new $0.75 shipping from eBay

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by dontcallmejoey

Anybody ever encountered a problem where you're unable to purchase a standard envelope label and it's forcing you to choose USPS First-Class? It's doing this regardless of standard envelope being my selected shipping in the listing and also clearly what the buyer selected.

There are various hing that can cause this without detail about the item there is no way to know. The total price is a key there have also been issues sending items via this method to US territories. Other issues could be the weight you have on the item.

[JeffG1954]

Originally Posted by dontcallmejoey

Anybody ever encountered a problem where you're unable to purchase a standard envelope label and it's forcing you to choose USPS First-Class? It's doing this regardless of standard envelope being my selected shipping in the listing and also clearly what the buyer selected.

I've seen it, but only when either 1) The listing ends over $20, or 2) There are 4 cards or more sold and the weight shows 4 ounces or more.

[dontcallmejoey]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

There are various hing that can cause this without detail about the item there is no way to know. The total price is a key there have also been issues sending items via this method to US territories. Other issues could be the weight you have on the item.

Thank you for the help. It was the dimensions. I recently started using the advanced listing tool to get around eBay automatically enabling best offer on my listings where I didn't want it and I obviously messed something up with package dimensions.

[Swipe79]

Just curious if anyone has experience with this.

On a lot of my low end cards, I allow offers - my thought was that if someone wants a bunch of cards they could make offers to make a bigger deal. I eventually figured out that I can offer discounts for bulk purchases in the cart but it seems like few buyers have figured this out.

It also means I get people offering on a single card looking for a nice discount because they're special in some way. When they make an offer on a cheap card - it always says the offer price does not include shipping or taxes.

So a guy might offer $1.50 on a card that is $1.99 with free shipping - should I then send an invoice for $1.50 plus .53 shipping? I'm sure it would piss people off...some may not even notice.

Which leads me to meander to my point - How do you guys all handle offers/discounts on your lower end cards?

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

Just curious if anyone has experience with this.

On a lot of my low end cards, I allow offers - my thought was that if someone wants a bunch of cards they could make offers to make a bigger deal. I eventually figured out that I can offer discounts for bulk purchases in the cart but it seems like few buyers have figured this out.

It also means I get people offering on a single card looking for a nice discount because they're special in some way. When they make an offer on a cheap card - it always says the offer price does not include shipping or taxes.

So a guy might offer $1.50 on a card that is $1.99 with free shipping - should I then send an invoice for $1.50 plus .53 shipping? I'm sure it would piss people off...some may not even notice.

Which leads me to meander to my point - How do you guys all handle offers/discounts on your lower end cards?

Shipping is never negotiable and if it's listed as free shipping adding shipping to the invoice is a violation of ebay rules. As far as bulk discounting I rarely get into it on lower end stuff

[JeffG1954]

I will sometimes offer free shipping on higher end cards, but never on cards that will ship PWE.

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

Just curious if anyone has experience with this.

On a lot of my low end cards, I allow offers - my thought was that if someone wants a bunch of cards they could make offers to make a bigger deal. I eventually figured out that I can offer discounts for bulk purchases in the cart but it seems like few buyers have figured this out.

It also means I get people offering on a single card looking for a nice discount because they're special in some way. When they make an offer on a cheap card - it always says the offer price does not include shipping or taxes.

So a guy might offer $1.50 on a card that is $1.99 with free shipping - should I then send an invoice for $1.50 plus .53 shipping? I'm sure it would piss people off...some may not even notice.

Which leads me to meander to my point - How do you guys all handle offers/discounts on your lower end cards?

I have free shipping and accept offers. Just figure out what shipping cost and supplies would cost, factor in fees and set a minimum offer based on this (I factor in like a nickel or dime for each card as well in my calculations).

Originally Posted by JeffG1954

I will sometimes offer free shipping on higher end cards, but never on cards that will ship PWE.

They can't rate you on your shipping practices if you ship for free, as long as it gets to them in listed/sold condition so its absolutely PERFECT for PWEs

[rwperu34]

Originally Posted by Swipe79

Just curious if anyone has experience with this.

