new $0.75 shipping from eBay

[Bcwcardz]

People aren’t scared of sending PWE as long as they have tracking. 0.75 With tracking is the game changer. Sellers now have piece of mind when they send it out. Too many scammers out there know PWE doesn’t have tracking and claim they didn’t get it. Free card for them until now. There are just too damn many dishonest people out there who lie and steal. I really like this and plan to list a lot more cards now. Many of us have lots of low value cards people want but the shipping keeps them from buying it. I think this really is a big deal for both buyers and sellers and a kick in the nuts for scammers.


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[discodanman45]

I have stopped selling PWE cards right now because I am waiting for this to go live, even if it is sometime in 2021. Margins will be higher for sellers IMO because more people will be buying because of the tracking. Also I just feel more comfortable selling with tracking. Has anyone else here stopped selling PWE because of this news?

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

I need to see how the labels are made for these. If they make them a certain size with shipping information included I would love to just feed them to my printer and print on the envelope directly. I will not handwrite anything on PWE's. The card community will come up with the standard way of shipping the cards and these type of envelopes may be expected.

I have not written anything on PWEs in years print out a sales slip cut the top half off tape it to the envelope and fold the card into the rest.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

I have stopped selling PWE cards right now because I am waiting for this to go live, even if it is sometime in 2021. Margins will be higher for sellers IMO because more people will be buying because of the tracking. Also I just feel more comfortable selling with tracking. Has anyone else here stopped selling PWE because of this news?

Nope no need in doing that right now. Once it goes live for me it won't be much of a transition.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by Bcwcardz

People aren’t scared of sending PWE as long as they have tracking. 0.75 With tracking is the game changer. Sellers now have piece of mind when they send it out. Too many scammers out there know PWE doesn’t have tracking and claim they didn’t get it. Free card for them until now. There are just too damn many dishonest people out there who lie and steal. I really like this and plan to list a lot more cards now. Many of us have lots of low value cards people want but the shipping keeps them from buying it. I think this really is a big deal for both buyers and sellers and a kick in the nuts for scammers.


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I have never been scared of sending PWE. The issues run about 1 in every 400 or 500 if that is going to break your bank then you don't need to be selling online anyway. That is about the same rate as items with or without tracking. PWE.

[UCCF]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

I have never been scared of sending PWE. The issues run about 1 in every 400 or 500 if that is going to break your bank then you don't need to be selling online anyway. That is about the same rate as items with or without tracking. PWE.

As a buyer, I've been having more trouble with PWE recently. About 2% of PWE cards that I've bought haven't shown up in the last 3 months, so maybe 1:50.

I'm chalking it up to the USPS problems, but there seems to be a lot more untracked mail going missing now than there was 12 months ago.

[Chrominator]

For this 75 cent PWE w/ tracking, does that mean it will be non-machinable as well or would you have to pay another 35 cents for that?

[clocsta2323]

Originally Posted by Rage

From your eBay sold item details you can open up the PayPal transaction which is where I have it set to print on 4x6 thermal labels. I wasn't able to print on 4x6 directly from eBay.

Not sure if the 0.75 shipping works for padded envelopes though.

Theres a hyperlink "Printer and Label Receipt Preferences". It's not easy to see but it's how I set mine up.

[OscarOne]

I only buy stuff for my PC.

I will spend...so much more money with this shipping. Like...a ton.

[KnoxVegas Matt]

Okay, this isn't working for me. It's not a shipping option on eBay, but it says in their help section that it's currently available for trading cards. Am I missing something?

[cardking77]

Originally Posted by KnoxVegas Matt

Okay, this isn't working for me. It's not a shipping option on eBay, but it says in their help section that it's currently available for trading cards. Am I missing something?

I don’t think EBay has rolled this out yet but I’m thinking soon.

[chezball]

Originally Posted by cardking77

I don’t think EBay has rolled this out yet but I’m thinking soon.

Think it's sometime next year.

[ewokpelts]

Originally Posted by LCM1223

That’s what regular tracking is for

That’s almost $3 first class.

[cj828282]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1k6TtfjYQ

[DontToewsMeBro]

I am assuming it is just a USA thing and those of us not in the US are $hit outta luck.

[TheHeel]

End of January 2021 this should roll out.

[LCM1223]

Originally Posted by ewokpelts

That’s almost $3 first class.

Yes, correct

[actionbryan]

probably answered already, but what does this mean for common (thick) relic cards? ship these for .75?

[D-Lite]

Originally Posted by actionbryan

probably answered already, but what does this mean for common (thick) relic cards? ship these for .75?

Only thing that really matters is the 1/4 inch thickness of the envelope.

[actionbryan]

Also, that youtube link above made it sound like these are usps provided envelopes (like their flat rate priority)
Did I just understand that wrong? Are we using our own plain white envelopes or usps provided

[actionbryan]

Originally Posted by D-Lite

Only thing that really matters is the 1/4 inch thickness of the envelope.

Can I send a pwe right now that is 1/4 inch thick? Or would that get kicked back as a package (obviously it would be rigid, but I always assume usps was 100% lax on enforcing that, I've always seen people use 1 forever stamp)

[D-Lite]

Originally Posted by actionbryan

Can I send a pwe right now that is 1/4 inch thick? Or would that get kicked back as a package (obviously it would be rigid, but I always assume usps was 100% lax on enforcing that, I've always seen people use 1 forever stamp)

You should be able to. All this development involves is the ability to now ship such postage class through eBay and provide tracking. Dramatically improves seller's ability to offer cheap option and stay protected and gives buyers confidence in the shipping method. It's a big deal.

[dwillard]

It does sound awesome but my only question would be what percentage of sellers will actually offer this option.

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by actionbryan

Can I send a pwe right now that is 1/4 inch thick? Or would that get kicked back as a package (obviously it would be rigid, but I always assume usps was 100% lax on enforcing that, I've always seen people use 1 forever stamp)

Not here. One day I got 125 RTS Insufficient Postage for using regular forever stamps- was an expensive mistake; nothing but $0.70 butterflies since

[tonedef2oo8]

I can’t wait for the excuses of why they are charging 3.50 and are shipping this way.

Then we will hear 55 excuses of why they can circumvent eBay fees . My personal favorite is I don’t have room for bubble mailers so I have to buy them one at a time and charge 3.00 per .