Shipping multiple boxes in one listing - workarounds?

[healthie]

I'm selling two drums and a stand that will be in 2 boxes respectively. I want to do a 7-day auction starting at $0.99 + shipping. From my googling and reading it does not appear there is a good way to estimate shipping in 2 boxes on ebay. I am shipping from British Columbia. I did an estimate from BC to Texas and it looks like shipping is around $90; but I am weary of including this estimate in case someone's address causes shipping to be more expensive. Is there a work around or a way of doing this?

[ypdc_dennis]

Build part of the shipping into the item "price".

Use calculated shipping for the largest/heaviest box and start the auction at $99.

Alternatively, use BIN. Set the price you want + $100, then take offers (you can check actual cost to ship to the buyers location before deciding to accept an offer or make a counter-offer).

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[ilikehockeyjerseys]

That is a difficult situation. 

I am not sure I would auction something like that, because the high price of shipping might result in low bids. Unless you need to get rid of it ASAP, you might be better setting it at a Buy It Now W/ Best Offer. 

Your best option might be to use a flat rate, with a 'rate table'. I am not sure if you can do this for the USA, but you can do this for Canadian provinces. You can set different flat rates for each province. For example, let's say it will be $40 to Ontario, or $80 for BC, the buyers will see different shipping rates based on where they are located. If you accidentally overcharge on shipping, you can always send the buyer a partial refund, with the only downside being that you're still on the hook for the 12.5-15 or so percent in eBay fees for the amount you partially refund. 

[grandmas-great-items]

I don't know if there is a limit on the handling fee but perhaps you can use that for additional boxes.

Weigh and measure all the boxes. Use the heaviest one for the calculated shipping.

For the other or others measure and weigh that package and use the calculate a rate for various postal codes/ zip codes furthest away from you.  Use that as your handling fee. If someone closer to you bids and wins you could always refund the excess charge if they pay ASAP or send a new invoice after the auction ends with the lower actual shipping charge plus your handling charge of course.

[ypdc_dennis]

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@ilikehockeyjerseys wrote:

... If you accidentally overcharge on shipping, you can always send the buyer a partial refund, with the only downside being that you're still on the hook for the 12.5-15 or so percent in eBay fees for the amount you partially refund. 

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Starting sometime in May/2022, partial refunds will have the eBay fee credited back.