why are ebay sellers not shiping to po boxes?

[phalanx3817]

why are ebay sellers not shiping to po boxes? i live on a fram in the middle of nowhere the only way to get post of any kind is at our PO Box in our local town witch is over 80km away.

[robot-hands]

Mostly becuase UPS won't.

[orangehound]

Sometimes people will get around the PO Box prohibition by putting in the street address of the post office where their box is located ... e.g., 123 Main Street, #304 instead of P.O. Box 304.

You might want to talk with your local P.O. first, just to ensure that they won't turn away the packages.  A few years ago, there was a document that you could sign in order to authorize the P.O. to accept packages for you.  Here is a link:

https://postalpro.usps.com/node/2728

[airsheep]

I was just at our local PO shipping out early Christmas packages (slow boat) and they had a poster that said USPS offers a premium service for some PO boxes. You can arrange for the post office to accept parcels from all shippers including FedEx and UPS. It might be worth investigating.

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Because some sellers are monkey dos who have seen other sellers do it. Also because some have a vague and mostly wrong idea that po boxes are somehow risky.

[postingid2017]

When I was actively selling here and had a pkg lost that I had to refund, I turned to FedEx because it had been my experience that their tracking was far more efficient that USPS/UPS.  I cannot speak for other sellers and the fact that you are registered in Australia.  If I were to ship to your country, it would be USPS Express only.  I know some may attack, which is fine by me, but this is my preference.