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We will be back by the next week. Should I hold our mail or does this get here using another carrier?
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If the seller has not given you a tracking number then maybe ask what postal service they have used.
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I can tell you from the US standpoint, that if I as a seller send something to Europe using ebays international delivery, the label I create has a tracking number only to the hub here in the US. After that they take care of the shipping, customs form etc. I don't know what service they use to ship but supposedly it is cheaper for the buyer than USPS. I stopped selling internationally with parcels a long time ago, and since ebay has never come out and directly said that on a lost or misdelivered parcel they will pay for the loss, I don't use them and stick to no international delivery
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I suspect that this shipment will not come through postal services, though I have only one example of personal experience. I once bid on and won a lot on eBay that even with the relatively expensive shipping cost still was a very good price. I received all the promo about the superiority of eBay shipping and the tracking, etc., but the tracking mainly only told me it sat in some location in the USA for days without seemingly moving anywhere. After about three weeks it was delivered to me, stretching the definition of "delivered." After that day's mail delivery had been received I received an e-mail confirming the shipment had been delivered that day as of several hours prior to the email. When I went looking for it, it was not in the mailbox, it was not delivered to my apartment door or to that of the the next two floors above me (ground floor entry of this building is actually the third floor). Continuing my search I found my delivery on the floor in the main entry area of this large apartment building, directly under a sign from building management stating that all non-Canada Post deliveries must be delivered to the recipient's door, not left in this entry area. Given the size of the building and the lag time of being notified of my delivery, I have no estimate of how many people walked by/stepped over the delivery before I retrieved it, both building residents and visitors coming through that main entry. I was not impressed and will never bid again on a lot shipped by this eBay enterprise.
If I were you, I would be concerned your shipment might arrive while you are away and a discount priced delivery service you never heard of may just drop it on your doorstep or driveway and trigger the message that it was delivered to you.
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Cathotel exactly right. I have heard of many problems even with their US delivery service for items. They want you to use their first class mail system whatever that might be because it is a few cents cheaper AND comes with tracking but it is their tracking which is meaningless to the PO. Delivered items in their system mean that it made its way to the PO it was supposed to arrive at, not the person it was addressed to. I would never use it as a shipping method
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Tracking alert now shows:
Expected Delivery on
THURSDAY
14
September
2023
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6:05pm
We're leaving Sunday; its close but my local PO folks are good. This is a Gibbons album for George VI issues, looks in good
shape.
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It got here two days early, album looks good, smells a bit musty, ok otherwise.
Last time I rely on Ebay shipping, however!
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I do not ship internationally. You legally cannot ship goods (i.e. stamps, etc.) without a customs form.
I used the eBay standard envelope which includes tracking twice and it does save a few pennies on postage costs, but the amount of time I had to spend to print the correct-sized label for my envelopes clearly eclipsed the savings on postage.
My orders are usually small (single stamps or sets) and I put them in a sales/collection card and tape that to the inside of a greeting card (birthday, Christmas, blank, etc.) and then place all in the greeting card envelope. The card gives adequate stiffness and I can send it by first class mail. In addition, it appears as just a greeting card and would not encourage pilfering. The eBay standard envelope with their tracking label has the eBay name on the label which calls attention to the envelope.
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I have a shipment arriving in next week or so; seller is in the UK, he's shipping using the Ebay international system, arrival is September 20. We now plan to be gone that week. I plan to place a hold on our mail but now wonder if this is arriving using a non USPS delivery system. The seller doesn't know this.
We will be back by the next week. Should I hold our mail or does this get here using another carrier?
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
If the seller has not given you a tracking number then maybe ask what postal service they have used.
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
I can tell you from the US standpoint, that if I as a seller send something to Europe using ebays international delivery, the label I create has a tracking number only to the hub here in the US. After that they take care of the shipping, customs form etc. I don't know what service they use to ship but supposedly it is cheaper for the buyer than USPS. I stopped selling internationally with parcels a long time ago, and since ebay has never come out and directly said that on a lost or misdelivered parcel they will pay for the loss, I don't use them and stick to no international delivery
Greg
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
I suspect that this shipment will not come through postal services, though I have only one example of personal experience. I once bid on and won a lot on eBay that even with the relatively expensive shipping cost still was a very good price. I received all the promo about the superiority of eBay shipping and the tracking, etc., but the tracking mainly only told me it sat in some location in the USA for days without seemingly moving anywhere. After about three weeks it was delivered to me, stretching the definition of "delivered." After that day's mail delivery had been received I received an e-mail confirming the shipment had been delivered that day as of several hours prior to the email. When I went looking for it, it was not in the mailbox, it was not delivered to my apartment door or to that of the the next two floors above me (ground floor entry of this building is actually the third floor). Continuing my search I found my delivery on the floor in the main entry area of this large apartment building, directly under a sign from building management stating that all non-Canada Post deliveries must be delivered to the recipient's door, not left in this entry area. Given the size of the building and the lag time of being notified of my delivery, I have no estimate of how many people walked by/stepped over the delivery before I retrieved it, both building residents and visitors coming through that main entry. I was not impressed and will never bid again on a lot shipped by this eBay enterprise.
If I were you, I would be concerned your shipment might arrive while you are away and a discount priced delivery service you never heard of may just drop it on your doorstep or driveway and trigger the message that it was delivered to you.
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
Cathotel exactly right. I have heard of many problems even with their US delivery service for items. They want you to use their first class mail system whatever that might be because it is a few cents cheaper AND comes with tracking but it is their tracking which is meaningless to the PO. Delivered items in their system mean that it made its way to the PO it was supposed to arrive at, not the person it was addressed to. I would never use it as a shipping method
Greg
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
Tracking alert now shows:
Expected Delivery on
THURSDAY
14
September
2023
by
6:05pm
We're leaving Sunday; its close but my local PO folks are good. This is a Gibbons album for George VI issues, looks in good
shape.
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re: Ebay International Shipping - USPS?
It got here two days early, album looks good, smells a bit musty, ok otherwise.
Last time I rely on Ebay shipping, however!
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I do not ship internationally. You legally cannot ship goods (i.e. stamps, etc.) without a customs form.
I used the eBay standard envelope which includes tracking twice and it does save a few pennies on postage costs, but the amount of time I had to spend to print the correct-sized label for my envelopes clearly eclipsed the savings on postage.
My orders are usually small (single stamps or sets) and I put them in a sales/collection card and tape that to the inside of a greeting card (birthday, Christmas, blank, etc.) and then place all in the greeting card envelope. The card gives adequate stiffness and I can send it by first class mail. In addition, it appears as just a greeting card and would not encourage pilfering. The eBay standard envelope with their tracking label has the eBay name on the label which calls attention to the envelope.
Fred
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