It's Now Cheaper To Use Fedex Ground Than USPS Ground For Some Zip Codes

Anyone use Pirate Ship for shipping?

I use pirateship for hipstamp sales. Works great. Same discount as on ebay.

Is there a luxury "delivered by Johnny Depp" option?

No, but all the staff wear puffy shirts.

Bobby Fingers knows a good lookalike, if you need that "special delivery" option.

Yeah, paying $10 for a 3-ounce "parcel" because it's too rigid to be considered a letter is a bit of a screw job. I've had several rigid letters hit the $10 level in the last month. It's easier to just send untracked and hope the buyer is honest and doesn't hose you because there's no tracking... of course you lose your Top Rated Seller status on ebay if you go that route...

I used to charge 4.50 for ground advantage shipping and would absorb the difference since ebay wives a discount for labels purchased through them. I am going to have to raise my minimum ground advantage to 6.50 due to the increased rates. A lot of customers wont be happy .I can send items valued under 25.00 via regular mail but then ebay will make you wait for payment o n untracked items.Looks like we are at the mercy of the postal service. I could do FedEx but then I must take my orders to them vs handing the ground advantage order to my carrier.

At 6.50 you're still losing money on ground advantage if it goes very far (I am regularly seeing prices of 6.40 or higher even with the ebay discounts). And don't forget you pay commission on shipping fees paid to you (and in some states, your customer pays sales tax on the shipping fee, and you pay commission on that tax too).

I have used 6.50 as my ground advantage charge for a while but just decided earlier today that was going to move it to 7.50. I may finally move my $1 first class shipping to $1.25 too.