The only reason they changed at all was the loss of shipping revenue overall as so many sellers had left that the $0.06 overcharge on the lightweight packages was being outweighed by all of the lost shipping revenue and that started the defection of Sellers to 3rd party sites for services that Ebay had been supplying and started the slip in marketshare that Ebay has been dealing with ever since in all aspects of their business model.I've searched through these messages boards, but was unable to find a post/topic that specifically answers my questions, so my apologizes if this is a double post.Ībout 3-4 months in to the Trading Card business, prior to this new eBay Standard Envelope service I shipped the cheaper sports/TCG cards I sold in a 4 x 6 bubble mailer via USPS First Class like many of you probably did also. It may have been small potatoes to the individual sellers who were overcharged, but you better believe that for the resellers like Ebay, those pennies added up to millions of dollars during that 2 month period. That never did happen but as usual Ebay kept those overcharged amounts and have been doing so ever since with their self created glitches. I’m sure some did go back to Ebay but from what I heard in discussions with other sellers was the same thing that I thought, the service i got from the new company far outweighed what i had gotten from Ebay and Ebay was also keeping all of that overcharged shipping revenue still claiming they might still have to repay it to USPS. All of the other label printing services lowered their rates on that first 4 ounces by the $.06 but Ebay refused to do so claiming that they were not sure that the USPS would not come back on them and force them to pay that difference back so they maintained that extra charge for about 2 months during which time many Sellers, myself included, switched from printing their labels on Ebay to using other 3rd party companies.Įbay finally gave in when they saw just how much their shipping revenue had declined due to all of those Sellers defecting to other services and made the old familiar announcement “You Spoke and We Listened” and lowered their prices to the same amount that the other services were charging in hopes that the Sellers would come back. USPS addressed this by lowering the rate $0.06 on the first 4 ounces of a First Class Package as this was where the error seemed to be. A few years back there was an increase in postage that caused the online rate to erroneously be more than the retail rate at that time. You can learn more about eBay Standard Envelope offering on this page.Īnd you can read today’s full announcement on this page.Įbay can tell you just how much those pennies add up. However, each eBay standard envelope shipment includes a $20 shipping protection plan on a single order and up to $50 on combined orders to help in case of lost or damaged items.” There are also restrictions on the size, thickness, and weight of envelopes.Īs for protections, eBay explains: “You are still responsible for getting the order to the buyer in good shape.
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