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familyminder

I have been buying for a few years and just started selling.I have only sold a few items and have been out of pocket each time as the postage charges outweigh what I recieve in. I don't know if I should be charging more for postage or starting off with a higher auction price.

jax_238

I have a couple of items on my watchlist that I would buy straight away but somehow it seems to be a disadvantage living in NZ as these sellers from the USA wont ship directly to me. Any advise greatly appreciated. Cheers

beccaholcroft

I just sold an item and posted it the next morning to the address ebay sent me in an email to my hotmail with 'good on you, you sold your item' etc. I sent the item thinking all was good until I checked my ebay and the buyers address is completely different. So she has 2 addresses and hasn't updated one. I contacted her to check which one I was supposed to send to to and it is the incorrect one. What can I do? I phoned ebay and they told me to contact her to see if she can go to her old house and to also contact the post office. I don't think either is going to work, so annoyed! Ive sold lots on ebay and never had to check with a buyer if the address ebay sent me is the correct one? What should I do? HELP!!!

railsgallery

Hi, What do other sellers think of the ebay dashboard and feedback where there is an opportunity for buyers to rate postage time? I find it misleading as it should perhaps be dispatch time. I usually dispatch items with a working day or two and still achieve one or two low ratings for postage time, always from overseas buyers. How can a seller have a postage time rating when the seller has no control over transit time or customs clearance. Thank you.

lynette.pinker

Purchaser wants item sent to Australia instead of U.K. Invoice address cannot be changed on this sale. We have to agree to cancel transaction......I relist item and he buys again......How long does that take to go through process .....days? He is only here on holiday, then there is postage days to post to Melbourne from Sydney. What to do next???

littlepuss3

They are the most expensive in the world when looking on ebay. It's a shame, and I can't buy a supposed 'bargain' when the high postage is added on. Are these costs genuine or just making extra money??

mornieo

Just found out Australia Post don't allow shipping of jewellery. Very annoying! I need to send a necklace overseas so am wondering what alternatives I have? I don't do it often so I'd rather not use a company that I have to set up an account with and provide commercial invoices. Any advice would be appreciated!

simon-olson

How can I lower the postage price after I have already started the auction?

bluejarrah

I only bought the second item as the seller offered combined postage. I believe that combined postage, should equal postage discount. Any thoughts on this?

mrkebabz

I have a openness opened against me and PayPal hold on the money because I sent a watch to Germany but when i go to track the registered post tracking number it sire"item not trackable" what do I do ... I'm really ticked off and I will never sell to overseas again!

diggar1973

hi i have been looking on e bay adds and they start from 0.99 and the postage from $15 to $70 as a seller are you aloud to ask for more than standard postage ?

pingumatt

Does USPS still track international i offered something off ebay from the u.s to australia and the tracking stopped soon as it left L.A as shown here Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility Jun-06-13, 21:52 PM, LOS ANGELES, CA 90009 Depart USPS Sort Facility Jun-06-13, 00:00 AM, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052 Depart USPS Sort Facility Jun-06-13, 00:00 AM, LOS ANGELES, CA 90009 Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility Jun-05-13, 18:56 PM, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052 Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility Jun-05-13, 17:41 PM, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90213 Shipment Accepted Jun-05-13, 13:00 PM, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 its been stuck at that for 12 days now will it start tracking in australia or stop there?

pingumatt

I bought some socks of Ebay on the 4th and they were shipped off on the 5th it was First Class Package Intl Service they shipped them off from America and i live in Australia its now the 18th and they havnt arrived iv called the local post offices but they dont have it how long would it take to come here including business days and would it come by mail or a van will drop it off? or am i just over reacting it feels like its not going to come 😞

beswick.to.you

Seller has posted my items only to have them returned as they used an address that is no longer valid & is different to the address that I thought was provided and that I am still seeing as the postage address for the transaction when I view the transaction details. This was paid via bank transfer so there is not integration with Paypal to further complicate the address details. Has anyone experienced this or could provide advice. Thanks

little*lotus!!

