on 13-01-2020 02:21 PM
on 13-01-2020 02:55 PM
on 13-01-2020 02:58 PM
I don't print labels, but I thought it was automatically marked as posted when you print an ebay label?
on 13-01-2020 03:01 PM
If the seller is using eBay labels, or MyPost Business and importing details from eBay, the item is marked as posted as soon as the label is generated. Automatically.
Why is it an issue? I don't even start looking for purchases until a week after I buy them and then only if I haven't had a notification from AP that they are in my PO Box.
on 13-01-2020 10:45 PM
I do use eBay labels, and as mentioned, the instant you hit the button to generate a label, eBay marks the item as sent. It's not a seller thing, it's an eBay thing. If you have an issue with that, take it up with them.
on 13-01-2020 11:31 PM
When I print labels, my intention is to dispatch the items physically very shortly after, the same day (lodged at the Post Office with lodgement receipt). The usual very short timeframe between label printout and physical lodgement is then reflected on tracking as two separate entries, on AusPost tracking site..
I think it is a good system, because it saves adding the tracking number manually, and helps if you forget to manually add the number, It also encourages the seller to post the items promptly, although I can't imagine a seller printing out labels because he or she wanted to post an item in the next day or two!
on 14-01-2020 06:22 AM
@Anonymous wrote:When I print labels, my intention is to dispatch the items physically very shortly after, the same day (lodged at the Post Office with lodgement receipt). The usual very short timeframe between label printout and physical lodgement is then reflected on tracking as two separate entries, on AusPost tracking site..
I think it is a good system, because it saves adding the tracking number manually, and helps if you forget to manually add the number, It also encourages the seller to post the items promptly, although I can't imagine a seller printing out labels because he or she wanted to post an item in the next day or two!
Believe me, it happens quite often.
We've had items which have been "posted" according to eBay, with tracking showing that they were actually lodged up to 4 or 5 days later.
on 14-01-2020 08:44 AM
Another reason for the delay.
As a seller who doesn't use Ebay labels but prepaid Australia Post Satchels, I always upload the tracking information when I've fnished packing a parcel. If this happens to be on a weekend there is a delay of 1 or 2 days before taking to the Post Office on Monday. On weekdays tracking may be input early in the morning but I usually wait until 3pm before lodging at the Post Office in time for their 4pm deadline. So in these cases paperwork gets uploaded to Ebay before anything is lodged with Australia Post.
As a buyer I am just thankful that tracking has been invented so I can make arrangements if I'm going out on expected delivery days.
on 14-01-2020 09:37 AM
Wide-world-of-stamps - It's Interestng to know that, about the 4 or 5 day delay in sending, As a buyer sometimes here, I'd probably be disappointed with the delay, if there wasn't a good reason for it.
on 14-01-2020 10:02 AM
@Anonymous wrote:Wide-world-of-stamps - It's Interestng to know that, about the 4 or 5 day delay in sending, As a buyer sometimes here, I'd probably be disappointed with the delay, if there wasn't a good reason for it.
Really because as a buyer you should really be checking a sellers postage and handling time frame and if a seller doesn't post for 5 days from receiving payment then you don't have any reason to be disappointed and not a leg to stand on if you tried to complain to ebay.
Do you also blame the seller when your item turns up late due to AP slow delivery?
Any buyer who reads ebay's policies would know the ins and outs of the posting process and to complain about why only paperwork has been lodged without checking first is basically just a newbie's thing.