and weight, meaning not forcing a freight shipment or LTL pricing.

And gkn29, the pricing discount through Ebay (43% off normal UPS prices) keeps me using Ebay's UPS prices and not my own UPS account.

soundhouserentals · ‎09-01-2023

I understand shipping directly through UPS, but how do you even get the listing up?

wastingtime101 · ‎09-01-2023

@soundhouserentals wrote:
I understand shipping directly through UPS, but how do you even get the listing up?

You're responding to a very old discussion @soundhouserentals so if the moderators lock it (as they often do with old threads) you'll have to start a new one.

You have several items listed so it seems you know how to create and publish a listing. What do you mean when you ask, "how do you even get the listing up?"

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soundhouserentals · ‎09-02-2023

Thanks, I found out with customer service today. Sorry for asking in the wrong area. I had a shipping exclusion unchecked that was USPS only, and it prevented me from listing an item I had a policy for heavy irregular sized item.