Browsing the archives for the free tag

“There’s no such thing as free shipping.”

You can set your watch by it. Every time there’s a post about eBay that mentions “free shipping” somewhere in it and you get some clown who says one of the following two things: “There’s no such thing as free shipping!” or the hilariously moronic “I went to the post office and asked for the [...]

eBay changes their DSR feedback policy: Free shipping now equals 5 free stars

(I meant to post this on last Friday and I forgot. Sorry about that! My brain is apparently still on summer vacation.) eBay recently announced a long overdue change in how they handle DSRs. Starting August 24th, if a sell offers free shipping and the buyer selects that option, when they leave feedback the buyer [...]

European buyer: Make sure you don’t send my package through all that volcanic ash

I get an email yesterday from a European buyer. The exchange went largely like this: Buyer: I paid today. But make sure you don’t send my package through all that volcanic ash.Me: Do you want me to wait to ship it out until the ash isn’t in the air? I don’t mind doing that. Buyer: [...]

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