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Tracking info update

Update as of 7/2/25:"We have identified a segment of orders with inaccurate tracking events and are working to update these events with accurate details. For Item Not Received cases where we have been asked to step in and help, we’ll place the case o...

Shipping Problems

Good afternoon, I have a serious problem in buying in the ebay and I will not use the ebay anymore for buying the items i need, I am an european person, I am portuguese, but I have a problem, that is living in an island, and thats the why the europea...

Free Shipping vs Delivery costs on low value items

This question is aimed at UK seller, who use Royal Mail I have about 2000 items listed on ebay, with a price range between £4.99 and £300. Approx 20% of my items are priced between £4.99 and £6.99 and these provide approx 40% of all sales. (turnover ...

Lowest Shipping Rates...

I know this has been hashed a million times....the rates are just nuts. I check at pirate ship and they were the same as ebay...has anyone found a better deal online. Thanks.

Recommendations On Shipping Fragile China Dishes

Does any one have recommendations on the best packing method to shipping fragile china dishes?

Resolved! Lost shipment

I have a shipment sent on 09 Dec that was lost for over 3 weeks, finally found by USPS 4 DAYS later it was supposed to be ‘on its way’. Fast forward to today, it has still not been delivered, no updates to the USPS tracking. I have messaged the buyer...

eBay delivery service in Croatia

Recently i ordered some parts for motorcycle from Us and received tracking No.. delivery date was estimated 28.02.2025 and tracking showed that parcel arrived to Croatia and is attempted to be delivered on 18.02.2025. I was at home all day and there ...

Resolved! Shipping a tobacco card

When I listed the tobacco card I was given the option to ship with USPS plain envelope for $1. After card was paid for the only option I had to ship was ship for $4. Ebay says that item is not eligible for the reduced rate.Rich

eBay Standard Envelope ESE Non-Machinable Returns

Is anyone else seeing a huge increase in the amount of ESE envelopes they are seeing returned to them as "non-machinable"? I have sent out thousands of these the last couple of years and MAYBE 1 in 200 or 300 have been returned to me as non-machinabl...

item shipped to address on ebay, but seller claims its not his address and had ebay change

item shipped to address on ebay, but seller claims its not his address and had ebay change back to his correct address. seller is out item n shipping ... does ebay reimburse for fraudulent address?

Resolved! Is it possible for the eBay Standard Envelope system to be down/not working?

I am aware that eBay standard envelope isn't really "tracked" the same way as other tracking methods and that sometimes it may miss "scans." But is it possible for the system to not be working as intended or be down? My envelopes that are still in ro...

Gor Karapetyan 11 Southgate Blvd C25 B275766 New Castle DE 19720-2069

I’m seeing that this is a reshipper address? The buyer stated that’s where they live. What do I need to do to protect this item being sent off?

Warning: When you mail your cards, WATCH the postman scan the bar code.

I lost over $200 this month due to theft at the post office. I had dropped off some packages in the drop box and handed others directly to a postal worker the following day. However, I didn’t watch the postal worker scan the packages or ask for a rec...

Canceled USPS Label

Hello. I sold an item on 2/1/25 & then the buyer canceled before it was sent out. I had already bought the shipping label. Since this was my very first sale, I had to pay with my credit card to refund the shipping label. How long does it take to get ...

Standard envelope not tracking- sellers being protected?

I know it's early yet but has anyone had experience with the tracking issues and INR. Do we know yet if ebay is protecting sellers or doing refunds. While their tracking isn't updating to the website, it is able to be tracked on other links. What is ...

Resolved! eBay tracking

Any one else having problems lately with the USPS not providing tracking information for labels created under eBay Standard Envelope as opposed to the USPS ones. They use to show tracking but the last few orders I shipped out, tracking is not showing...