I ran a search, title and description, located in United States, using:

(fedex, dhl)

It resulted in about 612,000 hits (563,000 for just fedex).

I perused a few of them and saw that many sellers select one option for shipping then note in the description they'll ship UPS, USPS, or Fedex at their discretion.

Various other examples:

Lg electronic equip:

Shipping costs:
Other (see description) Service to United States

Description says:
My method of shipment is FedEx ground Insurance included.

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Cat condo:

US Postal Service Parcel Post

Desc says:

Ship to 48 lower states will be via Fedex

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A compressor:

Shipping says: UPS

Description says:

LiquidNation utilizes the eBay shipping calculator, which only provides UPS and USPS rates. LiquidNation always ships FedEx instead of UPS at the same rates shown in the shipping calculator. [and pockets the difference? sheesh!]

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A stereo:

Shipping says: UPS

Description says: Items normally will be shipped FEDEX Ground

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I think the main problem is the lack of calculated shipping for the alternative carriers. Sellers wishing to use Fedex or DHL have to either use the UPS calculator and then contradict it in their descriptions, or they have to state a Flat Rate cost and risk scaring away the nearby bidders with overestimated shipping, especially if search results are sorted by Price + Shipping.

Judy if you have the ear of any of the eBay decision-makers, please tell them there are about 600,000 sellers who'd like to have a shipping calculator for Fedex. However, they'll probably never do it, because just think of the effect on UPS's business if the calculator consistently showed Fedex to be cheaper.

Sue