On a lot of my low end cards, I allow offers - my thought was that if someone wants a bunch of cards they could make offers to make a bigger deal. I eventually figured out that I can offer discounts for bulk purchases in the cart but it seems like few buyers have figured this out.

It also means I get people offering on a single card looking for a nice discount because they're special in some way. When they make an offer on a cheap card - it always says the offer price does not include shipping or taxes.

So a guy might offer $1.50 on a card that is $1.99 with free shipping - should I then send an invoice for $1.50 plus .53 shipping? I'm sure it would piss people off...some may not even notice.

Which leads me to meander to my point - How do you guys all handle offers/discounts on your lower end cards?

The easiest way to give bulk discounts is instead of $1.99 + free shipping make it 99¢ + $1.00 flat rate shipping. Most of the time people will just buy the card they want, but when it makes a difference it can be huge.

I barely bother with BO on my high priced items so I'm sure as heck not going to mess with it on low end.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by smanzari

They can't rate you on your shipping practices if you ship for free, as long as it gets to them in listed/sold condition so its absolutely PERFECT for PWEs

DSRs have not counted against sellers for years the first one they stopped counting was the shipping charges one.

[RandysHobby]

Ever since these came out, I slab it on a PWE and handwrite "photos no machine or bend". After hundreds of times, I got a note from my mail carrier saying that these are "non-machinable are more expensive, use proper postage".

Am I OK to just let pass as "machinable"?

[rodent14]

Originally Posted by RandysHobby

Ever since these came out, I slab it on a PWE and handwrite "photos no machine or bend". After hundreds of times, I got a note from my mail carrier saying that these are "non-machinable are more expensive, use proper postage".

Am I OK to just let pass as "machinable"?

I've shipped over 1k of these without marking them non-machinable and have had no damage claims related to running them through the machines. They should be fine.

[longhornjunkie]

Originally Posted by RandysHobby

Ever since these came out, I slab it on a PWE and handwrite "photos no machine or bend". After hundreds of times, I got a note from my mail carrier saying that these are "non-machinable are more expensive, use proper postage".

Am I OK to just let pass as "machinable"?

Believe the machines have to scan them.

[JeffG1954]

If you mark them "non-machineable", they usually go thru the machine anyway. If you mark them "non-machineable", you should be paying either $.73 or $.93, never $.53. If you are shipping in a top loader you can ship them at the $.53 rate, but safer to use the higher amounts because they are rigid....if using a semi rigid you are good to use the $.53 rate if it is one or 2 standard cards....anything more rigid and you should up the rate to $.93. If you use the $.73 or $.93, it is very possible that your envelope will not be scanned for tracking purposes....reason being is that these are only scanned by machine and the $.73 and $.93 can be read as non-machineable, so should not be going thru the machines for scanning. Some still do, it's hit and miss.

Was told by a postal clerk that the QR code in the upper right hand corner is how they tell what rate you paid, and weather or not your envelope should be scanned. Writing non-machineable do not bend does nothing but waste your time.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by RandysHobby

Ever since these came out, I slab it on a PWE and handwrite "photos no machine or bend". After hundreds of times, I got a note from my mail carrier saying that these are "non-machinable are more expensive, use proper postage".

Am I OK to just let pass as "machinable"?

I have sent thousands without it. What else are you putting in the envelope? Wrap it in a piece of paper and a card saver is all I generally do. Can count damage claims on one hand in over 4 years shi0ping pwe like this

[ninjacookies]

Always use 0.73 2 ounce option, at minimum.

Always use at least one layer of cardboard backing, even with a toploader. These are free if you just order a ton of medium flate rate boxes from usps, and cut them up accordingly.

Finally got my first 2 ever complaints of non-delivery. Both buyers were very kind and even waited until the 4 week mark. Both PWE's had the initial origin scan then nothing since. I ate the $12. Will be writing to Ebay concierge seeing if they'll reimburse. Not expecting they will, but have to try. I don't mind eating the cost after selling well over a 1,000 of these things in the past few months.

[jamcas997]

Ok so who can repost the link for the PIP Claim?

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

Always use 0.73 2 ounce option, at minimum.

