Option for untracked shipping

[natureboy_1341]

I have just started listing items (coins) on e-bay.  When it comes to the shipping section, I have chosen

"USPS First Class Package 2 to 3 business days" ( the cheapest offered )and specified a fixed amount to charge for shipping.  This has worked out fine when I want to use tracked shipping.  But I had an item of lower value that I wanted to mail for the cost of a stamp or two, without tracking.  For this I specified 0.75 for shipping, figuring that amount was in the right ballpark for what I was trying to do.  But e-bay ended up using and charging me for tracked shipping anyway ($2.66) and I ended up eating the difference between that amount and what the buyer paid.  How could I have overridden e-bay's automatic shipping terms?  I did not see any way of telling them that I wanted to used untracked shipping  at any point along the way from listing the item to someone buying it.

[missjen831]

Ebay didn't automatically do anything.

You can't buy untracked postage from ebay. You chose to purchase a first class pakage label from ebay, you didn't have to buy postage here. You charged the buyer for a first class letter & that type of postage cannot be purchased here. You could have just written out the address on the envelope & put stamps on it.

[kensgiftshop]

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@natureboy_1341

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If you bought a shipping label on Ebay, it is with tracking.

If you don't want tracking, and want to use a regular stamp, just put a stamp on the envelope, don't buy a shipping label.

[muttlymob]

To add further potential bad news, if you put the label for a First Class Parcel onto an envelope that you had intended to mail as a letter, you may find a charge on your account for additional postage at some point.

There are physical standards for the First Class Letter, First Class Flat (Large Envelope) and First Class Parcel classifications.  If your mailpiece doesn't meet the standards of a parcel but you put a parcel label on it, it might get caught in the system and upcharged to Priority - the next class of mail that the mailpiece qualifies for.