@springyzone wrote:
I realise it is ebay (to some extent) that determines the dates although from everything I have read, the sellers can opt for varying handling days to extend the estimates a little.
This is true, and is often a recommended practice (I will recommend it, also, and have done so often 🙂 ), but it's a bit of a double-edged sword, in that extending handling times solves one problem, but creates several others.
I have a 2-day handling time, so I haven't extended it out by very much at all (I ship domestically only, though, so I don't have to worry about 4 week variations in delivery timeframes, which I experience with international sales I have elsewhere).
By and large 2 days seems to be the 'sweetest spot' for me, but at the same time it means buyers are still being misled, and it results in quite a few messages that range from asking me if it's possible to post any faster, to telling me to (I have to bite my tongue when the latter happens - if I was able to list with my actual handling time, which is 0-1 days, buyers might not be under the impression I take a couple of days to post, and [some] might choose not to raise my hackles by commanding I do something that will be done regardless).
I've come to realise that this impression buyers get (from the ETAs) that I'm a slow poster costs me some sales, too. That, I kinda don't mind too much, for a variety of reasons, but it means extending handling times has (in my experience and observation) just as many cons as pros.