Always use at least one layer of cardboard backing, even with a toploader. These are free if you just order a ton of medium flate rate boxes from usps, and cut them up accordingly.

Finally got my first 2 ever complaints of non-delivery. Both buyers were very kind and even waited until the 4 week mark. Both PWE's had the initial origin scan then nothing since. I ate the $12. Will be writing to Ebay concierge seeing if they'll reimburse. Not expecting they will, but have to try. I don't mind eating the cost after selling well over a 1,000 of these things in the past few months.

That will get your buyers upgraded to Priority and is actually against Federal law to use priority shipping supplies for anything other than priority shipping.

I have never used cardboard in mine and hav not used the 73 cent option except on multiples and have not had a damaged complaint under this system. In the pst 3 years of shiping PWE I can count damage claims on one hand.

You can file a clim with the link to the PIP service no need to contact Ebay you are covered through the insurance service

https://www.pip-claim.com/PIPClaim/e...reateeBayClaim

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

That will get your buyers upgraded to Priority and is actually against Federal law to use priority shipping supplies for anything other than priority shipping.

I have never used cardboard in mine and hav not used the 73 cent option except on multiples and have not had a damaged complaint under this system. In the pst 3 years of shiping PWE I can count damage claims on one hand.

You can file a clim with the link to the PIP service no need to contact Ebay you are covered through the insurance service

https://www.pip-claim.com/PIPClaim/e...reateeBayClaim

You are a scholar and a saint. Thank you very much for this.

I'm always a bit paranoid to go with 1 ounce, but a great majority of my parcels are well below an ounce, even with cardboard backing. I use an accurate weight/gram scale to make sure.

Do you use an actual weight scale if you have multiple cards? Because I know I can usually get up to 3 or 4 cards in sleeves with a single cardboard backing plate before hitting the 2 ounce barrier.

And the ONLY reason I use cardboard backing is because of the unreasonable amount of...unreasonable buyers...that take the time to complain that a cardboard backing plate on a 99 cent purchase isn't adequate enough.

But again, I really feel hesitant pushing my luck with this.

Again, thanks for the wealth of knowledge.

[rwperu34]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

You are a scholar and a saint. Thank you very much for this.

I'm always a bit paranoid to go with 1 ounce, but a great majority of my parcels are well below an ounce, even with cardboard backing. I use an accurate weight/gram scale to make sure.

Do you use an actual weight scale if you have multiple cards? Because I know I can usually get up to 3 or 4 cards in sleeves with a single cardboard backing plate before hitting the 2 ounce barrier.

And the ONLY reason I use cardboard backing is because of the unreasonable amount of...unreasonable buyers...that take the time to complain that a cardboard backing plate on a 99 cent purchase isn't adequate enough.

But again, I really feel hesitant pushing my luck with this.

Again, thanks for the wealth of knowledge.

I've been shipping in toploaders taped to the center of the PWE and using the 73¢ option. I had a couple returned early for postage due (20¢) so decided to bump it up a notch on cards over $4. When I use a semi rigid I go with the 53¢ option.

I do have a scale. The only times I've gone over 1 ounce is on a 7 card lot with some chrome and a 6 card silver pack refractor lot. Where the scale really comes in handy is with bubble mailers on those bigger 50-100 count lots.

I'm up to well over 200 of these going out and am currently dealing with my 1st not delivered and have yet to have any damage claims. I actually feel more comfortable shipping this way because if the card gets lost I get my money back. I think it is insured against damage too.

As a buyer of as many or more of these as I send out the cardboard backing is somewhat annoying. Mostly because I know that if there is ever a problem that will probably be the cause. When I do use cardboard (on some small, cheap lots) it's cereal box cardboard. The easiest for me to open is a toploader or semi rigid taped to the center of the envelope. The key is to leave an obvious area to cut open the envelope.

[jamcas997]

Originally Posted by ninjacookies

You are a scholar and a saint. Thank you very much for this.

I'm always a bit paranoid to go with 1 ounce, but a great majority of my parcels are well below an ounce, even with cardboard backing. I use an accurate weight/gram scale to make sure.

