What "carrier" is this??

[gurlcat]

Never seen this before, and it's not among the options in my drop-down of tiers/carriers on my listing pages.  Incidentally the seller sure has a lot of bitter neg/neut comments about shipping, and that's despite them being a TRS somehow.   

[inhawaii]

I've never seen that before either.

Would you be able share the listing/item number?

[gurlcat]

Sure.  Also note the "almost free" cost of 54 cents, for an item that would cost at least 4 dollars via USPS Ground Advantage.  Item # 166073010198

[gurlcat]

Hey I also just realized something I hadn't wondered about yet -are you able to use GA to ship to the continent from Hawaii?  Just curious if the term "Ground" is literal and exclusive to intracontinental transit. 

[simply-the-best-for-you]

Isn't this just the Ebay Envelope?  I don't use it, so I'm not positive, but I thought it was called the Ebay Express Envelope or something like that & yeah it should be just a few cents.   The carrier would still be USPS, since it's literally an envelope. 

I think it gives the tracking or something.  My items wouldn't work with it, so I've never investigated it.  It's meant for sellers who sell items that can go in a regular envelope, think stickers, stamps, etc. 

[lacemaker3]

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@gurlcat wrote:

Hey I also just realized something I hadn't wondered about yet -are you able to use GA to ship to the continent from Hawaii?  Just curious if the term "Ground" is literal and exclusive to intracontinental transit. 

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Hi @gurlcat,

According to this page about GA, Ground Advantage, from USPS, packages to Hawaii etc. are sent by air, so the "Ground" part is not to be taken literally.

Footnote 2: https://faq.usps.com/s/article/USPS-Ground-Advantage

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2  Items weighing 15.99 oz or less travel by air to Alaska, Hawaii, and offshore destinations. Items weighing over 15.99 oz travel by ship to Alaska, Hawaii, and offshore destinations.

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[stainlessenginecovers]

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@gurlcat wrote:

Hey I also just realized something I hadn't wondered about yet -are you able to use GA to ship to the continent from Hawaii?  Just curious if the term "Ground" is literal and exclusive to intracontinental transit. 

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Ground doesn't mean Ground. Many packages still get on a plane; CA to NY, FL gets there in 2-3 days (same as the old 1st Class).

Alaska has no way to get to almost any city by land to the Continental US; boat/plane only.

[fern*wood]

That's why I think "Ground" advantage is a stupid name.

[ebooksdiva]

Just a guess but…That shipping service wouldn’t happen to be for trading cards would it? 

[gurlcat]

Actually the item I was looking at is a UV flashlight.    

[ebooksdiva]

Shipping for 54 cents? …ok then..lol 

Wonders what one has to do to get cheap shipping service like that?🤔 Lol 

[gurlcat]

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@ebooksdiva wrote:

Shipping for 54 cents? …ok then..lol 

Wonders what one has to do to get cheap shipping service like that?🤔 Lol 

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Exxxxxactly.  But  whatever they actually use, it sure ticks off a lot of buyers.  Yet somehow the seller is still Top Rated Seller.  

[gurlcat]

Hey that other post I made about the drop-shipper that you replied to -look, it has DISAPPEARED!  And I don't have any message from the mods saying it was taken down for 'x' reason or anything. I wish you had been able to read/see the rest of the story -I had accidentally hit 'Post' before I was done telling it, so I wrote the rest as the first reply.  But now the WHOLE THING IS GONE!  

[proudmarineandwife]

I checked the feedback and It says this seller is in China

[gurlcat]

Hey never mind about the vanished post.  It was removed by a mod (didn't get a mailbox notificatoin for some reason).  But I'm glad they did it actually, because it just needed a little tweak and now I have the full story posted in one piece.