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Seller Protections are in place for sellers impacted by severe weather

The United States is currently experiencing severe weather across multiple regions, including the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast. We are actively monitoring conditions and assessing potential impacts to shipping and delivery operations...

Cost effective shipping tips discussion topic

When I first started selling on eBay five years ago I was at a loss on how to keep my shipping cost low while still providing my Customers secure and safe packaging for their items. Today, with ebays 30 dollar quarterly coupon for basic stores, and g...

Unanswered Question

Being new to ebay,I needed to generate a return label.I went to the help page and still needed more help.I called ebay customer sevice and was told that a label had already been sent.This all took place the day the customer made the request for the l...

What happened to printing labels directly from eBay?

When I click "Print Shipping Label," it tells me to create a UPS account and to link my eBay account with that account. When I do the latter, it is more expensive than eBay recommended I charge by quite a few cents. What happened to printing labels d...

Resolved! won't ship to a P.O.Bpx

I am so sick of sellers who will not ship to a PO box and then they ship the item via fed ex smart post which ends up at the post office anyway. Then I get a note from the post master telling me to please notify sender that I have a PO box not a phys...

USPS , eBay Price Increase 2018

Bracket Stand Design Dual Layer Protective Phone Case Cover for iphone 7 8 X RAItem 173006842046 Just an example . China sells items delivered with tracking from USPS for 80 cents with free returns.Thousands of listings. Our minimum (Americans)charge...

Global shipping opens brand new Surface Book 2

Bought a new surface book 2 for my mom on Jan 5th. Got shopping notice (FedEx) on 7th from Washington. Parcel going to Burnaby, BC, Canada which is very very close all on the west side. So this parcel goes through IN state (9th), then KY state (13) t...

Buyer refunded and receive watch the next day

I sold a mk watch on Dec 15th I shipped on the 16th posted in possession they shipped it on the 18th my point closes at noon and package don't go out on Saturdays. Anyways on Christmas eve buyer filed for refund he said the date said delivery by Chri...

Buyer leaves negative without communicating with me

I sold a pair of vintage WW2 boots and the buyer sends me a picture showing they were damaged....which they were. I sent him a message saying the damage looks more severe than I remembered. I asked him if he tried them on and they ripped. (He had sai...

package lost in transit

I purchased an item early this month which was lost in transit. I had intially notified Ebay and they opened a case and said that if I hadnt received the item or heard back from the seller by the 18th that they would step in. I tried going back to th...

NEW USPS rate increase..why am I only getting a discount up to 12 oz on First Class and none after?

I know we got a message from Ebay about the upcoming postal rate increase but I didn't realize that we do not get a discount past 12 oz for First Class...is there a reason for this?

USPS POSTAGE COST RATE CHANGING TODAY.

I WANT TO HEAR EVERYONES OPINION OF THE USPS POSTAGE RATE CHANGE GOING UP UP UP AND AWAY OUT OF SIGHT.

TRACKING NUMBER SAID '' OUT FOR DELIVERY'' - BUT NEVER DELIVERED

I just want to know if this has happened to anyone else . I placed an order on e bay , tracking number said it was '' out for delivery '' on Jan 16th . However it never arrived . I checked the tracking again next morning and now it says ''status not ...

Is there a way to view the options a buyer selected when paying for shipping?

At the moment, the USPS label printing is down. However, I'm not able to find the shipping options my buyer used when they bought the item. While I just have to choose options, until I get the right one? Or, will it automatically select it once the U...

Check Your Seller Dashboard, Tracking Defects for Non Validated Delivery are Wrong.

I just went in and did my weekly check of Tracking and Defects. I was showing 4 Pieces that the Tracking was showing uploaded, but delivery not showing confirmed Delivery. When I went in and checked the tracking numbers, They however did show Validat...

As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A 'Free Ride' - Forbes article

Ever wonder how Chinese sellers can ship stuff for no or low cost? I was shocked to find out how. Wade Shepard, Forbes Contributor posted this article today explaining (I'm paraphrasing) how U.S. taxpayers continually pay higher and higher postage fe...