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Shipping 1.
Buy a good scale. 2.
Calculate costs for shipping using shipping companies online rate
calculators: 3.
Do not forget to account for the packaging expenses such as tape,
packing material, boxes and envelopes shipping tape. 2.
Pack the item securely in your box. Recovering damage claims from UPS
and USPS for mishandled packages can be a rigorous adventure, to say the
least. 3)
Buyers tend to give better feedback for well-packed orders that arrive
in nice packaging. You can purchase packaging materials from: United
States Postal Service Shipping Supplies Page Or,
you can find a local business that is willing to save good boxes for
you. Note: do not ship your items in wrinkled or bent boxes. If you do,
you will not be able to prove damage occurred in shipping. 3.
Offer Shipping Insurance in your auctions but be sure to indicate in the
auction description that it is an additional cost available upon request
from the buyer. Insurance is inexpensive and worth every penny for
expensive/fragile items. Our company has sold several expensive
electronics items that were damaged in shipment but the customers were
very relieved that they had heeded our advice and insured the items. Many
shipping companies, such as UPS, will not deliver to a Post Office Box
without expensive surcharges. Some
shipping companies will drop packages at your buyers’ home even if
they are not there to receive it. Not a problem for most people, but
thefts do occur in some areas. If
you are selling by credit card, make sure your buyers shipping address
matches the billing address on the credit card. Shipping to an address
other than the billing address on record with the credit card company
removes your right to payment. If your customer receives the shipment at
another address, then calls the credit card company and denies receipt,
you have no recourse. We’ve had this happen to us. Don’t let it
happen to you. 5.
Include a note with the product when you ship. You might also want to
consider printing out the auction’s Web Page or any e-mails between
you and the buyer, specifically the original notification of end of
auction from the auction site. If your company has a catalog or
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