shipping

[monde651]

Ebay won't let me use my stamps.

[susanb1872]

What are you trying to ship?

[stainlessenginecovers]

Ebay has no control over what you use; you can just mark it 'shipped' ............ but, if you sold something that should/would require tracking, you should purchase a label for a 'package' and stop trying to use postage stamps, made for a small flat letter that requires NO PROOF that it was delivered. 

[ebooksdiva]

What do you mean eBay won’t let you use your stamps? 
If you are planning to just use postage stamps to ship, you address the envelope, put your stamps on it and mail it..  

You don’t need eBay’s permission to do that. 
eBay doesn’t have a label if your going to use postage stamps. 
ETA….looking at your listings, if sold they would require shipping at least using USPS Ground Advantage not postage stamps. 
But you also haven’t sold anything since September. So you don’t have anything to ship that I can see. 

[monde651]

You should be ashamed for being so greedy about something so little. But i suppose it don't matter to lose [i hope] a large amount of people who see what your doing. i've been with you for around 20 years and i will be gone soon. I'll find some way to use almost 200 postage stamps.

[ebooksdiva]

@monde651 

Excuse me? Why should I be ashamed of myself?  How am I greedy?  Or do you think you’re talking to an eBay employee. I assure you I do not work for eBay I am a eBay seller like you.

[monde651]

A bunch of sick puppies working for ebay, they don't know they are working for MAFIA style outfit. I wasted many dollars on this site and i will let many, many others know how crooked you are.

[ebooksdiva]

@monde651 

Hello ………you are not talking with anyone from eBay.

This forum is a discussion board for eBay buyers and sellers.

Your rant will not reach eBay.

You have stated in Ask a Mentor that you were leaving eBay back in March 2019 and yet here you still are. 

[12345jamesstamps]

You can put as many postage stamps on a package as needed and take it to a post office...and clerk will give you a receipt with tracking on it since it is considered a package.

And just add the tracking number to the item sold in your eBay sale.

[mtgraves7984]

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@12345jamesstamps wrote:

You can put as many postage stamps on a package as needed and take it to a post office...and clerk will give you a receipt with tracking on it since it is considered a package.

And just add the tracking number to the item sold in your eBay sale.

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That's what I thought you could do, @12345jamesstamps. Have you considered that option, @monde651?

@monde651: You can use stamps for your packages per USPS. Tick this link. >> How to Prepare & Send a Package | USPS

[12345jamesstamps]

I had a package from a seller last week with $31.00 worth of postage stamps on it...LOL

And it had tracking...

[albertabrightalberta]

@monde651 

Be aware that using stamps and getting the tracking number for your package at the post office will cost you a lot more than buying the label from ebay but you certainly are allowed to get rid of your stamps by using them on the package(s). 

[bonanza125]

@monde651 

Listen this is a community of your peers who are here to help you with any questions and give advice. We are not Ebay employees. When you sell something on Ebay you are suppose to print out a label which a tracking number is provided for the buyer. Stamps have been really in decline for years. Unless you have a card or a letter there really isn't much you could really use stamps. The only time I use stamps for something Ebay related is when I have to ship out a cheap manual which requires 1 stamp. No tracking but in my case the defect on for 3 month will not really hurt due to the amount of sales I do. If you have a bunch of paper items which require only a stand envelope to use your stamps then use them. You will get defects though due to no tracking. People I associate with only use stamps during Christmas to send Christmas cards so unfortunately Ebay may not be the best place to use stamps.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@bonanza125 wrote:

When you sell something on Ebay you are suppose to print out a label which a tracking number is provided for the buyer. 

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There's no ebay policy stating that sellers are "suppose (sic) to print out a label" with a tracking number. Ebay advises sellers  to ship with tracking but there's no requirement that the tracking number must come from an ebay-supplied label. (There's actually no requirement that there even be a tracking number although if a buyer claims non-receipt, a seller who shipped without tracking will end up issuing a refund since there's no proof of delivery.)

Some of those who are advising @monde651 against using stamps rather than an ebay-supplied shipping label are misinformed. 

Stamps are absolutely allowed to be used on parcels that are shipped by USPS and when stamps are used, USPS gives that package a tracking number just as if the label were purchased online. 

It is up to the seller to add that tracking number to the order so ebay's system will see that it was shipped with tracking and they'll be able to see delivery. 

Again, a seller who uses stamps will pay the retail rate for postage, which will be significantly higher than the discounted rate on ebay but that's the seller's choice and if they have an abundance of stamps that they'll never use, this is a way to get rid of them.

[fern*wood]

Have you read any of the responses of fellow sellers trying to help?