I fired Ebay and the post office....100% done

In this video I discuss why I'm no longer going to sell on Ebay or ship with usps.
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[@kens976]

Re: Oversea shippers especially China, did you know the USPS and Fed government subsidizes them. They are able to ship packages (2kg or less) overseas and then USPS delivers the "last mile" for less than it costs you or me to deliver the same package to another state using e-packet rate. And then if you have to ship that same item back to China etc, it will cost you 10 times more. Its pure insanity...and how we the people tolerate these policies our government creates is beyond me.

[@marcodarko6941]

Know what you mean.. somebody holding a public office somewhere is getting a cut of that ten times more shipping rate back to China. Sort of like the arrangement of ten percent for the "big guy" is how it appears to be if you ask me.

[@soundlycreative]

It’s insane that this subsidy is still in place. It has lasted through many admins, both sides.

[@lollipop84858]

Right??? It's gone down hill ever since the last administration put Louis DeJoy as postmaster general! You would've thought he'd be there to clean up the swamp but alas, the douchebag can't run the USPS to save it!

[@the_chomper]

not true use pirate ship and be savey, second who uses ebay to sell things? use it to ADVERTISE for your own site.

[@GeorgeFarahGNR]

Ebay doesn’t care about small businesses like us. Screw em

[@marklottero5345]

Ebay used to be great! I quit selling there 5 years ago. I made good money there for 15 years, but they gradually ruined the site for sellers.

[@JosephLuppens]

They love their scammers though!

[@barmanvarn]

I live in the country so I buy ALOT of things online. I understand the pricing differences but my heart always sinks when I order something and find out it’s coming via USPS as their tracking sucks and always takes like twice as long as regular UPS.

[@drz400sm5]

I always plan ahead. Sometimes, I get it a day ahead. USPS delivers our amazon.

[@lollipop84858]

You understand you have the option to click ups or request it from the seller though, right? It is a free market

[@ChicagoRob2]

Bottom line: people are pricks.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Many for sure

[@tnguy9696]

@@powellmachineinc3179 dont use pay pal its nothing but a virus its been hacked more times than microsoft

[@Jim-sd5yq]

@@powellmachineinc3179 Daniel I hear your pain. There are problems with going directly to someone’s website and ordering too. I recently ordered from a company in Iowa. That’s always been a 4-5 day delivery for me in middle North Carolina. After 12 days not including weekends, I called the company to ask about my package. The tracking was at a standstill all that time showing the ticket had been printed. Was to be USPS. We agreed to wait another week and see what happens because the nice lady said that they were having considerable trouble lately with USPS delivery. I received the package 5 days later on late Friday. I called the nice lady again on Monday to tell her that I had received the package. She said that she had already gotten another package ready for shipping but was waiting on my call. All was good between the company and me and they didn’t loose any money because of me and our communication.I’ve bought from them for years and never had a problem with the company. I believe in being honest and things will work out well for all concerned. I believe that YOU ARE an HONEST person and business too. The country is crazy.

[@Jim-sd5yq]

@@powellmachineinc3179 I feel you pain Daniel. I just went through a deal with a company in Iowa that I have bought from for years. They already had a replacement package for me waiting on me to call them back as we agreed to wait another week and see what happens. I called them back to let them know that I had received the package. But they were ready to ship another one. Of course it was USPS.

[@terrylong6457]

Absolutely.

[@jimcondray4632]

I sold on ebay for years, my wife was making a pretty good living. When they changed their stance about siding with the seller vs standing with the buyer somewhere around 2005 or '06 - we had to quit - can't make any money for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

[@monkeyjustice]

Same here, it was game over after that.

[@alreadydead86]

⁴

[@anthonysupplee858]

People make a good living stealing from sellers. I got hit on 10 big items in 1 month and it shut me down. There’s a network of fraudsters.

[@jasonmurdoch9936]

That's what I quit in 2005 when I got screwed over by a customer

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

Yep, that's when they legalized theft for a time there, the buyer could just reverse charge and keep your property without any proof they made effort to return.

[@knitix]

I'm absolutely there with you. In my 19 years of reselling I have NEVER been able to get reimbursed for one single USPS insurance claim. They have managed to completely destroy boxes and items one could have thought they threw the package off a flying airplane and STILL didn't refund my money claiming that it was improperly packaged. I ship everything over 12 ounces with UPS now.

