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Holiday Shipping Dates

We’ve published the carriers' last days to ship for on-time holiday delivery using the services available through eBay Labels. These dates will help ensure your buyers receive their orders in time for the holidays. You can find the details at ebay.co...

How does a seller get away with first class postage when item weighs more than 1 pound?

I've been noticing this more and more lately. Packages I've purchased arrive with first class postage when they actually weigh more than 1 pound. How does the seller get away with it? Does their post office not weigh the package? It's obviously a gre...

How to set handling time above 3 days? (No "Advanced" option in top right)

I relisted a mail-in service and just realized that the handling time is set to 3 days (whereas the listing before I relisted it was set to 30 days). I am at the mercy of the buyer to mail in their item so I can repair it then send it back, so I need...

Resolved! Will I get my refund? Have any of you experienced this situation.....

I gues I am lucky I didn't have to return items, only a couple and was fast and easy with honest sellers, so I do not know what to expect this time.I bought a lot of items AFTER asking seller about condition, as description was vague. Response was gr...

I got a situation where the seller is telling me the unit he sent was not the one he sent it came da

Resolved! USPS Mail Carrier Scanner No Longer Has Pick Up or Acceptance

I've had mail carrier pkg pick up for over 10 yrs. A few days ago, my mail carrier told me the choices of scans went from 13 to 4 and 'acceptance' and 'pick up' are no longer one of them. WHAT???? So I decided to do some research and came across this...

PayPal's Free Returns Program - Sounds good! What are the downsides? (fine print)

So saw someone mention a program Paypal has for free returns, apparently for remorse reasons. You sign up, and PayPal pays for return shipping for you! No need to state a reason, no need to abuse the NAD program. I looked at it and it appears one get...

What to do if a seller won't respond ? Please help !

So I bought a BMW keyring for $30.99 and the item that arived wasn't the one that was listed. I contacted the seller right away & let them know what happened & they said it was a mistake made by their warehouse and they'll send the right item on it's...

How do I see shipping labels older than 90 days?

I tried to identify an old shipping label from greater than 90 days ago, and I can't locate it. Do I have to manually search my PayPal archives for payment? Seems tedious. Is there a faster way?

Resolved! best shipping services?

What company is the best to use when it comes to shipping. I've been using USPS but seem to pay alot for shipping. i now have the buyer pay for shipping and now have no gotten 1 sell. UPS seems to be fairly cheap and less of a hassle picking the ship...

local pickup only

How do I list an item as 'Local Pickup Only"...I dont see that option anywhere.

USPS Employees not happy about doing acceptance scan

I went to a post office yesterday. It was empty which was surprising. I took a package to the clerk and asked for acceptance scan + receipt. She started complaining as if I was asking her to perform brain surgery. I am just asking for a simple task t...

Shipping labels and tracking cost?

I would like to start using a shippping label printer to do my postage to make it quicker but by doing so I would no longer be printing the USPS label record with its tracking number and shipping cost for my records. Right now I use a laser printer t...

Ebay Money Back Guarantee - How is this possible

This will be a lengthy post.I am 70 yrs old and have COPDI am in Canada and seller is in the UKThe seller does not accept returnsI purchased 4 items (one and then 3 others), one lot was self printed pages with railway stamps on them, one lot was a Li...

Ebay's new label making page

Ebay recently rolled out their "new and improved" label making page with the option of using the "classic" version (at least for a time). IMO this new version is garbage. From what I can see, all that these geniuses did was change the font style/colo...

Why isn't my item available to international buyers?

Somebody in Germany asked me if I would send this item: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-Cruze-Volt-Camaro-Airbag-Bowtie-Emblem-Nameplate/153213467886?hash=item23ac3bfcee:g:lqIAAOSwPCVX4CRn:rk:1:pf:0 I didn't have it in Global Shipping but revised the ...