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Thermal Label Printing from Ebay USPS

Hi all, I am one of many who is finally tired of inkjets and shipping labels. I print 6-25 USPS labels a day through ebay's bulk shipping tool, and the costs, as well as the printer durability with label stock is not working out. I have read a fair a...

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Shipping Options

I have a buyer who paid for Priority Medium Flat Rate box shipping. eBay is not giving me that as an option when trying to purchase the shipping label. WHY?? It wants me to ship USPS Parcel Post which is more than the cost of the flat rate box. I'm i...

Beware of fake shipping numbers

Happened to me more than ones, always from China. Item is not arriving, tracking number is stucked at the "lodged at post office", I ring our local post office and they tell me the tracking number is non-existent.Some sellers don't send anything and ...

Resolved! Additional shipping fees

HiI have sold an item where my listing was for the UK only, however the buyer is in the EU and now wants me to ship the item to him.Where do I stand on this as my shipping costs are not sufficient to cover this. He has not paid for the item yet.Can I...

Lost then found Shipment - refunded buyer & now has item too - won't communicate

USPS lost a $175 item for over 2.5 months ago. Buyer waited as I filed a mail search but grew impatient after 5 weeks and demanded a refund through eBay. I received a negative and lost $175. 2 weeks ago USPS found the package and delivered it to the ...

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USPS Postage Adjustment Info

Like many other Sellers, I too have recently begun having Postage Cost Adjustments. eBay has been pilfering funds from my Paypal account - without my authorization - to cover this. Though I suppose somewhere in the fine print, they are allowed to do ...

usps calculated shipping overcharging customer

Recently noticing calculated shipping overcharging customer. Checked listing - had correct weight & dimensions. One listing was priority and the other was first class, the priority listing charged double, first class was a 40% overcharge. Called cust...

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How do I tell ebay that seller has not issued refund even though I returned item

This should be pretty easy. Item was not as described, got prepaid label, returned item. But I haven't gotten refund yet. The eBay page is "Have you received a refund yet?" and it shows the four steps:"Return started", "Item sent", "Item delivered" a...

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Shipping Calculator - Does It Work Well?

I'm in the US and am going to list some things open to limited international shipping.I know how to block countries/areas I won't ship to (unless eBay changed that from years ago).My concern is how good the Shipping Calculator is these days.Or even w...

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Item Location

This seems to be misleading information as in many cases I've found that when it states that the item is in my country, it actually takes a long time to come from some offshore location, usually China. So, I must conclude that the seller is lying in ...

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shipping question

so i printed out a label for my postage box saturday couldn't get to usps is it still valid if i drop it off monday morning? thanks.

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Non-US buyer used a forwarding company shipping address.

Prior to purchasing, buyer contacted me to see if I would ship to a country in Europe. I said I would only ship to addresses in the US. Buyer says they would ask a friend in America and were waiting to hear back, otherwise they would use a forwarding...

Resolved! USPS sent package to the wrong state

I mailed a package on July 8th to a buyer in my state which should have been delivered yesterday. I checked and found that the package was shipped to the wrong state and was in Kentucky yesterday. I have no idea if or when that parcel will return her...

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