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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...

ebay Labels QR codes for UPS only work at The UPS Store? Not at UPS terminal?

I have been using UPS Ground a lot more in recent months for lower shipping cost of many of my 5-20 lb shipments, also because I can easily and quickly get to the terminal, where I can put packages on a conveyor "table" as late as 8:45pm and know tha...

tracking #'s

Hi Everyone, I have a dilemma. Shipped 4 items out today in 1 envelope to 1 buyer using the combined bulk ebay labels. Took it to the local PO - stood on line & got my acceptance scan. (I am looking at my receipt now.) Checking back a bit later in th...

Standard envelope shipping

Can I ship the item inside a greeting card for protection? Can someone show me an example of how to ship a baseball card. Thanks.

Shipping increase for media mail-same day?

I listed some items to be shipped through media mail, at $3.92. Just a few hours later, I sold a couple of the items-but now media mail rates for the two are $4.13 and $4.61, respectively. This happened a few days ago as well but I brushed it off. BT...

What is the pros and cons of using the Global shipping option

Thinking about trying this option but wanted feedback. What's the difference in using the Global or just offering international shipping like I was already doing?

Ground Advantage Comparison: Ebay and Endicia

I've used Endicia for decades because I ship to both Amazon and Ebay and never really explored using their postage (this has changed now that I've found shipping through Amazon to be much cheaper). I'm fairly new to Ground Advantage and today checked...

follow-up on shipping dishes

I found a good article about how to properly ship china. It's very clear about what to do which is helpful. But it says to use double-walled dish boxes presumably from Uhaul or other place. I don't know if my usual book sources carry such boxes, need...

PACKING POP CORN

WHY DOSE EBAY NO ADVISE SELLERS, THAT POP CORN STYROFOAM IS ILLEGAL TO USE IN SEVERAL STATES. IN CALIFORNIA THERE A FEE TO DISPOSE OF IT AND YOU CAN NOT JUST PUT IT IN YOUR TRASH CAN. OLD REUSED STYROFOAM CAN ALL SO COLLECT GERMS & BREED AND SPREAD T...

UPS Intercept for transaction canceled by eBay

I just sold a set of vintage keyboard keys for $395 on Friday. The buyer paid promptly, and I packed the item up over the weekend. I purchased my shipping through UPS on eBay, printed the label and dropped it off yesterday (Sunday). This morning, the...

Shipping coins using standard envelopes

Does anyone know if have to use plastic flips for coins or can you use other holders such as 2x2s for standard envelope shipping.

Was sent the wrong item and package had two labels on it.

Hey there, if anyone can point me in the right direction in how to handle this, I'd very much appreciate it. I had ordered a video game controller from a seller, with the expected delivery today. However, upon receiving the package today, I received ...

Cubic Shipping

The late announcement regarding shipping indicated that :Great news! Cubic services are now available for USPS Ground Advantage and Priority Mail effective January 21, 2024. Smart Ship Tip: Cubic pricing is based on the size of the package instead of...

Resolved! Shipping included in final value fees

I feel sorta silly asking this, but I just realized that the cost of shipping an item is also added to the item itself and calculated with the 12.9% fee , along with final value fee. I knew 12.9% was calculated with tax added, but not the cost of shi...

Something is amiss with the new Ground Advantage cubic pricing.

I have 3 packages, one to TX, one to NY and one to MI. All 3 are 2 pounds, 7x7x6 Ebay quoted (in order) 9.13, 9.80, 9.43 total 28.36Pirateship was 7.15, 8.02, 757 total 22.74