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Yes, this is a new issue. If you click on the blue word “listing” it will take you to the ended listing you are actually looking for. It’s a PITA.
In my case I paid for a medium flat rate box and the return shipping was $8.06 for each pair of pants. There was no discount there.
T-Satt I think this free returns thing is going to be very messy for awhile. Also, it appears that we do not get the discounted rate on return shipping from what I’ve seen so far. As of yesterday I’ve pulled out of free returns for priority mail. I still have free returns on all first class items.
My Cottage, Yes I used the bulk combining tool. One label was initially used to ship both pairs in the same flat rate package.
Jay, that’s what I said. They went on to explain that I took a risk forcing the closing of the return. And that if the customer proved with tracking that it was shipped in the time window (like as if they skipped printing the label and shipped it themselves) we will get a defect.
Sharyn, we thought of that, but you are required to accept a return for each item which automatically takes you to the label for purchase. You must follow through with that or you get a defect per anchor support.
Jay, yes it was across the country but with flat rate, it wouldn’t have mattered.
My husband and I are going. We went last year and had SO much fun. I thought it was very inspiring and fun to network with other sellers. We already have free airfare due to frequent flyer points and the rest is a business write off as my husband is my business partner in my LLC. So, yes! We’ll be there.
Well, take comfort in this….
IF eBay is implementing some kind of INAD metric into search, nothing will change. Who of us never gets INADS? I sold 2,700 items last year. Some people wanted to dodge return shipping, so they filed INAD. I can’t see how this will change much because if you sell on eBay, you will get an INAD at some point or another. Nearly impossible to dodge. So if we all go to the bottom of search, that’s where we will all be together.
For those of us who are going to bite the bullet and try this “free” returns out, does anyone know when we have to convert our listings over? And if we have a restocking fee on items, will they be automatically removed?
Yet another thought, there should be a filter for TRS+ sellers. What an easy bone to throw to sellers.
I agree with Tina. And by adding $1 per item sold, I’ll actually come out way ahead.
And to Julie’s post, I think this will greatly impact those churn and burn sellers. There’s no way they will be able to offer free returns and keep their prices that low. This could greatly help raise the bottom line for clothing sellers by weeding out the bottom priced sellers.
Looking back at my returns, all 99 of them from the last 365 days, not a single collectible or art piece was returned. All my returns were clothing and shoes. 25% of my inventory is hard goods, some rather heavy. They have never been returned, so there’s that.
And yet another thought, so many people are talking about just dropping back to TRS and not TRS+. I cannot find anything on eBay in writing about the benefits of being TRS. There is no badge, no increase in shipping discounts, no higher placement in search, so what the heck is it for?
Jay, right. I already sell a little lower than the competition. So adding a dollar to shipping won’t hurt me, I don’t think. My only exception to this is jeans which I sell at a shipping rate of $6.99. I’ll keep jeans at that price for shipping and raise everything else up by $1.