[@jimdavis6833]

I sold on eBay for a lot of years, but stopped about 5 years ago due to similar problems. I've always stood 100% behind everything I sold. When you get negative feedback, it's almost always a newbie with 100 or less feedback. More seasoned eBayer tend to be more patient. Several years back, I had a buyer over in England who bought a Panasonic Quadraphonic headset from me. After he got them, he messaged me that a small piece was missing, but still left pos. feedback. I told him if I ever ran across it, I'd send it to him, but thought it was long gone. I found it in a box about a year later, went to my PayPal account and looked up the sale. I found his address and sent it to him. Boy, was he surprised, but I had told him I would, so I did. That's the way I was raised. I still buy on eBay, but no longer sell there.

[@retro440]

I joined eBay over 20 years ago. It was great then, however, over time, it has deteriorated into the seller's pit that it is now. Ebay loves buyers and, evidently, doesn't understand that for every buyer, there must be a seller. In the event of a dispute, the buyer wins. Like you, I will still buy on eBay, but, I'm all done getting screwed over as a seller.

[@Mike44460]

@ 17:59, I know a USPS clerk. At one time, there were three full-time clerks. Now, very rarely two, maybe. At the end of the day, there is a hard deadline. The truck to get the mail is there. Nothing can be left in the post office overnight. All mail must go. The USPS is cutting every corner they can. One carrier walks 13 miles a DAY, and some bean counter thinks he takes too long. I'd be on the phone, bring your walking shoes, you are going to spend a week with me, mile by MFing mile.

[@davidjackson4112]

Daniel, your are speaking to the choir. I quit eBay 4 years ago.

[@jdivine8337]

So what do you use instead of Ebay?

[@jimdavis6833]

@@jdivine8337 Aliexpress, no doubt. Nothing like buying straight from the makers.

[@mektrix8887]

Yeah we all don't like it but what's the alternative to eBay? You're gonna have slow sales on just about any other platform.

[@hughwolfe1176]

Ever since the Postal Service went to “centralized sorting” things have gone downhill… We live in Las Cruces NM an hour north of El Paso TX. A lot of our Amazon orders originate in El Paso but because our sorting facility is in Dallas TX everything travels 600-700 miles to be “sorted” and then another 600-700 miles back to El Paso followed by that hour trip north to Las Cruces… I’ve contacted the USPS Postmaster Generals office asking about this logistical problem. They claim there “computerized, optical scanning, conveyer belt” system is faster than the old one. But every year they want a rate increase to cover higher costs of doing business. It wouldn’t have anything to do with shipping parcels all over Texas would it?.. My wife and I are retired, we don’t travel as much as our Amazon orders do. Want to go on vacation, ship yourself USPS, you’ll see a lot of the country…

[@lazyhoundracing9621]

Every time Fedex shows up here it's like a bad easter egg hunt.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Unfortunately

[@richardcornelius1050]

Same here and Fed-ex is nearly impossible to contact to report crappy Drivers and Crappy deliveries .

[@randr10]

I had a DHL guy climb over my 7 ft tall driveway gate and leave it halfway up the driveway on the retaining wall outside my house. I still sit here trying to explain that one to myself. 😂

[@robertpittman3299]

I glady pay for UPS shipping. USPS and FEDX are garbage. I refuse to buy anything on ebay. Please keep up with the great job you are doing.

[@kenhetherington756]

You pay UPS $40,..''''.they pay USPS $8 to deliver your package.

[@jimmyvaught]

@@kenhetherington756not really. Surepost is a partnership between ups and usps.

[@sundaywhiterabbit7679]

For those that don't know. You must go into the post office, stand in line and make them scan your packages, then get a receipt. If you don't, you have no recourse to lost or stolen packages. The postal workers will steal them and sell the items on eBay themselves. Found out the hard way when I used to drop items off at the counter. Once a month, then once a week then three items in one week came up missing. I informed the Post Master at the MPO. Ever since I have my packages scanned with a receipt, not one has come up missing. If they don't scan it, it's gone. No one gets in trouble, you don't get your money back. The post office will not help you, they won't do anything and assume you never brought it to them. You have nothing. So don't set packages out for them to pick up, don't leave them on the drop off counter. Made us so mad we would come into the PO 2 minutes before closing and have the stupid thief scan each one for us. I knew who she was by the way. It's always the loud mouth who claims that they would never risk their great paying post office job to steal packages (plausible denialability). She didn't like doing the work sellers brought in and it was obvious she had a beef with doing it. I made her life hell for years after too.

[@daeel97]

You would be 100% incorrect.

[@JN-fl3kz]

So true.

[@bunchielove6893]

No you do t. They have a kiosk you can scan it yourself. You can also request a pickup and they can scan it in front of you at your house.

[@ryanglaser5336]

​@@bunchielove6893no the kiosk does not count as a real physical scan to the algorithms, it's a fake scan cosmetic only and bears no fundamental meaning if the package is lost before getting any actual scan from the post office.

