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10/17/2018 at 2:08 pm #50346
Hey all –
I’m sure the answer is “there isn’t”, but thought I’d check:
Is the are simple way to check for listings that don’t have item dimensions in the listing?
We sold something yesterday that we prepped for shipping and there are no dimensions for the item. The seller picked the cheapest option which was based on 0 length/width/height and we are losing $20 on the sale because of it.
The thing is – I can’t list items without dimensions, so something must have happened on the listing at some point (I don’t know what that would be) and now I’m concerned there our other items in our store that have 0 for dimensions.
We also created our own method for doing our weight and dimensions for listings earlier this year that has worked really well for us and so we’ll be rechecking older listings anyway… but this was a listing done after we had developed our method for this.
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10/17/2018 at 2:13 pm #50348
On the app you have to place dimensions. On the computer you don’t have to. I’ve made a habit of always putting dimensions, even for flat rate packaging. This is because I finish on the app and it throws a fit if I have a padded flat rate envelope without dimensions and weight.
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10/17/2018 at 2:31 pm #50351
thanks – we use GarageSale for listing, and it won’t allow me to list without dimensions. It gives a error and it has to be checked and added.
Our listings end after 30 days and we sell similar through eBay on the desktop, so something must have changed between the original listing and ‘selling similar’
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10/17/2018 at 9:54 pm #50375
Retro – what computer are you using? I do all my listings on my Windows PC using Chrome, and the only dimensions it lets me get away with are First Class. Frustrates the hell out of me, bc Flat Rate and the like USPS packages are a set size. I’ve tried putting stuff through under Flat Rate packages with only the weight in, and it gets kicked back immediately to add dimensions. Curiouser and curiouser!
I hit a snag with an item that defaulted to a First Class weight of 1oz when it was a full 1LB. I’m not sure what happened, bc it was a flat rate item. I too suspect it was in a relist, and have been wanting to do a “range check” of all items listed in a certain shipping policy. If I ever figure out how to do it, I’ll come back and let you know.
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10/18/2018 at 5:37 am #50378
I listed three items yesterday without specifying weight and dimensions. Postal options were UK free 2nd class and international GSP. Now for domestic postage since I’m offering free P&P it doesn’t matter if I don’t list W&D. And I don’t charge international buyers P&P- it’s the GSP system that charges them. So I’m curious as to what happens if an international buyer makes a purchase.
Computer was a Mac running Firefox.
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10/18/2018 at 9:20 am #50380
I’m not sure there would b a way to check listings for that in bulk anyway.
I’ve run into it a couple times where there are no dimensions on the shipping label page.
I do all my listings on an iPhone so I know I had to have put in the dimensions.
Must be some sort of glitch, luckily evrytime the postage has not been to far oof of what was paid. -
10/19/2018 at 6:08 pm #50418
I’m wondering this, too. A few months ago I switched to “flat rate” shipping instead of calculated, where everything that’s under a pound is $3.99, something over a pound that can fit into a PFRE is $7.99 etc. Unfortunately, I got really lazy and stopped putting in dimensions and weight measurements. Now I’m wondering if it’s affecting my GSP sales because it’s unable to calculate the true shipping cost– and how I should go back and add measurements without having to edit all 1000+ listings.
The only way I could see doing it would be to mass edit like items. All the shirts are one edit, all books another, etc. As far as I can tell, there’s isn’t a way to just pull out listings with 0 dimension measurements, unfortunately.
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10/20/2018 at 9:03 am #50426
Anastasia: I am same as you with flates. For First Class, I just throw in 12 oz mostly and then adjust it when I ship. For Padded Flat I do 2 lbs, then adjust it when it’s ship time.
Ebay told me on GSP it doesn’t matter what WE put in there b/c they have already figured the range of weights for most items. Who knows if this is correct, but it would make sense. I learned this when I put in 2 lbs for boots that were 4 lbs for a GSP order. I called and they said ” we don’t care, its fine.” Hmmmmm
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10/20/2018 at 3:54 pm #50430
Yes, for GSP, the weight and dimensions do not matter. On my listings, I never use any type of weight or measurements to make the listing process go faster. I have tried, as an experiment, to input this information to see if the GSP charge changes, but it did not at least that time I tried it. I do get GSP sales all of the time. I think when I researched this some time back I came up that GSP (Pitney Bowes) does averages to figure out the charge, so it wouldn’t really matter for most items.
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Joe.
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10/30/2018 at 9:54 am #50943
I did an update to this post here: https://www.scavengerlife.com/forums/topic/update-to-missing-dimensions-and-shipping-policy-changes-post/
Apparently, there has been an issue with dimensions going missing when items relist/sell similar.
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