Shipping!

[tmbz]

I'm watching 3 auctions. They're charging $9.20 for shipping, and they're only sending it out first class! Not even priority!

[wastingtime101]

If the package:

• Weighs more than 13 ounces and
• the seller chose to use calculated shipping instead of flat rate and
• the seller is charging retail rates

Then:

• eBay will show you the Priority Mail price because retail rates only go up to 13 ounces. 

So either:

• The seller is unaware that's happening or
• The seller built in a handling fee for packing materials, etc or
• The seller is shipping Priority even though it shows First Class

It's impossible to say without seeing the listing.

Bottom line: Factor in the shipping cost when determining your highest bid. The shipping cost on its own is irrelevant. Shop total price (item + shipping + tax) and place a bid you're comfortable with. If you can't get your brain past the cost of shipping then move on to another seller. There are millions of sellers on this platform.

[santamonicajeweler]

Anything overweight, over 14 ounces, can't be First Class

It's most likely insured 

[wastingtime101]

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@santamonicajeweler wrote:

Anything overweight, over 14 ounces, can't be First Class

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Anything up to 15.99 ounces can ship First Class if the label is purchased online through eBay or another 3rd party postage vendor.

Anything over 13 ounces can't go First Class if the label is purchased at the post office.

[santamonicajeweler]

Says you ... You still haven't responded to OP

[wastingtime101]

That doesn't even make sense.

If you want to check my facts on 13-15.99 ounces go right ahead: USPS DMM 

[albertabrightalberta]

@tmbz - If you don't like the shipping cost, hit the "back" button and find a different seller. 

@santamonicajeweler - Make sure you post accurate information. First class labels through ebay can be up to 15.9 oz.

[a_c_green]

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@tmbz wrote:

I'm watching 3 auctions. They're charging $9.20 for shipping, and they're only sending it out first class! Not even priority!

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As noted in previous replies, if the item's weight was listed between 13 and 15.999 ounces, the seller can still ship it via First Class Package if purchased on-line (e.g. through eBay or another Shipping provider other than USPS.com), but the buyer may see a Priority Mail rate if the seller is showing retail postage prices, since the USPS does not offer retail (over the counter) First Class Package shipping above 13.0 ounces. (They don't offer First Class Package shipping on their own website at all.)

Aside from that, if you don't want to pay $9.20 for shipping, hit your Back button. Without seeing the item(s) in question, it's hard to say whether to call that unreasonable for shipping the item, whatever it is.

[kensgiftshop]

@tmbz 

The seller can choose how much they want to charge for shipping and what service they want to use.

If you don't like the shipping option, find another seller.

[santamonicajeweler]

Shipping costs are base of your decision making process to buy something 

[mtgraves7984]

Shop by total price. If the seller is charging $9.20 and only realizes $8.05 after FVFs... a 15.9 oz. package will cost around $6.11 (cross-country). That's only $1.94 for packaging and handling. Not that shabby, in my opinion.

[monster-deals]

and?

You either are willing to pay it or you are not.

[santamonicajeweler]

And ... something for people to read 😉 

faq.usps.com/s/article/eBay#provide_mailing_options

[wastingtime101]

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@santamonicajeweler wrote:

And ... something for people to read 😉 

faq.usps.com/s/article/eBay#provide_mailing_options

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I don't see anything on that page that's specifically relevant to this discussion. Which part of it did you want people to read?

I do see a lot of outdated info on that page (by years), despite it being updated on Dec 8.

[nobody*s_perfect]

That's a very weird page, with a lot of obsolete or misinformation.  It refers to eBay selling a couple of types of retail postage.

It also refers to the USPS/eBay co-branded boxes which haven't been produced in  a couple of years, and furthermore it refers to there being three types when that was only at the beginning and for most of the time that they were offered, there were six boxes.