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1stcanonical · ‎09-04-2008

Hi,

I'm from Canada and when I try to list on both eBay.com and eBay.ca it says that I cannot charge over $4 to ship a record.

It costs $8.55CAN to ship a vinyl LP by Canada post plus $1.25 for a mailer. How does eBay expect me to only charge $4 for shipping?

I am not doing fixed-price format either. I am selling auction style, so I cannot even increase my price to account for this loss in shipping.

Help?

recped · ‎09-04-2008

The shipping caps ONLY apply if you list on .com they DO NOT apply if you list on .ca

The shipping caps are not even in effect until October.

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1stcanonical · ‎09-04-2008

Well, I was getting a lot of errors so I just listed on eBay.ca, but even listing there I got a "warning" saying in October they'll be present on .ca

This policy is really ridiculous.

"hey record dealers! Sell on eBay and LOOSE money!"

recped · ‎09-04-2008

but even listing there I got a "warning" saying in October they'll be present on .ca

READ the warning, it's says they will affect Canadian Sellers who LIST on .com

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bits-n-pieces · ‎09-09-2008

1stcanonical.......just curious (because I have some LP's to list before the ax drops) - how do you mail one to the US for $8.55 sm packet air. Once I put cardboard on both sides, the weight usually exceeds 500 g making small parcel to the US $10.70 surface?

1stcanonical · ‎09-09-2008

If it's an LP worth under $40, I just put the LP in the mailer with no protection. I put the LP in a plastic outer-sleeve, tape it shut, and then tape it to the mailer so that it doesn't move around.

If it's worth over that, then I eat the shipping cost. It's brutal.

recped · ‎09-09-2008

Once I put cardboard on both sides, the weight usually exceeds 500 g making small parcel to the US $10.70 surface?

Not sure what kind of mailers you are using, an LP with 2 "pads" shouldn't go over 500 grams, if it does it's usually not by more than a few grams. If it does go over you should be able to shave a bit off the one of the mailer flaps to get it under or if need be only use one pad.

I'm shipping directly with USPS, need to keep the weight at 1lb (450 grams), I use one cardboard pad and one sheet of bubblewrap.

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bits-n-pieces · ‎09-09-2008

I seldom sell albums,so I don't bother buying special mailers. Just cut 2 pieces of boxboard to fit, tape them like a sleeve, insert and overwrap with brown paper. Seems like whether it is $8.55 or $10.70, we are going to be screwed - only a matter of by how much 🙂