problem shipping item priority box not big enough

[warren689]

Hi guys...

Sold my very first ebay item and am having an issue shipping it. It's a large sized bag that won't fit in the largest priority size box  so I purchased a larger box at my own expense thinking it wouldn't be a big deal....it was. The post office wanted to charge me $50 to ship it (within the US btw). I couldn't possibly ship it at that price so now I don't know what to do.  Is there another shipping method? As it is I am a couple days behind sending it out. It was supposed to go out Friday, now it won't ship till Monday as I can't get to the PO today and they are closed tomorrow.  I am a newb here so please advise. Thanks!

[lightlily_arts]

Can you ship through Fedex?  I ship my large and heavy through them.

[fern*wood]

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@training4railroad wrote:
The best way to accurately sell items and get the shipping accurately is only use USPS Priority boxes and make sure you have all of the current Priority boxes at home or where you list the item if you have items that won’t fit or non-conforming Reg cardboard boxes they are gonna create problems of under or over charging and if it’s under they deduct it with no fair warning it makes selling way more difficult than it’s worth!!

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That's totally unnecessary.   I've used plain boxes, in addition to priority, for years.   You just have to enter correct information when you list.

[kh-vince]

Hi everyone,

Due to the length of time that has passed since this thread began, we have locked it from future replies. If this is still an issue that warrants discussion, don't hesitate to begin a new thread here.

Thanks.