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An interesting ZIP code wrinkle

According to https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/ there are place in the United States that are so sparsely populated that (QUOTE) Remote and especially rural areas of the country do not have enough deliverable addresses (emphasis added) to create a...

Buyer scam

I sold an iPhone 7 to the buyer and shipped to the address provided by buyer. I did apply tracking and it shows that it’s at the Miami Florida post office since December 24, buyer knows this and claims they have not received the package. Now wants Pa...

seller sold damaged item and has bogus return address( return address has weird format & not on map)

seller sold damaged item and has a bogus return address( return address has weird format & not on map)

Resolved! Shipping Label Discounts starting January 27 ?

Regarding the new upcoming USPS postage changes in effect January 27, is there a finalized EBAY statement regarding a postage discount (or not?) when printing shipping using EBAY? USPS revised charts for 2019 zonal/weight prices for all mailing servi...

time needed to ship a sold item

I listed an item, and it recently sold and was paid for.... unfortunately, I had a family issue that caused me to pack up and leave my home and come to family across the country, but I forgot to pack the item.... now it needs to be shipped.... the bu...

This A.M. 1/10/2019 ~ Aready being chargeszone pricing for first class!

Where is the latest shipping matrix! I just paid "new" zone rate from he east coast to Las Vegas, and lost money on shipping! (not to mention ebays piece of it in FVF)

International Priority Shipping via global shipping program?

Is International Priority Shipping via global shipping program the safest option (As this seems safe because ebay takes care of shipping)? Or could I use others like UPS worldwide saver which seems the delivery is much faster and not that much more e...

eBay Shipping?

I purchased a label through eBay shipping but it went into a non-ending loop (spinning circle) and so I had to back out of it and generated a label through PayPal instead. Nothing was in my PayPal history immediately afterward but now I have a second...

Address Line Maximum Characters Limit

Hi, eBay's address line limit of 40 characters is really anoying, can this be configured anywhere within 'My Account'? The couriers I use (DPD, UPS & ROYAL MAIL) have character limits ranging anywhere between 30 and 40 characters per line dependant u...

international shipping - package caught in a loop

I sold an item to a customer in Montenegro in December. Package departed Bluffon SC on Dec 21, traveled to Charleston SC, Columbia SC, Miami FL, San Juan PR, Denver CO, San Franciso CA, Jamaica NY and now shows enroute to next facility on Jan 9. Why ...

Resolved! Buyer returned item but it wasn't not delivered to seller. What should seller do?

Buyer returned the item but the package wasn't delivered to the seller (me)What seller should do? It will be not fair at all the seller have to refund the buyer...ebay have some protocol established for these situations?

Failure #872,562 of eBay's AUTOMATED RETURNS!

A simple Monday morning problem, A buyer would like to return the item they purchased over the weekend, it has not even shipped yet! Our solution, DO NOT ACCEPT the return! Here is the reason that we provided to eBay..."The buyer is asking for a retu...

eBay "guaranteed delivery" is a crock

Why does eBay insist on holding ME responsible for the delivery time of a package? I would love someone to explain to me how the world tour this package took on it's way to the buyer - 28 days and it's not there yet - is in any way, shape or form my ...

Seller wants to change shipping price

Hey there, just today I made a purchase on an item that was set to "buy it now" or "best offer'. The shipping price on the listing was estipulated at about 11$ specifically for my country. I sent the seller an offer that was slightly lower than the l...

why is Ebay taking a cut of shipping costs?

why is Ebay taking a cut of my shipping costs? this is cutting into my bottom line because i am honest and charge correct prices for shipping? this seems very unfair to the seller and to the customer because i would guess that a lot of sellers pad th...