08-29-2021 01:41 PM - edited 08-29-2021 01:43 PM
USPS Media mail has gone up $.30 as of today per package up to 1 lb. Has anyone else experienced this? I looked for an eBay announcement in regards to this but found nothing!!
Is it an eBay increase or USPS increase?? Usually eBay will post an announcement before a shipping increase happens.
Thanks for any replies.
08-30-2021 11:49 AM
Top Rated Sellers get a 3% discount of the online rate for Priority Mail. They do not get any extra discount for other services including Media Mail and First Class packages. eBay shipping label prices for Media Mail are the regular published retail rates.
08-30-2021 01:01 PM
Are you really shipping all those magazines by Media Mail? If you are then you are part of the problem that caused the shipping rate of Media Mail to go up.
08-30-2021 01:17 PM
Magazines do not qualify for Media Mail.
08-30-2021 04:33 PM
We ship hard back books and historical mags and other magazines that do not have advertisements. Those classify for media mail.
08-30-2021 05:08 PM
Magazines do not qualify for MM regardless of their age or advertising status. Periodicals are excluded. And magazines are not on the list of eligible items.
08-31-2021 10:22 PM
@modeldetailer wrote:We ship ... historical mags and other magazines that do not have advertisements. Those classify for media mail.
No, they don't. (source)
09-01-2021 07:04 AM - edited 09-01-2021 07:07 AM
I use Stamps.com for all my shipping, and they notified me early of the latest impending postal rate increases, which are happening more and more frequently these days.
Anyway, congratulations on receiving the honor of paying more for USPS increasing incompetence on the job (note last winter's disastrous Keystone Cops delivery problems that have yet to completely go away), and postal workers' overly-generous benefits and retirement system costs that we also get to pay for.
The current USPS system is a snowballing monster that seemingly cannot be stopped from rolling faster and faster downhill. As with most Federal Government agencies, the costs are always more than originally intended or admitted. The best thing that could happen would be to privatize the USPS and get real competition involved, along with revamping the benefits packages including the word "NO" in them.
It's not going to get any better, so buckle up!
Cheers, Duffy
09-01-2021 08:02 AM
DeJoy needs to be arrested!
09-01-2021 10:33 AM - edited 09-01-2021 10:35 AM
@james8728 wrote:DeJoy needs to be arrested!
On what criminal charge?
Your reply is what I would expect to hear from a child, highly inappropriate, and serves no useful purpose to the OP's questions or to the purpose of this forum.
- Duffy
09-01-2021 11:47 AM
@duffy4444 wrote:
@james8728 wrote:DeJoy needs to be arrested!
On what criminal charge?
Your reply is what I would expect to hear from a child, highly inappropriate, and serves no useful purpose to the OP's questions or to the purpose of this forum.
- Duffy
Not childish or inappropriate.
FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with past political fundraising
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/louis-dejoy-fbi-investigation/2021/06/03/4e24e122-c...
09-01-2021 10:13 PM
Nor do video games.
09-01-2021 10:40 PM - edited 09-01-2021 10:43 PM
@james8728 wrote:
@duffy4444 wrote:
@james8728 wrote:DeJoy needs to be arrested!
On what criminal charge?
Your reply is what I would expect to hear from a child, highly inappropriate, and serves no useful purpose to the OP's questions or to the purpose of this forum.
- Duffy
Not childish or inappropriate.
FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with past political fundraising.
Your posts about DeJoy still have nothing to do with the questions the OP posted or the 30 cent increase in Media Mail.
If you want to post political statements, this is eBay's Selling forum, and an inappropriate place to grind a political ax or call for someone's arrest.
Cheers, Duffy
09-06-2021 09:23 AM
Absolutely agree!! Ebay should have alertedI had no idea until I noticed printing out my shipping labels for paperback books under 1lb! Had to go on internat usps to find out there was just another increase from USPS 😕 DRATS!
01-24-2023 01:56 PM
Yes, I've noticed this too and cannot find any notification regard this either. I used to pay $3.49 to mail 1-2 DVDs, but in the last 2 days I'm being charged $3.65. I know it's only $0.16, but that eats into my profit and means I have to increase my shipping charges.
01-24-2023 02:03 PM
Use calculated shipping.