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Item showing as delivered "Arrived at the Global Shipping Center - Delivered ERLANGER, KY"

I ordered an item on November 12th, 2018, and it was shipped the same day. The USPS tracking shows it as " Arrived at the Global Shipping Center - Delivered ERLANGER, KY 41025" and ebay is considering the item as delivered on November 15th 2018. Howe...

Shipping calculator is calculated theft.

I suppose if you stick around long enough on eBay, you'll learn a valuable (or expensive) lesson once in a while. Case in point, was this empty box I sold. I used the shipping calculator and had the proper weight and dimensions, but for a small diffe...

Resolved! Shipping books

I am a new seller and I am trying to ship a large set of 36 decoartive law books. The total weight is around 200 lb. What is the cheapest way to ship them? I am thinking of using media mail w/ usps and shipping the books in like 7 to 10 boxes, but ca...

Seeking Advice : Seller did not combine postage at final invoice after clarifying will do so pre-bid

Hi all, Couldn't find any close or similar posting in forum, thus writing in to seek advice on course of action. Will much appreciate any past experience or advice. Item bid & DescriptionItem : 4 lots of postage stampsWeight : <100gSize : Largest was...

Protecting yourself from fraudulent buyers

When you sell something and the buyer claims it is flawed, how do you protect yourself as a seller from false claims from buyers? For example, buyer claims china is flawed and uses pictures of their own pieces and claims they are what you sent them.....

BUYER made a FALSE claime

Buyer lies about item received. He says he opened big package and there was something I didn´t sned. BUT,actually, I have sent that items he bought (very expensive) and he sent picture of my pcakge received with another thing (that I have not seen in...

Resolved! Negative feedback received for slow USPS shipping.

I ship items in 1 business day and upload tracking. I had a customer purchase a pair of pants last Friday (11/17/17) evening. I shipped them the following Monday afternoon. He received the pants on this Friday (11/24/24). Today I noticed that the buy...

Making Diy Mailer boxes out of cardboard will media mail accept this?

So last night i saw video on making cardboard box out of used cardboard. . this guy was making for a Video game. I thought could this be aptive for music cds.? below this point is one i made. just a prototype Prototype image 3 just like to know if ca...

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Resolved! Does eBay Ever Rule in Favor of the Seller?

I have a situation with a buyer and was wondering if I could some advice on how to handle it. I sold a complete video game to a buyer. The buyer is claiming that the envelope was damaged at the USPS facility and that somebody broke into the envelope ...

How to ship a large item without paying 70.00 shipping up front?

Are they any options for this at all? I would like to list this, but don't have 70 bucks to ship it. Can't they ship it out of the funds the buyer pays? Paypal said no. Someone else told me they used to do it this way. Thank you

Resolved! sellers are no longer protected from shipping damage and part swapping fraud

buyer claimed shipping damage on $525 radio plus ship. Buyer refused to allow ups to pick up item for ship damage inspection. buyer refused to post picture of damaged shipping boxes. I double box these and never had ship damage. buyer posted pictures...

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Resolved! Buyer Wants to Cancel Unshipped Item by Requesting Return

I sold an item last Saturday (a regular auction, not Buy It Now). After 5 days and 2 invoices sent, I still hadn't received payment, so I opened an unpaid item case. This morning, I wake up to three e-mails: One from eBay saying the buyer paid, one f...

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Zebra 2844 printing only half of label (11-08-19)

I have searched the web until my eyes aren't working properly. I scored on several Zebra 2844s. I am trying to use one with Windows 7/Chrome/Ebay to print 4x6 shipping labels. The printer is completing the self-test fine but when I select it to print...

Resolved! TBA tracking for the buyer on ebay

Notice the tracking on my order was a TBA and a number . well you cant pull that up anywere to follow your shipment like with USPS UPS ect. Basically its a way to ship to buyers and not give a tracking number . Might as well not give this TBA at all ...

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