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FedEx and UPS Shipping Updates

UPS is updating its Domestic Large Package Surcharges (LPS) and Domestic Additional Handling Charges (AHC) fees starting August 17.Domestic Large Package Surcharges LPS will no longer be applied to Domestic Packages based on length plus girth Domesti...

International shipping item held up and ebay not giving extra time to resolve

I sold an item with a value of about $200 to a buyer in Greece back in February. (I am in the US) I used this new eBay International Shipping when prompted. So the item got stuck in Germany for a couple weeks, the buyer believes because of the pandem...

Covering Return Shipping Question

Hello all, I sold an item earlier this month with buyer paying shipping and option of 30-day returns, buyer paying shipping. Earlier this week the buyer filed a return for missing parts or pieces claiming the item was missing parts and would like me ...

Resolved! Seller protection is a joke

I am a top rated seller with over 1100 positive feedback. I always always try to do the right thing and always work with my buyers when issues arise. Recently I sold a new in box sealed gaming tablet for $300. It went to Canada using the Global shipp...

User avatar by Pathfinder
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New "Buyer Selected" glitch on shipping label tool

When I expect the packed weight of an item to be less than 16 oz, I usually list it with "Standard Shipping" as the only option, and expect to ship it with USPS First Class. In the past, these listings have always defaulted to First Class in the ship...

User avatar by Scout
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Shipping Tool Auto-Selects Priority Mail For Items With Standard Shipping

I sold a small item overnight that was set to ship as a First Class Package, but when I went to print the label this morning, the shipping tool had Priority Mail selected, with the "Buyer Selected" tag next to it. I thought it was a fluke, so I check...

how does eBay determine delivery

Hi, eBay needs proof of delivery in both ordinary transactions and resolving disputations. However, when we looked up at tracking info, we can only see the zip code of where the package is delivered and an initial of the signature. As I've experience...

User avatar by Adventurer
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Asian sellers have item location in California, but are actually in China, Thailand or etc.

I've been looking for incubators on Ebay and I've noticed that a lot of listings says the item location is in California, but the actual location of the seller is in Asia. A couple of them that I've contacted responded and it showed that their locati...

User avatar by Adventurer
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Feedback after 60 days

Hello, I've bought an item from a Chinese based seller. The delivery period the seller gave was aprox. 60 days.Looking at the tracking information after ~15 days there was no more tracking information.After around 30 days, I contacted the seller who ...

User avatar by Adventurer
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Seller asked to upload a return shipping label

Thought eBay would have answered this question when I emailed them earlier today. But I thought I would ask anyone’s opinion here. What would cause the need for a seller to upload a return label for a return that has been automatically approved? We n...

Returning an item but the Seller hasn't approved

I am return an item because it wasn't as described. eBay approved of the return and gave me until the 30th to return it, however, the seller hasn't approved of the return yet. Should I ship the item back?

User avatar by Rising Star
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My return address is wrong on labels

When I generate a label, ebay puts my old address on the return address even though it’s updated in both ebay and PayPal. I can’t find any way to fix it.

User avatar by Explorer
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Returning an item with a different shipping label

I bought an item and ended up having to return to the seller. The issue is when i received the item, i traveled to another country and was unable to return the item through the USPS mail. I had to use DHL becasue the country does not have USPS. Howev...

Getting error messages upon attempting to send a refund to a buyer

I received a return from a buyer yesterday but have been unable to send them a refund because of an error as seen in the attached picture. Literally every single time I attempted to send a refund since the moment I received the return, I get that err...

User avatar by Adventurer
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Fedex International

Is eBay ever going to integrate Fedex international rates into listings so that customers can check rates on their end?We sell a lot of items that are too large for USPS international and we also have a lot of international customers. Currently our l...