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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...

Empty box

I was delivered an $350 order from the USA to the Czech Republic. After checking with the delivery man, it was empty box and I took a few pictures. The delivery man took it back and returned it. I subsequently found out that it was a mistake that I d...

Shipping multiple boxes of one listing

Hey eBay community. This is Toledo Antique and I have a question about shipping multiple boxes of 1 listing. To be more specific I have a listing of a 54 books collection. It is those Law collections of heavy hard books that need to be sold all toget...

Ebay International Shipping Hub Apparently Closed?!

Waiting on a package from America, tracking for the USPS side to the international shipping hub in Illinois shows that they couldn't deliver it because the "business was closed" apparently. I find that highly unlikely. Edit: Huh, so today is a federa...

Late International Package Shipping

Hello! im from Indonesia and i purchased my order on Ebay for VR Meta Quest 2 on Feb 2nd & it says that it’s shipped on Feb 4th. but ever since there has been no updates and its Feb 18 already i tracked my item but it says that it’s gonna arrive late...

Item sold returned undeliverable

I recently sold an item that was returned as undeliverable by USPS due to expired mail forwarding. The shipping was flat rate shipping and the label was purchased through eBay. The seller has not contacted me yet and I wanted to know what the best op...

International shipping

I am not sure how to answer an individual who bought a stamp from me and asked "Is a lower postage rate possible for these stamps? It wouldn't put such a strain on my pocket money. It's not so easy if you want to have a complete small collection and ...

How does One print sendle labels?

Hi all, I am fairly new to ebay, and was thinking about changing my shipping from AusPost to Sendle. How do Individuals print the labels from Sendle? Is it just a simple matter of printing the label and glueing that onto the Parcel/packaging or do yo...

Resolved! Does anyone have a better shipping option than USPS Ground Advantage???

I can’t tell because I’ve really only used a few but I ship with USPS ground advantage but want to know your guys preference. I think it is cheap and pretty fast when it comes to shipping time and handling.

Why does the shipping site for new sellers not let the weight/cost be adjusted when we buy a label?

Just sold our second book. Weight came in at the next lower pound but eBay still charged us like the earlier weight. The system is screwed up.

USPS Overcharge Error

Hi. My eBay account was charged by USPS error claiming a single pair of underwear weighed almost 2 pounds. The charge doesn’t even match what the cost of postage would be if it weighed that. I’m assuming this is an AI error. Is the hassle of contacti...

Ebay Standard Envelope is a Joke

Speaking as both a seller and a buyer it amazes me the still constant problems with Ebay standard envelope tracking. Though I stopped selling on ebay and moved elsewhere about a year ago, I still occasionally buy items on ebay in the sportscard marke...

What are my options with a "damaged" item return

The buyer reached out and said that the item arrived damaged. From the photos they sent, the box appeared to have been slightly crushed during shipping and appears to have been retaped by the carrier. So, the box was definitely damaged. I have shippe...

WHY DO ANYONE USE STILL USPS ON LARGE PACKAGES???

I does use USPS for little packages Ain't got no other choice. I quit using them years ago when they added $4 extra on anything > 22" I buy stuff on here, last 2 large packages took > 15 days one now shipped 1-6 and now 500 miles wrong direction and ...

Buyer purchased 2 heavy items which will need to ship seperately but ebay appears to combine them

Buyer purchased 2 heavy items and they need to be shipped separately. ebay appears to have combined them into 1 and only allows for me to print 1 shipping label. How can I send this shipment in 2 boxes each with its own shipping label? Can I create/p...

Signature / Insure when Shipping to Authenticator?

I just sold a watch and am about to ship it to the authenticator. Should I add on signature confirmation and insure it and will that apply when it gets shipped to the buyer or just to the authenticator?