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Recurring FedEx Adjustment Errors on eBay Labels: A Call for Seller Protection

Every few weeks, I get slammed with FedEx “adjustment charges” for eBay labels—claiming wildly incorrect weights like 3 lbs → 50 lbs or 12 oz → 10 lbs. These are not minor rounding errors. These are blatant billing mistakes that result in charges of ...

send photographs through ebay standard envelope program?

Can you mail a single photograph with the ebay standard envelope program? I have gotten conflicting answers to this. In the list of categories photos is not listed as something that can be sent as far as I can see. But when I list my photos ESE comes...

New USPS Postmaster General nominee is FedEx board member

Donald Trump and the USPS governing board are prepared to announce the appointment of David Steiner as the new Postmaster General, replacing Louis DeJoy, who resigned earlier this year. Let's see now -- one of the post office's major competitors is F...

flip flop of postage rates

Perhaps it is me. I ship a lot of flat rate envelopes. For instance one week it may be $8.40 for a flat rate envelope, the next it is $8.75, and the following week back to $8.40. Has this happened to anyone else? I just need to be consistent as I hav...

Another Canada Post strike looming late May, 2025

Employees went on strike for 32 days in November and December last year, but never reached a new work agreement. That strike only ended when the labour minister , ordered postal workers back to work and both sides to the bargaining table under a spec...

Sellers: are you having any issues with ebay tracking not talking to USPS on April 26?

Or maybe you are not aware? I purchased/printed a label using USPS (as I've done 1000's of times a year) and 3 on April 26, 2 are fine and 1 still only shows 'label created' but shows NOTHING regarding tracking- which it had no less than 12 'updates'...

10 pages of USPS cost adjustments ALL out of wack. totally ripped off.

I just got 10 pages of United States post office shipping adjustments. Some in my favor some against me. So many of them are ridiculously off. It's just insane. This happened on my main seller account. And what's really crazy is the weight they claim...

I only ship in USA via USPS. I just got a sale for Puerto Rico. Is PR considered domestic?

Puerto Rico is not a US state but is somewhat considered USA. I only ship USPS to domestic states. Can I ship to PR just this once??

eBay Standard Envelope Tracking Not Updating? Issues & Solution (After Feb 10, 2025)

Hi everyone, We recently noticed that most of our shipments using the eBay Standard Envelope service have had tracking issues. Either no tracking updates appear after drop-off, or the tracking stops updating entirely. We rarely had problems before, b...

Resolved! Use of Priority Mail Packing materials For Ground advantage is a Crime

I am probably going to raise a few attacks for this thread. But it is a commonly increasing crime for sellers to use USPS provided "Free" PRIORITY SERVICE packaging for any other use than Priority mail, I received 4 items recently from sellers who us...

USPS Returning Single Sports Cards for Additional Postage!?

I'm in the same boat. Just this week, I've had two orders returned for additional nonmachinable postage. Both orders were a single card in a flexible card saver (not a toploader). I repackaged it, reprinted the original label, and put it back in the ...

How many ebayers think that ebay should get usps to deliver on time

I have watched ebay items ive bought since the last four years get slower and slower since biden put this guy in charge of usps mail service get slower and slower and rates went up alot to ship things ebay should contact usps and get a solution figur...

Item stuck on "tracking number has been provided"

I just ordered a SD card reader for my Chromebook and it was marked as shipped but 2 days later it still remains as "a tracking number has been provided". Does this mean the seller hasn't shipped it yet, the seller doesn't provide tracking but somewh...

Tracking infro saying carrier prealert- not received from retailer (I need help to understand it)

First of all, I am a buyer. If I am posting here is merely because all of you surely have more knowledge about tracking than me and probably you can bring some light to this little issue. It's the first time in my life I am seeing this on a tracking ...

Resolved! What printer do you like for printing labels for your ebay business?

I have a thermal printer which is great but some printing has to be done on a regular desktop printer. I have an Epson but found out I need to change the ink pads and will need a windows computer to do it and I have an Apple. Any suggestions on how t...