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I wouldn’t put much faith in them. They claim there are only 2 other sellers in my town, which I know is false, (I am good friends with 2 other sellers that don’t come up on their map). They also claim that I have less than 20 items for sale currently, (I have almost 400).
If you post the link to your store, people can give you some specific advice.
My “Tracking uploaded on time and validated” metric was incorrect for a few days. When I downloaded the report, it said that I had 5 items where there was no carrier scan, which was not true. The issue corrected a few days later and went back to showing 100% upload and validated.
I used to work in that part of Illinois. The clients were something else, lol.
I’m going to take a guess and say your buyer was from Winnetka.
When you print the label, select the option to “Display postage value on label”. And then block her.
She sounds like a real treat. I bet the post office loves dealing with her!
Block them! You aren’t required to sell to something to them. Why are you afraid to block them?
Thanks for the reminder! I got everything printed in time, except 1 media mail package.
They can do whatever they want with it. I’m not a shareholder, so it’s really none of my business what they do with it.
I had a lady hassle me about some school books, telling me all the ways they don’t really meet her needs, but she *guesses* she could make them work *somehow* <insert big sigh here>. Since it really isn’t what she wants but she’s going to have to struggle to make it fit her life, all she could possible offer was $2 plus shipping, because <insert big sigh here> life is hard and my price should reflect the inconvenience she would struggle with in making this stuff work in her classroom. Also, she’s a teacher and children are the future, and won’t someone please think of the children?!
My response was something like “You should probably stop buying things that you don’t really want”.
And…blocked.
Ignore, block. It’s not your job to sort out their weird life-financial problems.
I get lots of sob stories from old ladies on fixed incomes that want to buy all sorts of stuff “for the grandchildren”. And I think “Your kids/in-laws would probably prefer you spend TIME with your grandkids, rather than buying all this stuff that you can’t afford”.
People really have no idea how much it costs to ship packages. Or even how the post office works, for that matter. I am in a homeschool curriculum resale group on facebook, and there are dozens and dozens of really basic questions about shipping and packing.
I really think the general population imagines that Mr. McFeely from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood is hand carrying parcels.
I have a vintage book and needlepoint kit nemesis. I hate that guy! It’s bad enough that he goes after my favorite type of item to sell, but he’s a total crabby pants the entire time he’s at the auction. Most of the regulars will chit chat, but not this guy. He just scowls and grumps his way through the whole sale.
