40 lines per invoice limit

[dipmicro]

Never thought I'd have this problem, but customer spent 1.5hr clicking on my items last night and today I found out eBay allows only 40 lines per one invoice, so I had to send him the invoice in three fragments.

I am hoping this is a real order and not some drunk joke, because image of canceling 85 items does not seem too appealing at the moment 🙂

[pierrelebel]

eBay instituted the 40 listingsper invoice limit about three years ago. It is a pain in the "you know what".

Prior to that, the limit was 90.

I still don't see why a limit is needed. Last week, I had three customers, the same day, purchasing more than 40 items at one time. If paying through PayPal, it means additional fees and more unnecessary bookkeeping.

[recped]

Can't you just send a single bulk invoice?

87 assorted stamps @ $xxx.xx

[pierrelebel]

"Can't you just send a single bulk invoice? "

eBay does not provide such possibility.

Buyers want to know what they buy (description, individual price, quantity, listing number).

Since many buyers still prefer to pay by mail, using a PayPal invoice would be inappropriate.

[dipmicro]

Multiple fragments of 40 lines each is actually fine. PayPal's $0.30/invoice surcharge is negligible, the order size was $650 USD. What's killing me at the moment is PayPal USD/CAD conversion rate. I just made a transfer and it was so sad.

[recped]

Not PayPal's fault it's the double whammy of the financial crisis "easing" causing downward pressure on the US Dollar and rising oil prices giving the Canadian Dollar a boost.

On the positive side, the CA$ fell back by a cent and a half today (Monday).