Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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They manually sent me the label, apparently it was a known issue for a few days. One would think they would have everything sorted based on the commission charged!
These kinds of coupons don't help me at all. Most of my items are under $100. My only hope is that someone will add one of my items to bring their total up over $1000.
apparently starting next week Tradesy is changing over from Priority Mail to FedEx Ground when you use their labels. I'm really bummed about it as it'll take a lot longer coast to coast, at least 7 biz days by ground. with USPS it would take 2-3 days by air to major cities.
been using USPS for 4-5 years now, defo changes are afoot in the last month. first, the post office no longer gives receipts for prepaid parcels as a money saving measure on paper. they use a separate scanner device for prepaid shipments. second, postal workers started pushing back the parcel size with prepaid as well. the clerk at my local post office has been really nice and patient to explain that one of my larger boxes that day would have cost $55 vs $12.80 Tradesy label based on the box dimensions, since my shipments usually weigh 4-5 lbs so that was never an issue. she said typical dimensions that don't raise eyebrow are in that 14x12x10 or smaller range. for me, a lot of bags especially can easily take up 24xx20x10. all this happened just after Black Friday when I stopped by. she took all my parcels anyway, but gave me the heads up.
been using USPS for 4-5 years now, defo changes are afoot in the last month. first, the post office no longer gives receipts for prepaid parcels as a money saving measure on paper. they use a separate scanner device for prepaid shipments. second, postal workers started pushing back the parcel size with prepaid as well. the clerk at my local post office has been really nice and patient to explain that one of my larger boxes that day would have cost $55 vs $12.80 Tradesy label based on the box dimensions, since my shipments usually weigh 4-5 lbs so that was never an issue. she said typical dimensions that don't raise eyebrow are in that 14x12x10 or smaller range. for me, a lot of bags especially can easily take up 24xx20x10. all this happened just after Black Friday when I stopped by. she took all my parcels anyway, but gave me the heads up.
That's very annoying. USPS picks up from my house. I don't have that arrangement with FedEx. There is a FedEx drop box but it can only hold small packages, and those I usually buy my own postage for. I don't want to have to go into a store to drop off my packages. I may have to stop selling. Were they going to tell us about this?
My post office stopped giving receipts for prepaid parcels a very long time ago. They didn't want to encourage anyone to make the line any longer than it already was.
Tradesy never gave any indication that there was a size limit. I know that the post office charges extra for large packages. That is one reason I used Tradesy labels. There were some items I only sold on Tradesy or Mercari because it would cost too much to ship on another site where I had to buy my own shipping.
size enforcement is coming from USPS, not Tradesy. I suspect USPS discovered that they have been losing quite a bit of money through prepaid labels.
if it's like Fashionphile where the preprint label is a return service type, with that I can schedule pickup from FedEx Ground. fingers crossed that it is. I have a FedEx account and until about 2 weeks ago, I was able to schedule pickup for free using FP labels, then it all came to a stop, online says I can no longer schedule pickup with my type of account. the workaround is I have to use return service pickup using the tracking from label. maybe that was the proper way to do it all along, but never had to until now.
the pandemic is causing a lot of logistical issues for freight companies and now they're stricter with rules and regs.
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I just looked on the Tradesy FAQs. It says you can schedule a free Fed Ex pickup.
ETA: I always assumed that Tradesy had a contract for their labels since they ship a high volume so it didn't matter how large the packages were; it would all average out. Many packages that are shipped with the Tradesy label would cost a lot less than USPS charges too.
That would be great with pickups, the FedEx crew in my area is pretty reliable when scheduled.
Yes Tradesy did have a contract but unless USPS actively manage those agreements in the same manner as individual metered parcels, they never knew for sure. The concept of averaging out doesn’t hold up unless numerically verified, it’s easy to be lulled into complacency. My suspicion is they haven’t been doing that hence the necessity for all this new enforcement.
Amazon began the same way with FedEx with little items in large boxes all those years ago as they didn’t care, so FedEx lost money and didn’t renew the contract, meanwhile Amazon built their own fleet of trucks and planes.
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I, too, have seen changes with USPS. They no longer want to give a receipt for prepaid but when I drop things off without getting scanned/receipt, things can go days before they are scanned. Dropped off 5 packages yesterday early morning and still haven't been scanned so it looks to the customer that I'm not shipping fast when in fact it's sitting somewhere in the post office system unscanned.
I get things picked up from my house, and after years of complaining at my local post office, they have been pretty consistent at scanning upon pickup. Otherwise, it could be several days before they get scanned.
you can use their boxes with FedEx, I've done it before. guess they're logo-neutral
USPS has been known to go after misuse of Priority boxes. I believe that only through Fedex Smartpost can one legally use USPS boxes since the delivery is done by USPS
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Will FedEx accept a USPS box?
FedEx certainly doesn't care if you use a USPS box, although it is posted on the box that it is a federal law that they only be used for their intended purpose of shipping through USPS. ... Through FedEx SmartPost, you can ship small packages that have end delivery by USPS.
Misuse of USPS Supplies can Lead to Fines
USPS Rules for Packaging eBay Items
USPS shipping materials are available for free, but the alteration or misuse of USPS boxes and other free supplies by eBay sellers is punishable by fines.