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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...

USPS Holiday Upcharge on First Class Package

Am I the only one who didn't know that USPS implemented a 40 cent holiday upcharge for first class package? Apparently it ends on 1/22. Why did they implement it through 3/4 of January? That's not really holiday rush time.

Resolved! After Fedex or UPS Charges is that it?

Kind of a follow up on a previous thread but just curious. Once a shipping charge hit's the "Payment Details" is that it? Or can Fedex or UPS follow up with surcharges? I sent a handful of items Fedex and none of them were more than I was expecting. ...

Regional A and B boxes being discontinued

I'm probably late to the party but I just discovered that USPS is discontinuing it's Regional A and B boxes on Jan 22nd. I've been able to use these boxes to leverage some great cost savings over the last couple of years as shipping rates continue to...

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Received Apple Watch with iCloud lock

I've received an Apple Watched series 1 which has activation lock. 1. Before bidding i asked the seller if it had iCloud unlock. And she replied positively.2. The ad's pictures showed an unlocked device3. I contacted her in order to remove it from he...

GSP or Priority Mail Express to Canada?

I sold a fairly expensive ($1100 USD) collectible video game to a person in Canada. His main concern was having full insurance value on the piece. I told him that I am unsure if he can insure the game once it has been processed in the shipping hub in...

Alerts for shipping cost changes after the fact?

Recently switched most my listings to Fedex rather than UPS but now ironically am reading a bunch of horror stories about Fedex changing rates after the fact. I.e. being way off from the "calculated" cost. Do you get any kind of alert when this happe...

Bulk Shipping Scan forms will not generate.

I keep getting an error code when attempting to generate a scan form. We have called into ebay and received no assistance. we were gold again to try again in 24 hours, but we only have 8 more hours to be able to print today. Is there a system outage....

Shipping Labels

Printing a few shipping labels this evening and when clicking on the tab to see all options I don't see the options for USPS Regional A or USPS Regional B boxes. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone know what the issue is?

Problem with Standard Envelope Shipping

I sell sports cards on eBay, running auctions on a weekly basis. I offer Standard Envelope shipping on card auctions where I feel the closing bid will likely be less than $20. However, I have had a number of instances where an auction item has unexpe...

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Shipping for multiple items to same seller

If I have four individual listings, each with free shipping and immediate payment, and one buyer purchases two or more of them, can I combine shipping and use the same tracking number for each one purchased? Or, should I ship them individually?

Shipping a Chair

Does anyone know of one of the most reasonably priced freight shippers for shipping a Rattan Outdoor Chair? That a lot of Ebayers may use ? Many thanks !!! Jan

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Resolved! Cannot add a tracking number

Recently sold an item but I didn't use the ebay "print" shipping label option, I went straight to ship station and printed my own there. I emailed the buyer the tracking number but NOWHERE on the ebay order is a place to enter a tracking number. Yes ...

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Item not received

So I purchased an item that came to just under $400 (including shipping). I received an email indicating it had been delivered to my PO Box. The email was sent on the 01/10/23. The post office doesn’t have it.The USPS tracking number doesn’t exist on...

Don't know if USPS will get my packages before or after the Jan 22nd increase, what date to print?

I use a company in Canada that brings my packages to the US to be shipped by USPS. The prices are going up Jan 22nd and I can never know the exact date USPS will get them. Am I better to print labels for Jan 23rd with the slightly higher prices (is i...

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