[@ryanglaser5336]

You don't need to wait in line for a receipt, you just need to make sure the carrier or clerk actually scans it when the handoff commences.

[@BigSlim]

There is no such thing as a "Lost Package" Its somewhere with your address and the customer address on it. This is what happens when you depend on the U.S. government to do ANYTHING correctly.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Unfortunately

[@frotobaggins7169]

It happens to every shipper. It falls behind something, gets delivered to the wrong address, falls off a conveyor belt, something. Eventually it gets found. Stuff from fed ex always looks like it was dragged here.

[@NoMoreBsPlease]

​@@powellmachineinc3179 Especially when they allow children to do field trips! I accidentally dropped someones letter between these HUGE machines. It's probably still there today 😂 I kinda feel bad, but they should have NEVER allowed 8 year olds around sorted mail.

[@user-dv7hb2sc9m]

I fired ebay in 2017 & have fired-rehired & FIRED the USPS multiple times but they're are just a great big Agency that I end up giving chance after chance. My Uncle operated a delivery business from the 70-late 90's and made a fortune but then these big delivery corporations took over running the mom -n- pop businesses out of business. Like Walmart has done to all those full service small places I love. In fact, you are one of them. Never give in to them ! peace man & GB ALL

[@Diamura]

Came for the machining , stayed for the host.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Ty!!

[@freeidaho-videos]

Fully understood. And it sucks on the receiving end too. Their automated 800 number seems to be designed to make people give up. I'm in the process of trying to find a lost $110 Snap-on tool, somewhere in USPS.

[@darksu6947]

Hopefully it shows up at my house.

[@justfasial01]

Ebay and Paypal will always side with the buyer, the thing I pay attention to is "Buyer Feedback" when I sell something, if there's none it's possibly a new account and someone is looking to scam a seller. I don't sell as much so I can do that but I'm not sure what high volume sellers do to deal with this issue. If you sell on eBay you're gonna encounter these buyers, these people suck.

[@andoletube]

It'd be nice if they could just go with a "side with honest people" system instead of side with buyer or seller. The moment you pick a side, it's open to abuse.

[@danodonnell2704]

I am glad you took the time to explain your issues! Incredible, I had no idea on the big picture. Thanks for your content, Dan.

[@mjb9176]

eBay shopper since 1999 here. I always give the seller the chance to solve any issues that arise; overpriced shipping (usps used wrong class code), condition not as described (missed damage in clothes), broken during shipping. 100% sellers make it right and I leave them great feedback. I encourage sellers to include a thank you post card with a statement to contact them with any concerns prior to contacting eBay. This is where it counts. And no matter what I ship, I always get a receipt!

[@joshvalentine226]

Well thank you for having the trunion kits on there I just got them and am very pleased

[@powellmachineinc3179]

We appreciate your business!!

[@keith6872]

Major USPS problems in parts of Georgia. State senator called a hearing with USPostal general today. He admits problems.

[@jilbertb]

We had the same in MN. Post Office has big carts of packages that haven't left the building for WEEKS at a time. The response? "We're overworked and underpaid" so they CHOOSE to be the problem. But the sender bears the brunt of the problem.

[@johndef5075]

Dejoy is the problem. USPS was highly rated til he took over.

[@chrishouk5796]

Dejoy was brought in under Trump and Biden has kept him on. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@henrybobswillikers]

People are getting to dumb these days. Hope it's going to get better for you.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Ty

[@Gregorybridgewater]

And people have figured the system out and hurt guys like the Powells

[@stewart6315]

What is this world coming to? It's no wonder why USPS is always losing money. Why can't USPS be turned around to be a quality shipper? Like you say it's mind boggling. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait for part 2!

[@duckwacker8720]

It's mismanagement.

[@jilbertb]

Majority of the problem is by YOU people buying the CRAP from CHINA with "free" shipping. Once those packages reach our shores, all that delivery cost is absorbed by USPS. They get ZERO $ for delivering that CRAP to your door. So, why is it free? The UN, that's right, the United Nations gives China a status of a "developing nation" Like some 1st world nation. This needs to be changed... Write your representatives in Washington! Senate.gov Congress.gov

[@gbowne1]

USPS ran a seemingly hardcore series of ads on TV a few years ago... saying oh we're gonna be the best.. well, uh.. yeah.. no.

