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fun.in.the.sun · ‎10-18-2020

When printing out my labels, one of my buyers paid for a first class USPS label like 99.9% of them. I went to print it and ONLY Fed Ex and UPS is showing as an option. I clicked on USPS and custom size as I always do and it will NOT show first class as an option which would be 3.43 ish. I only have the option to print a $8.34 Fed Ex label. I am not going to pay extra to have an item not show up for a week with slow Fed Ex! Please help. I tried every conceivable option and it refuses to give me the USPS option. Thank you!

buyselljack2016 · ‎10-18-2020

@fun.in.the.sun

Did you click on "compare all services" ?

nobody*s_perfect · ‎10-18-2020

If you can't figure out how to purchase the label that you want through eBay, you can do it through PayPal at

www.PayPal.com/shipnow

fun.in.the.sun · ‎12-02-2021

Wow I never received this reply. Thank you for the help.... Yes I did compare all services. TBH I forgot about this post but I must have figured it out. I have a vague memory, but I think it had to do with the length of the item as USPS won't deliver anything over a certain length (I think 34 inches?). I remember making the package shorter and it worked. I think it was odd that it didn't notify me that "usps cannot be used for this size package" or something like that.

fun.in.the.sun · ‎12-02-2021

Thank you for the advice... I have not used Paypal for a year. That would have been a good work around but I think my package was too long.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎12-02-2021

@fun.in.the.sun

The size limit for online First Class package labels is 22 x 18 x 15, whereas the limit for Retail is a length-plus-girth of 108 inches (see 8.3.2.d):

https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/201.htm#ep1097318

This is one of the rare situations where it might be worthwhile to go to the PO and pay retail (vs upgrading to Priority).