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EBAY engages in fraudulent shipping insurance sales

I had 2 shipments of silver coins I sent from Arizona to a buyer on EBAY stolen from the USPS mail in Cold Spring, MN at the buyer's location. Exhaustive investigations by the USPS and Cold Spring Police came up empty on the theft of these coins valu...

Has USPS ever recycled a tracking number too early and screwed up your transaction?

Obviously this happened to me, but I didn't realize until after I shipped. It was too late to void the label and buy a new one. The buyer wanted to know why their package was being RTS. I looked and, sure enough, lots of tracking scans showing that t...

What is up with the delivery confirmation for sports cards?

I have recently used the cheaper service for shipping cards under $20 only to be burned by the buyer for not receiving the card due to the lack of scanning the letter! I have actually received three cards myself that showed no scans that it was deliv...

Invoicing for additional postage cost to an international destination

I need to invoice an international buyer for additional shipping to their location. How can I invoice? The option to invoice is not showing because the buyer was automatically charged shipping for domestic?

ESE tracking | Sellers Beware

The lack of tracking for the (relatively) new ebay standard envelope (ESE) looks to be creating chronic problems for sellers. And ebay doesn't appear to be acknowledging the problem let alone doing anything about it. Certain posters have indicated eb...

Ebay Standard Envelope Tracking not working

The majority of the cards I've sold with ESE have never had their tracking updated. I asked my local post office, I'm lucky they are helpful and very nice, but they know nothing of how the tracking system works with the numbers ebay is generating. I'...

VAT and DHL

Hi, just bought some diecast from Japan, paid VAT as it was automatically added to total invoice. Package was sent via DHL Express. Now DHL Express e-mail me, that my package need to go throught custom declaration and pay VAT? Ebay declare no additio...

No respond from seller

I have been asking for assistance many times but no response. I purchased in 4/15/20 order #09-04849-26142 and 8/2/20 order #09-05501-16509 total $168 which I did not receive from the seller.. please respond… I tried to contact the seller many times,...

Shipping with Sendle

Has any of you ebay sellers out there tried Sendle yet for your shipping your packages . Pros? Cons?

Question about media mail: need to list some CD's

Hi, I'm new to selling on EBay and have a question about listing some CD's and DVD's. Since EBay no longer offers media mail shipping labels, would I receive a black mark from EBay if I do the following: List the price of my CD as a large enough amou...

Gotta be a Glitch - It's auto selecting a different shipping service when buyer selects First Class

Anyone else seeing this? When I go to print the label, First Class is often at the bottom, and it's auto selecting Priority Mail, Fedex and others, when the buyer has selected First Class. It's happening on all of my orders for the past two days. I r...

Resolved! wrong FedEx Billing

Estimated Shipping Cost: $20.53Tracking #: 390884064940Orig Wt: 23.0; Orig Dims: 28.0x15.0x8.0 in;Base rate: $23.85; Resi: $3.00; Fuel: $1.34; Disc: -$7.66; Actual Shipping Cost: $34.44Tracking #: 390884064940Bill Wt: 23.0; Bill Dims: 28.0x15.0x8.0 i...

Can't create shipping label for 1 hour now. anyone else having issues?

Can't create shipping label for 1 hour now. anybody else having issues?

local pick up questions?

so i get a message every once and awhile asking for local pickup . so i have done it time to time but i noticed today that i have a 97% tacking rating. i had sold 6 lots to a local person. i had local pickup on the listing and sent invoice for local ...

Shipping calculator error

I recently undercharged a buyer about $25 for shipping based on the figure provided by eBay's shipping calculator. My listing included the exact weight and dimensions of the package I sent. The buyer chose the FedEx option offered and paid the $25 eB...