Sellers need to blame themselves for issues encountered from USPS shipping delays!

[powell-memorabilia]

My heart goes out to sellers significantly impacted by USPS shipping delays.  I’ve had my share of worry about lack of scans at the post office, items stuck in limbo, potential INR’s, etc..  However, It is time for sellers to stop whining about the USPS and delivery delays.  We’ve all had the opportunity and vent, but now is the time to act like functioning adults, take responsibility for our mistakes, and move on. 

Let’s not pretend that sellers shipping mid-November and onwards didn’t understand that there might be issues with shipping delays.  Come on – the first COVID lockdowns weren’t that long ago, and we all knew that B&M retail was taking a huge hit this year, and that the USPS/FedEx/UPS would be slammed.  Me, I got a bit greedy – shipped media mail when I should have upgraded to priority, used the prepaid drop box instead of waiting in line for an actual scan, and waited a few days longer than I should have to put my store on vacation mode.  Those mistakes are on me, not on my buyers, not on eBay, not on the USPS (no, I don’t want to join your sure-to-never-launch class action suit).

The same sellers that are adamant that they “own” their selling, and outraged that eBay would dictate MP, are now crying that eBay is siding with buyers on items that have been “lost” for several weeks and didn’t make it in time for Christmas? If you own it, own it.  If not, take whatever comes your way, and stop complaining.  Life happens - deal with it.

eBay is the facilitator – but we own our performance.  We choose the carrier, we decide when to sell, we control pricing.  If you can’t deal with it, absolutely, shut it down until the situation is accommodating to your selling constraints.  Come on – let’s grow up, learn from our mistakes, and come back better than before.   

[kasual_kasper]

As A buyer, you are the type of seller myself and most buyers look for and appreciate. We are patient as long as their is communication and the seller is proactively trying to get our package shook loose in the USPS system.

[*smedley*]

if you're going to keep responding to a month-old topic, you could at least quote the relevant part of post you're replying to...

[pnw_super_deals]

Stand in line instead of dropbox. REALLY!?!?!? I ship 10 to 50 each time and line is out the door and 70 long for distancing.  You are incorrect to say it is a mistake. These are not mistakes, they are choices. Upgrade from media mail to priority mail. OH OK let me cover that additional cost. May as well stop selling and just go get a job pumping gas. Please be realistic. eBay has a term called seller protection.....most of the time it doesn't work because someone somewhere thinks the buyer is more valuable. We are equal....no seller offering item...no buyer coming to buy. A little help in these times is all most of us ask for....but rarely get.

[ateliermcmillan]

This assumes that the buyer(s) were so enfeebled, irresponsible, and gormless not to anticipate delays themselves. 

Legally, no de facto tort liability is created by sufficient packaging and orchestrating the necessary shipping.  

Speaking of responsible behaviour, it is my expectation that the buyer is an adult, wasn’t born yesterday, and is fully aware of the fact that it isn’t my exclusive duty to ensure that the universe is calibrated for their amusement. 

This insistence on keeping the buyer continuously satisfied over and above the normal conditions of a transaction is completely insane, and ultimately self-defeating, as is plainly evident. 

[no_zero369]

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@ateliermcmillan wrote:

This assumes that the buyer(s) were so enfeebled, irresponsible, and gormless not to anticipate delays themselves. 

Legally, no de facto tort liability is created by sufficient packaging and orchestrating the necessary shipping.  

Speaking of responsible behaviour, it is my expectation that the buyer is an adult, wasn’t born yesterday, and is fully aware of the fact that it isn’t my exclusive duty to ensure that the universe is calibrated for their amusement. 

This insistence on keeping the buyer continuously satisfied over and above the normal conditions of a transaction is completely insane, and ultimately self-defeating, as is plainly evident. 

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Eloquently stated, but it ignores  the fact that creating a certain "buying experience" is de rigueur these days and Big Business is falling all over them self to provide it, because {drum roll please}  that is what those with disposable income want. But hey, every seller is welcome to default to the Henry Ford Style - you can have any color Model T as long as you like black - and perhaps there are still enough "habituated buyers" around to sell to?  Then again the Model T crowd is slipping into fix income status and changing spending habits as they slide  into Social Security.   No, that "group" no longer has the buying power that drives markets and the new crowd wants to be catered too.

So hey, everyone is free to adapt to change or plod along like a dinosaur.

[abtactical]

Yeah this OP has no clue what he is talking about.  

[no_zero369]

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@abtactical wrote:

Yeah this OP has no clue what he is talking about.  

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OK, I'll bite, why do you say that? 🤔

[sellwithtrust]

When buyer read the shipping details and check out to order, both seller and buyer are having mutual agreement that they agree the way of logistic of the order, and share the same responsibility. So thats why I can't agree "It is time for sellers to stop whining about the USPS and delivery delays." 

I can't blame usps because i dont know how to blame them. I know some bad usps never scan, but also many usps are good and very responsible. Amazon sees this problem to create their own logistic. All we need is a good system, usps need to reform. usps is government owned and may be bureaucratic, they also need new technology to help the logistic too