Since Auspost no longer does receipts for registered items, what form of postage can I useto send a letter which does offer paypal protection? Thanks

veniceshop

A seller gave me the string: EE753940185, but after 2 weeks still no results, even if I add the country code AU at the end. Is that normal, I mean Tracking Id not working in Australia? The url I've used is: http://auspost.com.au/track/ Please tell me if there is something wrong above... Many thanks

sternblend14

Large item to Malaysia. Buyer wants me to pay but we haven't worked out cheapest way to send item. He keeps asking me to just not add it so he can pay and then he'll fix me up for postage after. I figure that I'm going to have to do the booking through the transport company seeing as I'm posting. So the question is should I wait to finalise invoice? What is ebays inteenational policies? Thanks in advance

best.handmade.crafts

Hi, It is very difficult to sell my items in the international market because of the high shipping charge in Australia. Why is Australia's AU-POST cost is not as competitive as other country's shipping company? Could anyone advise me the cheapest option to send the items of thickness about 2cm to 3cm overseas? Thanks

youandyours

Hi, Does anyone know how to reprint a label on AusPost click and send. This site drives me crazy!

sun_reyes

I have had someone else's eBay parcel delivered to my address. It's my address, but not my parcel or name. I would like to find the owner Rather than return to sender. I have tried an eBay search of the buyers name, sellers name and sellers store but had no luck! The sender doesn't have a phone number on the parcel or I would call them.

teriticornis

How do you get a postage calculator by location when you send with a mailing box? Now it says this service is no longer available and choose another service. I do not want another service. How do you send by postcode for a mailing box? Thanks.

kevo351

On a recent purchase on Ebay after i won the bidding i was told by the seller not to pay for item until i was contacted re postage charge as the one generated by Ebay was incorrect . The postage charge listed was for $13.00 Aussie dollars but after the seller had found out what it would actually cost it was only 3.00 dollars total postage . Normally i would have just blindly paid for my item and the 13 bucks postage charge and not thought to much about it . I find this a bit daunting as i usually don't question postage as i thought it was what it is supposed to be to mail an item from wherever it is bought from and that was the cost worked out by the seller . I'm only new to Ebay for a couple of years now but of the 89 odd items ive bought i wonder how much of that i have paid in unnecessary postage fees . Can anyone please enlighten me on this issue . Especially on how postage is worked out and possibly after my experience should i be asking for a postage quote every time i purchase something .. Regards Kevo

4059jenny

How to obtain seller's e-mail address so as to send an attachment with bar code issued by the courier company I have contracted with, so the seller can print and attach the bar code to the item won on eBay so the courier can pick up and deliver

margies0_1

for combined postage the invoice adds all the postage together and of course it is less, how to manually put in the postage cost and override what invoice says.

patttx2232

Hi, I don't usually sell to USA and am having a problem finding the postage to quote to a prospective buyer. Is there still an Aviation Security fee of about $9.00, Does anyone have the cost of posting a CD in padded bag to the USA. Thanks Pat

sikarasearth

I am trying to set my postage preferences and followed the instructions as follows: My ebay/account/site preferences. you then click the 'show' link to the right of the postage preferences section - but the postage preferences section isnt there.!! Any suggestions? thankyou

bubaleon

Hello Hello ! Is any other Seller finding the new Ebay Fees and the Increase yet again from Aust Post taking a good % of profit.??? I find now if I need to post anything over 1kg I end paying up to 9.00 out of my own pocket from QLD ( to WA or Tas Or SA ) Which for most products I sell means I have just given them away ! Most of the time it is around $3.00 to $4.00 out of pocket. Yet to increase my postage prices I know will make me lose sales I feel as if I caught between a rock and hard place with this all and feel very disheartened coupled with a big drop in sales since May. Have a lovely day 😉 Helan

qfbass

I'm currently buying computer parts and sending them to my house (where my housemates are also living) which is a 10 hour drive away. The parts will arrive at my house before I do and even though I've told my housemates what's happening I dont %100 trust them with this. Is it possible that they could sign for these items and just take them? How would an issue like this be resolved?

blandy7667

I recently sold a portable fridge as pick up only. I had the fridge plugged in & working for 3 days prior to auction ending so the buyer could see that it worked fine upon pick up. An interstate bidder bought it & had it shipped by courier at his own expense so I unplugged it. The buyer is now claiming the fridge does not work. Not sure what to do. Do I have to refund the money? How can I be sure he is telling the truth.

silverwomanaustralia

buyer has decided to pick up item. How do I delete the postage charges which automatically appear on the invoice?

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