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Seller changed carrier and delivery speed

So I purchased a backpack the listing specified id pay $19.99 for shipping and the method was priority mail. I purchased the 9th of May and just got notified today that the seller shipped it fedex home delivery. I currently do not like fedex for ship...

U.S. Bans Exports by Oregon Freight Forwarding-

Thought this was an interesting story today.An Oregon freight forwarder was hit with an export ban in what officials said was a warning to companies to heed restrictions on the shipment of sensitive technologies to countries the U.S. considers threat...

Does Ebay actually provide tracking for unregistered air mail?

A bought an item completely on accident from a Japanese seller. I was going to cancel the order once I realized it was a Japanese copy, but decided to keep it once I learned it could still be played in English. The seller ships it out on June 2nd, se...

Charged for RTS because buyer gave wrong address. How to recoup charges?

Hello! I had a buyer with the wrong shipping address purchase an item and then issue a "not received" notice on the item. It took a few weeks, but the item was eventually returned to me (UPS). But, eBay (UPS?) charged me an additional $5.25 for the r...

Resolved! International shipping gone wrong!!

I shipped a John Deere toy tractor to a buyer in South Africa and the buyer receives a box full of ties instead of the tractor I sent. It appears the International Hub in Chicago put the tractor label on a box of ties instead of the tractor box. Toda...

How to show tracking for letters and flats on eBay to get "credit" for the trking uploaded on time?

I sell a lot of items that go in letter or flats, and eBay doesn't have an option for me to print pre-metered stamped letters as I could on Etsy for example. So it constantly is showing on my account that I'm delinquent on providing "tracking and upl...

U.S. Bans Exports by Oregon Freight-Forwarder in Warning Shot to Industry

WSJ article today: U.S. Bans Exports by Oregon Freight-Forwarder in Warning Shot to Industry - WSJ

Shipping

Why is actual Post Office shipping cost 40% higher as compared to calculated shipping using listing page where dimensions and zip codes are correct?

Anyone else having a problem purchasing shipping labels for USPS?

I have several auctions I need to ship (both USPS Ground Advantage and Flat Rate Padded Envelope) and every time I try and purchase a label I get the following error. I have tried changing the dimensions several times but nothing works. Help!!

Resolved! Post office returning envelopes with eBay standard shipping

Has anyone had an issue with the post office returning envelopes with the eBay standard envelope label? Below is the envelope and sticker. It does not weight more than 1 once, and contains some quarters. Could it be the non machinable stamp?

USPS Ground Advantage

Tracking is terrible and shipments are late a lot of the time, at least where I am shipping from.

Resolved! Weight and shipping charges

Helloshipping is tricky. Needing exact measurements. Weight even worse because I don’t want to lose money and pay for shipping I errored on. I have bathroom scale. How to get exact weights means correct shipping charges for buyer. Can be scary don’t ...

Resolved! PO will not ship out my Ebay standard pwe unless it has 3oz $1.12 postage. Same for incoming mail to

Anybody else having this problem as well??? Do I need to start refusing to pay the postage due on incoming Ebay standard envelopes and have it sent back to the sender??? Last month alone I had to pay over $8.00 dollars for postage due on incoming ite...

Returned item not received - Incorrect address on return label

A buyer has tried to return an item to us, but the return label provided by eBay had the wrong address on it. As such, the return was sent to the wrong address, where it was sent back to the buyer as "Not Know At This Address". Despite this, a refund...

What's the REAL deal with "in transit" scans?

First, I humbly request no replies that are just assumption or speculation, as I can (and have) always done that already. What I'm seeking now are known facts. So, I already know that a USPS scan saying "in transit" definitely doesn't (necessarily) m...