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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...

Shipping label says 124.00

before everyone slams me for not understanding how it works I will admit I am lost. I am shipping a VCR/DVD combo from Alabama to CA. Why does my shipping label say 124.00? And will it get adjusted to the correct amount once I scan the item at the po...

Buyer bought local pickup only but lives over 1,000 miles away with no intent to pick item up

I sold an item listed specifically as a local pickup only. Buyer didn't bother to read the terms of the ad or the contract, simply bought the item thinking that eBay items are always shipped. Realizing his error he will not communicate with me and ha...

Package lost at Glendale Heights, IL

I sent a package to Canada November 1st via the International shipping program. According to tracking, delivery was attempted November 16th. The item was sent back December 12th and marked as delivered to Glendale Heights, IL December 22nd. The buyer...

Inflated shipping costs

I notice that some of the listings have very high shipping costs? Is this a way to make more money for the item by inflating the shipping costs?

Resolved! Shipping Charge Higher than What I Post

A 2-lb Ground Advantage package to my zip with handling should total $7.20. I just noticed the shipping on my listing shows as $8.08. In my shipping profile I have the box checked for eBay shipping prices and package dimensions are the same as the of...

Buyer informed me his address is off by 2 (already shipped)

The title describes the situation. The buyer is newly registered with 0 feedback. The item is a relatively common and inexpensive vintage camera. He noticed that the address was wrong when he got the eBay confirmation letter. I am pretty confident th...

Refund given due to lost package , customer received it 10 weeks. Can I bill them?

I mailed several packages usps. 10 weeks ago. Customer filed item not received and I refund them-I filed with usps to find lost items and filed claim for my loss. Well today customer said package arrived! Can I bill them? How would you even do this? ...

How to calculate shipping in listings with variations??

I have been doing this for 20 years, but it seems some things I just can't figure out for myself. I want to list like items in one listing with variations - specifically dinnerware and glassware. The problem is some items will weigh a pound to ship a...

How do you file a claim for a package that I shipped and USPS destroyed the package and contents?

The label was purchased through eBay and was USPS ground advantage with up to $100 insurance included. It was a $32 item.

Shipping Labels

Get error message when trying to buy label. Bought one 30 minutes ago, but now constant error

Bulk Shipping Label Thermal Printing Issue

Three days ago i had an issue arrise with printing bulk shipping labels. I currently use a zebra thermal printer using 4x6 labels. Been using bulk printing feature for years without issue. Now when I got to print the labels in bulk its showing 2 labe...

Buying on eBay and paying using PayPal

I want to purchase something on eBay and paying using PayPal but I want it shipped to and different address that I have stored in my PayPal account but it won't let me change to a different stored address

Shipping Required timeline

The fact that ebay has a requirement that sellers ship the item in a timely manner is a joke !I currently have (6) items I bought and paid for on 10/31/23 and 11/01/23. They all show this information:Order shippedOrder date:Oct 31, 2023When you click...

How to set "pay from ebay balance" as the DEFAULT for all shipping methods instead of 'paypal'.

Or at least for default for all that ebay allows (USPS, ebay international, etc). Currently, may default is Paypal, and I do not see a setting in my account that allows me to select 'ebay funds'.

Tracking USPS in possession of package for 10 days now 😩

I mailed two packages on 11/29. Thank goodness I had the clerk scan as receives. No other movement / tracking since. I’m in the Midwest… Is this happening to anyone else?