Got an Expresspost parcel for Austria. Big and heavy. CP web site gives me a price of $135. That is what I charged the customer. I go to Paypal shipping and it will not me print a label, invalid something or other. How else can I print a label? I based part of my shipping cost expectation on the online shipping discount. This is not a deal breaker.
You could lick 2,700 five cent stamps on that parcel!!
Hum? What do those sell for? There is a discount in there I had not thought of! Yes by crackey! That's the answer.
Typically, most stamp dealers will sell Canadian stamps with five or six cent denominations at about 50% below face value (half price!).
Higher denominations do cost more of course but are still available at deep discount from face value. Check eBay.ca for a large selection.
Oye! I just spent half an hour going in through CP. Go back to Paypal and try to get the error message, that I was getting for three days, and now it is good to go.
It was saying, I believe, "Invalid service selection". Now it is working.
It was saying, I believe, "Invalid service selection". Now it is working.
Ya know what Poco, I did one thing differently that made it work. I turned off my 'puter for the night, last night. Cache musta cleared.Everything re-sets.
I never woulda thought of that.
You should have yer own board as help and support.
I never woulda thought of that.
You should have yer own board as help and support.
@rose-dee wrote:Hi 'poco' -- yes, we really need you around here some days! I love how you can pop up in a discussion with just the information needed.
I had the same issue happen to me about a month ago. I didn't remember your advice until later, but what I did do was to completely close out of Paypal/eBay (which probably cleared my computer's cache, as it's set to do this automatically). I then went directly into Paypal using a different browser and was able to get it to work properly.
Next time I'll remember to try the "Select Service" trick. By the way, Google Chrome is still creating itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny parcel labels, so I've now given up on Chrome. I'm using your Explorer margin "fix", and that seems to have solved that problem.
I dread what will happen in January if Paypal has to input new shipping charges -- they still don't have their entire act together yet, nearly a year after the Tracked Packet debacle.
That is what is bugging me. I remember a very similar Paypal shipping problem that I CORRECTED by doing just that. So, now, to be told again? I am giving myself a mental dunce cap. I do not like having to be told the second time when I already knew the answer.
Poco, one day, you and I are gonna meet up. I'm gonna buy you a drink, then another, then another, for the help you have provided. Pierre can come along. We can car-pool.
Forum members have different backgrounds on Bay.ca and use that experience to help others. Mine is in computers, hardware and software and support.
Mine tends to be "think like a business". A very unpopular answer. My background is yes or no, on or off, keep the customer happy. The customer is always right. Too often the seller deviates to "feelings" There are no feelings in business.
I have been looking for how to make a Paypal shipping label. Cannot find it. Mind you, Paypal and ebay have a a Byzantine way of doing things.
