I gave up on some of their perks as they started getting more unreasonable at ebay. Especially when they wanted me to basically pretend to be a full on store with loss prevention having it setup where I take any return for any excuse at all with my losses covering the return. Then that added stunt of required backing of a delivery date leaving it up to a russian roulette game of delivery with the flaky USPS. After that one two punch I stopped offering 1 day shipping and pushed it back to 2 to keep things a little safer just in case I can't get out that day and around the other stuff. The two together (usps/ebay) are not reliable partners.
My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
I gave up on some of their perks as they started getting more unreasonable at ebay. Especially when they wanted me to basically pretend to be a full on store with loss prevention having it setup where I take any return for any excuse at all with my losses covering the return. Then that added stunt of required backing of a delivery date leaving it up to a russian roulette game of delivery with the flaky USPS. After that one two punch I stopped offering 1 day shipping and pushed it back to 2 to keep things a little safer just in case I can't get out that day and around the other stuff. The two together (usps/ebay) are not reliable partners.
My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
Ebay is turning into Amazon and expects sellers to follow guidelines. It's worth it more to people who sell in volume. The 10% discount after each month adds up at the end up the year.
I gave up on some of their perks as they started getting more unreasonable at ebay. Especially when they wanted me to basically pretend to be a full on store with loss prevention having it setup where I take any return for any excuse at all with my losses covering the return. Then that added stunt of required backing of a delivery date leaving it up to a russian roulette game of delivery with the flaky USPS. After that one two punch I stopped offering 1 day shipping and pushed it back to 2 to keep things a little safer just in case I can't get out that day and around the other stuff. The two together (usps/ebay) are not reliable partners.
My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
Ebay is turning into Amazon and expects sellers to follow guidelines. It's worth it more to people who sell in volume. The 10% discount after each month adds up at the end up the year.
Its not really worth it with having to do free returns. Mines already easily been offset. Decreasing your site visibility is a way bigger deal.
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My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
I gave up on some of their perks as they started getting more unreasonable at ebay. Especially when they wanted me to basically pretend to be a full on store with loss prevention having it setup where I take any return for any excuse at all with my losses covering the return. Then that added stunt of required backing of a delivery date leaving it up to a russian roulette game of delivery with the flaky USPS. After that one two punch I stopped offering 1 day shipping and pushed it back to 2 to keep things a little safer just in case I can't get out that day and around the other stuff. The two together (usps/ebay) are not reliable partners.
My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
Ebay is turning into Amazon and expects sellers to follow guidelines. It's worth it more to people who sell in volume. The 10% discount after each month adds up at the end up the year.
Can any of you guys go to your local post office for me and ask them how long the forever stamps are good for?
Ummm forever?
I gave up on some of their perks as they started getting more unreasonable at ebay. Especially when they wanted me to basically pretend to be a full on store with loss prevention having it setup where I take any return for any excuse at all with my losses covering the return. Then that added stunt of required backing of a delivery date leaving it up to a russian roulette game of delivery with the flaky USPS. After that one two punch I stopped offering 1 day shipping and pushed it back to 2 to keep things a little safer just in case I can't get out that day and around the other stuff. The two together (usps/ebay) are not reliable partners.
My mom for instance back on 1/17 post marked a gift card hiding inside of a birthday/holiday type card in an envelope with 2 stamps. It just arrived today. NO reason for the delay, nothing weird stamped on the envelope like it went somewhere else. It just was that slow, which kind of re-affirmed to me not to trust ebay and the USPS with guaranteed delivery. If after so many years they can't a basic envelope right, I'm not trusting something larger like bubble mailers or boxes.
Ebay is turning into Amazon and expects sellers to follow guidelines. It's worth it more to people who sell in volume. The 10% discount after each month adds up at the end up the year.
Its not really worth it with having to do free returns. Mines already easily been offset. Decreasing your site visibility is a way bigger deal.
Can any of you guys go to your local post office for me and ask them how long the forever stamps are good for?
Forever Stamps always carry the current face-value-equivalent to what it would take to make a standard-weight first class letter.
That is, you are basically buying "stamp futures" when you buy a Forever Stamp.
Can any of you guys go to your local post office for me and ask them how long the forever stamps are good for?
Ummm forever?
Lol.
As the name implies, if you bought a forever stamp for $0.20 20 years ago, it will still take that one stamp to mail a letter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_postage_rates