Shipping Rate Tables Are Categorizing Whitehorse Postal Codes Wrong

Summary: flipistics shared their experience about using shipping rate tables on eBay and noted an issue with the postal codes for Whitehorse incorrectly categorized as part of a prairie province instead of the Yukon. They found that only Whitehorse postal codes were affected, while others in Yukon and NWT worked correctly. lotzofuniquegoodies advised considering the potential for cubing and other variables in shipping costs, such as tax per province and floating fuel surcharges. flipistics responded, discussing their use of Sendle for more generous cubing and highlighting that this period is an ideal time for experimenting due to potential Postal Office strikes.

Just a heads up for people. I'm trying out using shipping rate tables and got an order from someone in Whitehorse. The shipping amount charged was way off. It appears eBay has accidentally attributed Whitehorse to one of the prairie provinces (an urban area at that) instead of the Yukon. I tried a number of other postal codes in the Yukon and NWT and they all appeared to be working correctly. The error seems to be limited to just the Whitehorse range of postal codes.

Also of note, for anyone wondering, is that the shipping rate tables by weight add a fractional amount per kilogram, not whole kilogram amounts. So 1.1 KG is charged as 1.1 KG rather than 2 KG.

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Posted 1 year ago · Edited 1 year ago·Last reply 1 year ago

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lotzofuniquegoodies

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@flipistics wrote:
Just a heads up for people. I'm trying out using shipping rate tables and got an order from someone in Whitehorse. The shipping amount charged was way off. It appears eBay has accidentally attributed Whitehorse to one of the prairie provinces (an urban area at that) instead of the Yukon. I tried a number of other postal codes in the Yukon and NWT and they all appeared to be working correctly. The error seems to be limited to just the Whitehorse range of postal codes.

Also of note, for anyone wondering, is that the shipping rate tables by weight add a fractional amount per kilogram, not whole kilogram amounts. So 1.1 KG is charged as 1.1 KG rather than 2 KG.

@flipistics

Always important to consider if final packaged item will have cubing applied when using the shipping tables. I tested briefly when the option was first released. Because a number of my items could have cubing applied I didn't risk chancing it. Same goes for remembering to include variables in tax per province and floating fuel surcharge.

-Lotz

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@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@flipistics
Always important to consider if final packaged item will have cubing applied when using the shipping tables. I tested briefly when the option was first released. Because a number of my items could have cubing applied I didn't risk chancing it. Same goes for remembering to include variables in tax per province and floating fuel surcharge.

-Lotz

I set the rate tables up for using with Sendle, and their cubing is much, much more generous. I did notice that their definition of remote doesn't jive completely with eBay's though so I may end up eating a few here and there. I'm not sure how it will end up working out, but I don't want to have to shut down in May when the PO goes on strike again. This seems like the ideal time to experiment.