eBay shipping time
Mescalito345
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I collected cards from 1961 to 1970, then again from 1990 to 2002. A couple of months ago, I started selling a few of them on eBay. Thanks to everyone who provided advice about scanning, VCP, etc.
My latest question is about shipping time. Even though I ship cards within 48 hours after payment, and use first-class mail, some cards seem to take more than a week to arrive. Is there any way to speed this up? I've been taking my packages to PostNet. I'm wondering if taking them directly to the post office would be better.
Also, three packages that I sent between Sept 3 and Sept 5 have not been received yet. Did the recent hurricanes affect the USPS schedule? Thanks again.
My latest question is about shipping time. Even though I ship cards within 48 hours after payment, and use first-class mail, some cards seem to take more than a week to arrive. Is there any way to speed this up? I've been taking my packages to PostNet. I'm wondering if taking them directly to the post office would be better.
Also, three packages that I sent between Sept 3 and Sept 5 have not been received yet. Did the recent hurricanes affect the USPS schedule? Thanks again.
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First class can take a few days depending on the distance; on some light items it wont cost too much more to upgrade to priority. if your shipping any heavy stuff and you can cram it into a flat rate box it will get there in 2-3 days.
Also, pay for the shipping thru paypal and drop off at your local USPS box.
Right now there are areas that the mail is slower than normal due to Gustav and now Ike. I am sure all mail going into Houston and surrounding areas is being held in Dallas right now as is mail for much of East Texas and Western Louisiana. Even as far north as Texarkana there are people without power and are being told it could be Wednesday or Thursday before power is restored. This is closing post offices and stopping delivery so that mail has to be slowed down and will cause a bog
Buying shipping through Paypal is a bigger headache than it is worth with the lack of scanning on DC. I am sure it is faster to go directly to the Post Office as places like Postnet might take an extra day to get to the Post Office depending on when their pickup is.
Thanks, here's a link to the PostNet website:
PostNet
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Agree.
BUT, last week my PO said they had gotten a memo instructing
that ALL PP-DCs were to be scanned on acceptance. There was
a guy pulling items from bins and scanning them at one of the
closed windows.
I would ONLY be likely to use the scheme, if I was having the
items picked-up. If I take them to the PO, I will continue to use
the USPS DC/SC/etc. (My carrier says the PayPal bar-codes must
be printed on a sheet of paper, if he is to scan them.)
I always consider the postmark date on the package my criteria for feedback, not the actual date which I received it.
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Sadly, FEW buyers think in that rational manner.
<< <i>Storm do you work for eBay or PayPal? >>
I believe that he does not, but if he does, he's their most disgruntled employee ever.
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<< <i>Storm do you work for eBay or PayPal? >>
I believe that he does not, but if he does, he's their most disgruntled employee ever.
I think he works for both. And Bill O'Reilly works for Barack Obama.
(1) Priority mail, buyer pays more, but card arrives sooner
(2) First-class, buyer pays less, but delivery may take 7 to 10 days
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<< <i>Storm do you work for eBay or PayPal? >>
I believe that he does not, but if he does, he's their most disgruntled employee ever.
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Actually, EBAY and PayPal are SUPPOSED to be OUR "service providers."
Much akin to "employees," in terms of the level of performance we are
entitled to expect/demand.
Sadly, our servants have betrayed us. They accept our money and fail
to deliver the services that we pay for. When we complain, they refer
to us as "noise;" and, if we complain to loud, they "fire us."
Ask EBAY and PayPal if "storm and the rest of us are employees." By
their conduct, clearly, they believe that we are.
I am totally "gruntled" and will continue to kick their RICO-Enterprise in
the rump with my huge SHORT-position in their soon-to-be penny stock.
<< <i>Would it be a good idea to offer the eBay buyer a choice?
(1) Priority mail, buyer pays more, but card arrives sooner
(2) First-class, buyer pays less, but delivery may take 7 to 10 days >>
No. Doesn't matter how you ship, buyers will always want to know where there stuff is. Use the method that works best for you.
<< <i>Would it be a good idea to offer the eBay buyer a choice?
(1) Priority mail, buyer pays more, but card arrives sooner
(2) First-class, buyer pays less, but delivery may take 7 to 10 days >>
Priority and first class are the same thing if the item is under 13 ounces you just pay more for the service. Priority is not guaranteed and offering it will only upset buyer more when the USPS drags their feet..
I had a woman in Corpus Christie a couple of month ago leave me a neg because priority mail took 18 days to be delivered she said it was suppoused to only be 3 days. She even acknowledged in the feedback I shipped the same day she purchased the item
Item was shipped on 6/13 arrived July 1st SLOW SHIPPER
<< <i>Would it be a good idea to offer the eBay buyer a choice?
(1) Priority mail, buyer pays more, but card arrives sooner
(2) First-class, buyer pays less, but delivery may take 7 to 10 days >>
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None of the above, in my view.
The smart play is to add the shipping costs into the price of your items
and offer "free shipping."
You will receive search preference and free subtitles in your BINs.
You will NEVER again have to listen to cheapskate marooooons complain
about "high shipping costs."
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Using a commercial mail receiving agent to be the "middleman" in your
mailing is ridiculous. Take the stuff to the PO, get it scanned, and it
will arrive fast enough.
I have never had a priority mail item take longer then 3 days.
I must be lucky. Then again I don't send out 1000 of items.
The PO guys are trained to move those along.
You must be paying for that service too?
If so the money saved there could go towards your time spent going to the PO?
Steve