Do you use an actual weight scale if you have multiple cards? Because I know I can usually get up to 3 or 4 cards in sleeves with a single cardboard backing plate before hitting the 2 ounce barrier.

And the ONLY reason I use cardboard backing is because of the unreasonable amount of...unreasonable buyers...that take the time to complain that a cardboard backing plate on a 99 cent purchase isn't adequate enough.

But again, I really feel hesitant pushing my luck with this.

Again, thanks for the wealth of knowledge.

I just wrap card in half a sheet of paper in a TL or CS. I have heard of people in the past going to the grocery store or other places that have apartment guides and using the covers as backing and trashing the rest.

Thanks for posting the PIP second claim filed in 3000 of these not a bad deal.

[longhornjunkie]

Originally Posted by jamcas997

I just wrap card in half a sheet of paper in a TL or CS. I have heard of people in the past going to the grocery store or other places that have apartment guides and using the covers as backing and trashing the rest.

Thanks for posting the PIP second claim filed in 3000 of these not a bad deal.

Wasteful. Yeah, maybe they won't get picked up otherwise, but still. If you are that worried about extra protection/backing you have some household waste somewhere in the house that works. Cereal or any other food packaging boxes... multiple layers of paper... damaged bubble mailers... some types of cardboard are too rigid and may do more harm than good in the machines.

[Swipe79]

I've shipped well north of 4,000 this way now. I use blue tape to secure the card to the middle of the envelope - I use a slightly thicker greeting card type Kraft envelope because it makes the toploader less obvious and offers a little more protection.

1-2 cards are the .53 option, once I hit three and have to use a thicker toploaders I bump it up to .73. If I have to go to a larger toploader 138+ for instance I switch to the .93.

I had one really early on that was postage due and none returned yet...knock on wood.

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by rwperu34

I've been shipping in toploaders taped to the center of the PWE and using the 73¢ option. I had a couple returned early for postage due (20¢) so decided to bump it up a notch on cards over $4. When I use a semi rigid I go with the 53¢ option.

I do have a scale. The only times I've gone over 1 ounce is on a 7 card lot with some chrome and a 6 card silver pack refractor lot. Where the scale really comes in handy is with bubble mailers on those bigger 50-100 count lots.

I'm up to well over 200 of these going out and am currently dealing with my 1st not delivered and have yet to have any damage claims. I actually feel more comfortable shipping this way because if the card gets lost I get my money back. I think it is insured against damage too.

As a buyer of as many or more of these as I send out the cardboard backing is somewhat annoying. Mostly because I know that if there is ever a problem that will probably be the cause. When I do use cardboard (on some small, cheap lots) it's cereal box cardboard. The easiest for me to open is a toploader or semi rigid taped to the center of the envelope. The key is to leave an obvious area to cut open the envelope.

Originally Posted by jamcas997

I just wrap card in half a sheet of paper in a TL or CS. I have heard of people in the past going to the grocery store or other places that have apartment guides and using the covers as backing and trashing the rest.

Thanks for posting the PIP second claim filed in 3000 of these not a bad deal.

Thanks fellas!

[Eric1285]

So I just started listing a few cards on eBay last week with most of them being cards that can ship via standard envelope. I've sold a few cards now and have been doing the old print, cut, and tape procedure with the labels.

Thanks to eBay user disneyshopper's post on the eBay community forum, I realized it was possible to download the label as a PNG, which makes it much easier to manipulate. I was able to pop it into Microsoft Word and with a tiny bit of fiddling got it to print out on a 6 3/4 envelope on the very first try!

To change the label format, on the screen where you put in the details before purchasing the label (size, weight, etc.) click on "More Options" next to where it says "Shipping Service". Then click on "Show more" at the bottom of the "Order details" box on the right. At the very bottom of the expanded box is an option for print format. It looks like once you change it to PNG, all your future labels will download as PNG so you don't have to do this every time.

Note that you can also change the format by pretending to print another label for an existing order - you don't actually have to purchase the label for the change to take.

Hooray for no longer having to waste time and a sheet of paper printing, cutting, and taping!

[shrevecity]

I have tried that takes me more time to set the printer up for envelopes than to just tape them after cutting. The half sheet is perfect for wrapping the card in.