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eBay refusing to honour quoted shipping costs

Hi, After a week of waiting on a response via email (still nothing). I asked for a call via the auto chat to discuss my inability to purchase a shipping label. The first CSR told me my payment for seller account needed to be updated. So I did. I went...

Privatizing the USPS

According to the Washington Post, Trump is seriously considering privatizing the USPS. I am very, very, worried. Your thoughts? Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses

Priority shipment trick against the sellers

It is numerous times when I sell $2 or $3 light-weight items (20-50 grams) and eBay forces on me "priority shipment" sleets for those items with shipment prices ranging $8- $15. So, eBay wants me to pay $8 for a shipment sleet for shipping a $2 value...

Ground Advantage rates just decreased?

I just noticed when printing shipping labels that USPS Ground Advantage rates for zones 1-4 and 1-6 pounds have decreased. The same rates for priority were decreased several months ago and GA was actually more expensive than PM for many of those rate...

Shipping costs end up being more than the buyer paid. No way around changing it.

Resolved! Can I change the Shipping if I send an offer to a buyer and they pay?

If I send an offer to the buyer, the listing doesn’t allow me to change the package weight or detentions. If they pay and buy it, can I change it when buying the label or will it still be locked?

Cost to ship item back to seller exceeds the cost of original shipping paid by buyer.

Hello,As most sellers know we get a discount on shipping labels through eBays platform. I recently sold an item with a shipping cost of 19.99 and was able to use FED EX home delivery get a label for 17.63. The buyer was unhappy with the purchase and ...

Resolved! Really confused by shipping...

I only sell items every few years and am just now creating some listings and having trouble figuring out how to set up shipping. I want to just use USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Shipping and I want to pay shipping myself (as the seller).So, for exampl...

Ship UPS

I have started shipping all my packages United Parcel Service. The post office seems to hold packages and extra day and most do not get delivered on time or they get Miss sent to another zip code facility which delays packages seems like they have go...

Shipping

I sent an offer to a buyer and they said they would accept it if I lowered the cost of shipping. The item was listed for the lowest USPS rate already and I tried to explain the "regional" rate situation. They wouldn't tell me what the calculated rate...

FedEx is scamming ebay users - proof attached!!

FedEx did a price adjustment on my shipping of $51, more than doubling what I paid by claiming that the billable weight of my package is 29 pounds! I shipped a single Lego set - 4184 Pirates of the Caribbean - which according to Brickset weighs 3.83 ...

Shipped an item via Global Shipping and now it's lost... what do I / the buyer do about this?

My client is reaching out to me about this, and I don't have any idea what to do about it. As I understand it, once it leaves the states, it is the international carrier that is responsible. I've dealt with lost items before with domestic shipping an...

Item shipped but never delivered, now INR case

I sold and shipped an item last month. Soon after I had shipped the item, the buyer told me the address he gave was wrong and that he wished for me to change it. I simply told him that I could not, as the item had already shipped, and took no further...

How to remove ShipCover as an option from shipping

Just curious if there is a way to remove the ShipCover insurance option completely from my preferences? By default it is the first shipping option available for USPS shipping and I will never use it. How do I remove it all together from my shipping l...

No QR code or shipping label

This has happened twice now. On first occurrence I was able to remedy situation by calling eBay. Attendant confirmed that my settings were all correct but didn't know why I didn't receive a QR code or shipping label after paying for shipping. I said ...