I was making a change to the listing I have for a lamp in my booth, and while looking at it I noticed there was no shipping method selected. I had the weight and box size in there, but no method was selected, and I knew I had listed it with Retail Ground. So I tried to fix it and then noticed that Retail Ground isn’t even an option I can select. I can only select Priority Mail (or higher). The difference between Retail and Priority for this item is like $40! Nobody is gonna pay that.
So, I went to a couple of other items that I knew I’d offered as Retail Ground, and the option wasn’t there, either. Every item I’d listed with Retail Ground just has no shipping method selected, so the buyer would have to message me for a shipping quote and, I guess have me send them an invoice?
I had someone buy an item with Retail Ground shipping just two weeks ago, so whatever has changed has been recent. Anyone know what’s up?
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RummageRampage Reputation: 291 See RummageRampage's booth |
Notice the last line in this note from the usps.com [URL removed]
USPS Retail Ground
2–8 Business Days
Retail Ground® is a reliable and economical way to ship less-than-urgent deliveries and oversized packages. From $7.35 at a Post Office.
from the usps.com [URL removed]
Using Retail Ground
Good for packages too large for Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail delivery.
Includes USPS Tracking®.
Only available at USPS Post Offices.
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tomwayne1 Reputation: 8637 See tomwayne1's booth |
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I have not seen “CALCULATED” usps retail ground option for almost a decade here.
They may have a flat charge (non-Priority) but none for “Calculated”.
I have been asking for it for YEARS (as the Auction site has it) so I know it is available. It does make a BIG difference and people do consider ship costs (but actually they are in the Free Shipping mindset mostly).
If you pad your items price to give out free shipping, then nobody will find it because the cost of the items will be too high and it will fall to the bottom of the list and never get views. Sellers know this but buyers all want free.
If I buy something, I realize the cost of shipping it and am willing to pay a reasonable price for shipping. I would rather price my stuff realistically and then add a realistic ship cost to it.
I try not to make the PO rich on someone elses dime but I need to cover my costs.
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Atomicdiner Reputation: 1902 See Atomicdiner's booth |
They probably changed it because they want people to go in to weigh the item now.
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KoiK1 Reputation: 12 |
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