??? Save quality packing material you receive. As most eBay sellers are also eBay buyers,
you should have access to a lot of free boxes, bubble wrap, and Styrofoam peanuts.
(A good measure of your buying-to-selling ratio might be whether your packing
material inventory is losing or gaining volume.)
TIP
There is a way out of potential shipping nightmares??”
don??™t offer shipping! When you list an item, you can
choose No Shipping: Local Pickup Only in the
Shipping section of the Sell Your Item form. Typically,
this option is only used when selling larger or fragile
items for which
shipping can be
problematic.
CAUTION
Do not use cord or string as a substitute for tape when
sealing a package. Modern shipping companies use
delivery-processing equipment that could become
entangled with exposed, loose-fitting materials (and they
typically won??™t accept the package).
NOTE
There are any number of shippers you can use to
transport items to your buyers, and depending on
several factors??“??“such as cost, convenience, and delivery
speed??”you can probably find one that is a better
choice for a given transaction. Unless you are doing
volume shipping, convenience wins out in most cases
(the top-tier shippers are quite competitive, and you will
usually find their cost and delivery times comparable for
common-sized items).
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