I started in 1999 selling mostly. Mostly small lightweight items. But postage kept rising. I tried the ebay ship labels a couple of years ago and now that’s all I use. Easy and there is a savings.
Yeah but that 12% final value fee is a killer.
Agreed on the eBay ship labels and hunting through the shipping options — probably 1/3 of the stuff I’ve nabbed on eBay was “shipping is too high” initially, so, buyers bypass it. But I’ll contact the seller and see if they can find a cheaper shipping option, then be ready to pounce on the item after the seller updates the listing.
This pump tho’... The seller is evidently not familiar with shipping heavy items, and tho’ they used a lot of packing material, it still wasn’t “proper” protection, and, the “foot” on the bottom of the pump “got scrunched real good”. The carton looks fine, so, likely trying to plead my case with USPS is hopeless. I can probably bend the foot back into shape and refinish it*, but have asked the seller for an adjustment. I guess we’ll see...
*The finish (powder coat) will have been stressed where the unwanted bends are, and will corrode sooner.) Rustoleum and a good oven bake of the foot will be ALMOST as good as new.