Canadian Sellers BEWARE Re[ 5 cent listing day tomorrow

[eserafini]

BEWARE: READ THE FINE PRINT!!!!!

When you offer an express shipping service in your Fixed Price listings on December 12, 2005, you'll pay only 5 cents for your insertion fees when you include the promo code XPRS in your item title.

Offer one of our express shipping services in your listing and put the promo code XPRS in your item title and your insertion fees will be revised as reflected in the fee table below on eBay.ca, eBay.com and eBay Motors.

Listings created prior to the promotion and scheduled to start during the promotional period of December 12, 2005 will be eligible for the promotional fee.

IMPORTANT: The reduced fees for this promotion will not be immediately reflected on the site. Users will receive a credit to their account by January 21, 2006 or before

Who is Included?
All Canadian residents who list their items on eBay.ca, eBay.com or eBay Motors will be eligible for the promotion. Please note the exclusions below. Items re-listed that match the above eligibility will qualify for the promotion.


What is excluded?
Listings that do not offer one of the express shipping services, listings that do not have the promo code XPRS in their title, Auction-Style listings, Motors vehicles, Business and Industrial Capital Equipment, Store Inventory Format and Real Estate Ad Format listings will not be included in this promotion. The promotional rate does not apply to listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created during the promotion December 12, 2005, but scheduled to start after the promotion ends.

Express Shipping Options
Services on .CA Services on .COM and Motors*

Canada Post Xpress Post


USPS Domestic Express Mail

Priority Courier


USPS Domestic Priority Mail




UPS 3 Day Select




UPS 2nd Day Air




UPS Next Day Air Saver




UPS Next Day Air Elaine
TimelessClassicElegance

[whoscloset]

Yea, I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole. I've decided to have my last auction/fixed price listings end on Wednesday anyway. Selling during the last week isn't worth the headache of rush shipping expectations from customers, particularly when UPS won't back you up if they don't make it.

I'm going to retart my 7 day auctions without a fixed price option on the 18th so there is no expectation that sold items will arrive prior to Christmas.

Monique

[whoscloset]

retart = restart

[lecarautomobiles]

This particular offer will be useless for the type of product I offer , average shipping wt is 35 lbs , if I add EXPRESS SHIPPING charges to the already high UPS shipping fees , sales will be pretty much non-existant.

[eserafini]

I am not touching it either.

I list on .COM and I ship all my windows with FEDEX. Elaine
TimelessClassicElegance

[kidsndolls]

I am glad that I checked this out...I too have had nothing but headaches with US buyers getting upset and stressing out when their items arent there "the next day".

[lecarautomobiles]

You have to remember that your US buyers are used to faster shipping within the USA and the way to stay in there and somehow compete is to ship out immediately within 24 hours.If sales have occurred on a Friday or the weekend or during a long weekend THIS CAN RESULT IN DELAYS OF 3-4 DAYS by the time shipping happens.Notify your buyers as soon as possible after the sale has happened and advise them of the upcoming delay and the reason .It may mean a request for a faster shipping method but it is a pre-emptive strike against those irritating complaint emails about WHERE are my purchases ?.Also if your client is paying by money order and the logistics here can result in a 14 day shipping delay , advise again about the shipping time factor.At the end of the day it is all about communications and helps us to keep the complaints factor to an acceptable level.