Sue,

How are you doing girl! Missed seeing you around.

Here is the Timeline for all the changes from eBay

By August 25th:
For all Sellers:
--Specify the following in the "Shipping and handling" section:
a. Shipping cost
b. Shipping carrier(s)
Books, DVDs and Movies, Music and Video Game Listings:
. Describe your item with our new item condition options (Brand New, Like New, VEry Good, Good or acceptable)

By October 5th:
For all Sellers:
-Revise your shipping costs so they're below our maximum shipping costs, or use our shipping calculator to determine shipping costs based on your buyer's location.

By Late October:
For all Sellers:
--Remove checks and money orders from the "Payment details" section
--Specify the following listing fields (previously optional)
a. Return Policy
b. Handling time


SOOO as of Monday, August 25, 2008 you must specify the shipping carrier. Local pickup can still be used. There is still some issues with offering FedEx and DHL.. I am going to listen to the webinar again, because I don't remember exactly so don't hold my feet in the fire... BUT if memory serves me correctly, if you are going to use FedEx or DHL, you can offer Standard delivery then specify in the Listing you are sending FedEx or DHL..

Here is the link to the webinar about all the changes

http://www.ampev1.com/ondemands/eBay/eBay082008.htm

It was pretty interesting.

anyway,,you have to specify a shipping option and be sure your insurance field is selected to "not offered". If it is set to "Optional" then you will have to enter in a value.

now there are some really good things coming down the road.

From Oct 1 to Dec 31, if you offer Free Shipping in any of the Auction formats be it Fixed price, Auction, store, whatever,,, you will get double Final Value fees back when the item sells. AND if it is a Store listing which qualifies for Store Referral credit, you get the Store referral credit first, then the double Final value fee discount. Sale starts Oct 1, ..

You can use the Freight Quote calculations for truck.. But it isn't compatible with AW2K yet.... I wish it was too as I have big stuff I could list if it was...I could list it and then immediately revise the auction I guess. But Freight Quote has a realy cool widget to insert into your auctions...



Judy/blue

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