I have listed cds for sale for a number of years and sold literally 1000s & charged buyers my cost of postage in Australia at letter rates $2.20 + packaging at around 65 cents. The new system insists I charge at package rates ($10.90!!!) which includes registration, which my customers don't need & won't pay!!! I can't & won't charge them $10.90 for postage for a cd! The only times I have sent items registered, they took longer too arrive and in one case the item was LOST! Ebay you have just lost a 100% positive seller for good!
You Must be using a different ebay to the one I'm using
You can send a CD as a untracked letter for $2.20 plus what ever you charge for packing material etc as long as it's under 125g and up to 250g for $3.60
It's probably default setting it to that much. Change the height measurement to 2cm and the weight to 250grams and the untracked option will come back.
I have made my own packaging for CD's in the past from recycled cardboard and posted at a large letter rate with no problems. Recently one didn't arrive so I enquired at Australia Post to be told it was my fault it was lost or destroyed as the letter sorting machines can't handle cardboard and I should have posted it as a parcel !.... at of course a higher postage rate. She couldn't provide an answer when I asked about their own CD mailer packaging. It was a rare CD too. ๐
