I use Australia Post and print the labels directly form eBay. I could go into my email address and print the labels from there and get a discount, (click on links, yeah sure if you don't mind the risk) but I just prefer to be able to do it all via eBay, so easy. What problems would it create to just pay for postage over the counter, Well firstly, I have a number of people who will drop parcels into the Post Office for me, and if I paid for each one at the Post Office, then I would have to drive there myself and post them myself, so that I can make sure they weigh them correctly, seeing as one Post Office is spot on to my weights, and the other often weighs all parcels as 30grams higher. The one that is spot on is much further away, but the other they don't weigh or question if the label is attached. My scales are checked regularly and are spot on. I don't want to get into an argument with them. Also, posting over the counter, you have to make sure that you can identify which receipt belongs to which parcel, so that you can come home and manually upload the correct tracking numbers (what a pain for someone with impaired eyesight like me) Also it takes much longer at the post office for all this mucking around. I would still have to print the name and address to put on the parcel, but no proof I have correctly addressed it unless I take a photo of it. Open "my business account" well for a start I am not a business just a person selling personal possessions, and would not sell enough to qualify for pickups or bulk discounts. Some of the answers here do not relate to what I have asked. I am asking is there any way to get ebay to deduct the cost of the postage labels before paying me. I am not interested in piddly little discounts and the hassle of signing up for a business account with the post office, just want things nice and simple and easy as possible. I thought there would be at least one person here who would have a solution.
