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Holiday Shipping Dates

We’ve published the carriers' last days to ship for on-time holiday delivery using the services available through eBay Labels. These dates will help ensure your buyers receive their orders in time for the holidays. You can find the details at ebay.co...

my country is not on the list, so have trubble buying on ebay. Faroe islands is not a option

why cant ebay update the list of countrys to ship to. sevral thousand peple evry week are using ebay here in the faroes, but we cant get a decent shipment option from ebay

No seller protection after eBay hub?

Hi everyone, I want to share a situation that I—and many other sellers—have experienced, often without even realizing it could happen. I shipped an item using eBay International Standard Delivery. The tracking clearly shows it was delivered to eBay’s...

Shipping costs

I have a bunch of Halloween costumes. I talked to several people who were shipping their costumes via Media mail. How are they able to do that? How are others shipping their costumes?

FEDEX Overcharged us on multiple shippments.

How do I solve this? Fedex updated the shipping cost after it was shipped, and charged us through eBay. All boxes were legit in terms of size and weight. Their claims were all false. They cheated us on weight and size. What now?

How to make sure you take advantage of Ebay Discount Shipping?

I am sending a printer(large package) to someone across the US from CA to GA. I invoiced my buyer with Fedex Ground as this was by far the least expensive. This is unusual because Ebay automatically does it for me usually. Now to get the ebay discoun...

double taxation

I buy something eBay and pay taxes when I order then the delivery company wants me to pay taxes a second time. That is illegal and violates the tax treaty which blocks double taxation. The payment show taxes but a second hand item does not attract du...

Resolved! Sold an item. The calculated shipping cost shown on the item differs by nearly 40%

Hey all,I saw a few similar posts when trying to find an answer to my question, but they all seemed to differ slightly. I listed an item (286476721273) that sold today. The buyer paid $18.40 for UPS Ground service. And if I go to the original listing...

Shipping Stamps

I sell stamp and ship up to 5 stamps for $1.00 using Ebay envelopes for shipping, Ebay limits up to $20, but sometimes the total cost is more than that, How can i add a second shipping such as USPS ground advantage to my listings so Buyer pays correc...

Issues with shipping poster tubes!!

Is anyone else experience issues with shipping poster tubes through USPS lately? I've been shipping art prints through them for many years. My tubes are not very large, generally 13 inches long with a 3 inch diameter. I always shipped them using Firs...

USPS is either slow in delivering or sometimes routing the package to wrong direction

I am experiencing often for last couple months that the packages sent through USPS are either routed to wrong direction or its being very slow in transit without any explanation. Just mentioned in tracking information "In transit to next facility, ar...

Surcharge for Poly and bubble mailers using UPS and Fedex ground economy?

We made the mistake in the past using an ebay poly mailer for fedex ground and got hit with a surcharge later for doing so. Fedex and UPS ground economy is now beating USPS ground advantage on several things. Have you shipped these methods recently w...

Item never arrived and there's no longer a record of it, so I'm desperate to reach an agent.

The item I purchased 23 days ago hasn't arrived, and when I go to my account, there's no record of it. When I try to reach an agent, I'm completely blocked by inappropriate choices that are supposed to lead me there. Can someone help me with a trick ...

Ebay shipping area should have more than 3 options

I called and spoke to a woman rep. The top portion says select up to 3 for the shipping, regardless carriers. Ebay should now put in select up to 8 . meaning priority, media mail, grounds , then if resellers want ups and fed ex. So, I am going to hav...

eBay Standard Envelopes not showing "Delivered"

I just started offering eBay standard envelope as a shipping option especially for cheaper pokemon/trading cards. A good amount of the envelopes I send out never get marked as "Delivered" so i've had a few customers file item not received claims. I'm...

What is going on with shipping in the USA?

This is not a rant on ebay, or even any vender. But, what is going on with shipping this last week?1. Ebay item from UK. THing made it across the pond no problem. It arrived in california, swapped over to UPS and, then said "significant weather event...