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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...

Missing Packages USPS! No tracking on 2 packages ready for pickup label ready and they were scanned.

RE: Murrells Inlet Post Office, $14,000 Hermes Kelly Purse and $490 Silverware missing lost in the mail no tracking read more! I have no record it was ever picked up, even though postal worker scanned it. I'm selling my mothers estate here and my Lif...

Stop Using FedEX and UPS Labels Purchased Through Ebay To Ship Items!

I thought I would pass along a rare bit of candor I received while on Ebay's customer service hotline about the nature of certain shipping labels. According to the third representative I spoke with while disputing an outrageous shipping overage charg...

I sold a blank cassette tape and ebay says it is a restricted item.

Hello, I sold a blank cassette tape and ebay says it is a restricted item per the email: Dear homers*attic,We are contacting you regarding Order Number *********** shipped to ************ via eBay international standard delivery, tracking number #***...

Deadline to Open an Item Not Rec'd.

I ordered a couple of car parts from a Seller in PolandThe Order Date was Nov 22 Est. delivery Thu, Nov 30 - Sun, Dec 10Returns (assuming it arrived) would be though Jan 10.So, in a couple of days, I will have a Deadline to Open an Item Not Rec'd. Th...

USPS Ground Advantage

I'm not finding any info on which boxes I'm supposed to use with USPS ground advantage. Can I use just any regular brown box? I'm so confused about boxes. I have a bunch of brown boxes saved, but not sure what to select in the options to be able to s...

Labels not printing correctly

Every once and awhile this happens but it is usually years in between. I can not figure it out today. Yesterday my labels printed fine and absolutely nothing has changed. I am hoping the next time I have to print labels it will correct itself. This t...

If I don't want to ship internationally...

...what should I do? Ebay keeps turning international shipping on every listing I create. I turn it off but the next time I visit the listing eBay has turned it on again. Every time i revise a listing it's turned on again. If i fail to check i could ...

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...