I'm suspecting that when you purchase postage through PayPal you don't the free tracking and deliver confirmation that USPS.com provides. USPS also discounts the postage so that it's cheaper to buy it on-line rather than buy it at the local post office in the company of a totally unpleasant postal clerk. I'm not sure if PayPal does the same. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:20 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] AS OF JUNE 1st, EBAY DEMANDS THAT ALL PACKAGES SENT HAVE TRACKING ... I should add - unless Paypal changed their deal in the past few months the easiest way to find out if do sample costs by USPS & Paypal to see what comes out At 12:13 PM 2/28/2012, rixpost...@aol.com wrote: Hi, Rich, I just spoke with a rep at PayPal and she said that they do not provide a free tracking number if a package is sent through them, whether it's sent by Priority or not. She said the fee through them is exactly the same as you pat through the Post Office, which is 70 cents. Rick In a message dated 2/28/2012 12:05:36 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, sa...@comic-art.com writes: the only $ ebay gets from me is money they charge sellers I buy from this doesn't mean I don't hear you. I loved it in 2001 when I was making an average of 8k a month on ebay at an annual cost of about $5000+ now ebay totally sucks for sellers IMO and every time they have those free listing days it totally sucks for buyers At 12:01 PM 2/28/2012, rixpost...@aol.com wrote: Hi, Rich, Hey, I have nothing against tracking numbers. In fact, I use them quite a bit. The thing that bothers me is how an edict is being passed down by eBay. I think the decision should be up to the seller. Guess I just don't like being told what to do by a company that already is taking so much of my money... Rick In a message dated 2/28/2012 11:52:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, sa...@comic-art.com writes: Rick if you get your postage at Paypal, tracking #'s are free for priority mail not sure if it is for first class or not but everyone should use tracking numbers anyway Rich At 10:54 AM 2/28/2012, rixpost...@aol.com wrote: Hi, Everyone, I just received notification from eBay that as of June 1st, all packages sent out by Sellers will be required to have a tracking number...all packages. Even some guy in Podunk U.S.A. who sends out 100 packages a day, each one containing a near-worthless trinket he's sold for 50 cents as of June 1st will be forced by the powers-that-be at eBay to spend 70 cents extra per package to the Post Office for a friggin' tracking number. Let's see...that'll only cost Mr. Seller from Podunk an extra 70 bucks a day...and the trinket he's sending out is only worth 50 cents! I don't know if other sellers agree with me, but I think eBay is truly crossing the line here. It's one thing if they raise their rates (which they've done many times). I can begrudgingly accept that. But to issue me a decree that I must provide a tracking number to them for every package I ship as of June 1st makes me think that eBay is getting to be more and more like Big Brother every day. I'd like to hear if other sellers on eBay agree with me or not. If you do agree, I'd suggest you give eBay a call and let them know what you think about it. I just got off the phone after making a call to eBay. The airhead on the other end was obviously lock-step with eBay's latest "plan". Of course, in their email they emphasize how many rewards they plan to give us as sellers, treating us like a bunch of imbeciles who aren't fully aware of how transparent their B.S. has become. Hey, you can dip a turd in chocolate and cover it with a rainbow of sprinkles, but it's still a friggin' turd. (Sorry about such a crude metaphor, but as you can tell, I'm not pleased with this...) 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