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On eBay shipment tracking, PayPal claims hypocrisy, & the USPS’s inability to do anything right

by T. W. Seller | Apr 2, 2014 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

eBay says, “Note that a scan at any point indicating that the item is in transit or...

Mail FAIL: That awkward moment when the USPS fills your PO Box with other people’s letters

by T. W. Seller | Mar 16, 2012 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

A few weeks ago, I get a phone call from my local post office. My PO Box is overfilled. If I...

USPS adds much needed features to their PO Box service: Email/Text mail notifications, street addressing, signature on file

by T. W. Seller | Mar 7, 2012 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Customer Service & Bettering your Business | 13 |

I was waiting to write about this until it was active on the USPS website but it still...

7 More Tips for Saving on Shipping Supplies and Postage

by Guest Whiner | Feb 24, 2012 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

The following is a guest post written by Shayna Burns of Pitney Bowes, offering postage machines...

5 Tips for Saving Money on Shipping Supplies and Postage

by T. W. Seller | Jan 29, 2012 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 4 |

Today’s topic was a request from a IRL friend. And not just any friend! This one. Anyway, the...

New USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Bubble Lined Padded Envelope are free

by T. W. Seller | Jan 9, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 2 |

Priority Mail. Flat Rate. 9 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ Bubble lined. Padded envelopes. Free. What...

Auctiva Insurance for eBay sales: Is the discount worth the fuss of filing a claim?

by T. W. Seller | Apr 19, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 12 |

Regular readers know that eBay 3rd Party Provider Auctiva and I have a somewhat sordid history. I...

USPS’s green fail: making trash & wasting paper in the name of the environment

by T. W. Seller | Feb 22, 2010 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

On Feb 12th, I went to get the mail from my PO Box and in it was the following postcard:The gist...

From eBay frustrations to eCrater success: a marketplace review from a seller on both platforms

by T. W. Seller | Feb 17, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 18 |

Of all the new platforms and marketplaces out there, the one that caught my fancy the most recently was eCrater. The biggest selling point is that they are 100% free with no fees. Think of them as a craigslist style posting...

Holiday etiquette question: Someone shipped you a gift that arrived broken. Should you tell them?

by T. W. Seller | Dec 21, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

I think this one might be a bit out of Miss Manner’s realm of expertise so I pose it to all of you. A friend mailed me a small gift, a holiday music CD in a thin cardboard sleeve. Instead of taking it the post office and...

Paranoia Post: The eBay Insurance USPS, UPS, FedEx Conspiracy Theory

by T. W. Seller | Sep 4, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 8 |

Everyone have their foil hat firmly in place? Then let’s go. The real reason eBay is no longer allowing sellers to charge buyers for insurance has nothing to do with fees. Instead it’s a ploy to manipulate the...

eBay forces sellers to eat the cost of insurance in a move that ticks me off to no end

by T. W. Seller | Aug 26, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 5 |

This is probably old news to some of you but since the first notice I saw of this was on an item I was listing last night, the wound is still fresh for me.I heard the rumors that eBay was going to introduce their own insurance...