[@steven.h0629]

Louis DeJoy is still running the USPS show. It's in his biz interest if USPS fails, or it looks like a bad choice, DeJoy wins 💰💰

[@johnwayne2103]

It's worse than miss management, it's a lazy class of people who have been hired to sort and move mail. I watched all this change in the 80's and of course noticed the type of people that were being hired. It's just a bunch of gov drones doing the bare minimum to keep their jobs and since it's a gov job it takes an act of congress to fire them and nothing improves, nothing gets fixed and the incompetence, theft, and laissez-faire attitude of everyone working within the system to not stick their head above the fence for fear of being ostracized. I don't think one is better than the other, same type of people, I've had lazy UPS drivers not deliver to my home because it fell on a busy stretch of road which turns into a traffic jam during rush hour and the USPS guy didn't want to stop to drop my package off because that meant he would get back to the barn an hour later and I think they don't pay extra for that, so I had to go to the USPS depot of pick up the package.

[@NathansMoparGarage]

I have the same problems selling on eBay. I don't sell certain items on there anymore. The 17% seller fees are terrible.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Yep, it's trash

[@poolfixer]

You did an excellent job explaining the same problems I am experiencing with eBay and USPS. I ship damn near every day and am constantly having to drive over to the USPS annex to complain about various problems with packages not getting picked up, packages not getting scanned, etc. Thanks for your video and experiences.

[@SolemnStacker]

USPS uses a lot of Contract Trucking companies to transfer their mail trailers around. They just recently started letting Contracts expire with the intent of the USPS now handling this. However they do not have the manpower, so they go back to the Contract truck companies "off-contract" to fill in certain runs they can't complete. My gf is a dispatcher for a Trucking company on the East Coast that has long held these USPS contracts (decades), so I get filled in on her calls with USPS quite frequently. Her company has lost a large chunk of USPS contracts in the past 3 months and had to lay off about half a dozen CDL drivers. Also the amount of times Trucks break down carry mail is quite mind boggling. Many of these companies are barely holding on and don't put as much emphasis on Truck maintenance/repair because of it. In the past 2 months she had 3 drivers in pretty violent crashes, two of which were let go due to negligence. One of the trucks went up in flames, so goodbye to whatever Mail was on that Load. Another Truck got stolen in a Major Urban city, while the driver was inside the USPS facility. They have cameras in the trucks so got so see some Cam footage of that from my GF. lol

[@bradschroeder809]

eBay was a dream come true when I first started using it in 2001. I was able to get rid of stuff I knew had value but didn’t know where to find buyers for. And found things there I never thought I’d find. They sure figured out a way to screw up a wet dream over the last 10 years. I haven’t sold anything there in 7 or 8 years now. I still have things with value I don’t know how to find new homes for now. Much of it will likely get wasted eventually tossed in a dumpster. I wish someone would start a new online “Americas garage sale” matching what eBay was like years ago.

[@spaceboy7192]

I used to sell for fun on eBay. Between the fee's, the shipping problems and the new Joe tax I'm done.....They can sell my collection at my estate sale....

[@charlesvrogers]

Thanks. That was a BIG help. Do not think about this post. Just take the thanks and run with it.

[@upptowne]

my rant to add to yours, most of the people I sell to do not give positive feed back even when you ask for it!

[@lilolmecj]

Reminds me, I need to go leave positive feedback on Etsy! I try to always leave feedback from small sellers because I read it when I am trying to choose a seller for something to buy.

[@BrianBMS]

Just a quick suggestion... Always copy the ebay customer email and telephone number and create a note on the order. It will be unavailable after some time, so this is your chance to preserve it.

[@markrobinson4230]

I'm new to ebay only a year now and this is enlightening most people like me just do the easy thing in front of us I purchase not selle but have items I'd like to sell but now I figure it is not worth the trouble for a few small trinkets thanks for the Intel

[@rodneyf.9595]

Morning Daniel, I am having an issue with them now over a timing set it's new but so loose that the old set at 168,000 miles is tighter than the new one . Hopefully you can get your situation straightened out. It's amazing with how shipping something turns into a mess . People can't even talk to people about problems....talk to someone try to straighten it out but no they want screw people over without communication. Y'all's parts are great and we know y'all try very hard to make things right . Thank you for speaking the truth.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Me to

[@mparsell1986]

Brother you are one upstanding dude I appreciate ya and some people are just different stinks but true best way I could keep it clean thanks again

[@BillyWillicker]

The "old fashioned" way of doing business is the best way to go. I called, explained what I was looking for and this fine fellow in the video took care of my request in minutes, transferred over to his wife, gave payment and shipping information and a few days later everything showed up in great shape, packed very well. A pleasure to do business with, excellent products and super fast. Many times it's best to just call and order direct instead of using Ebay or a third party relay seller that will abuse their "business partner" just for the sake of "protecting the customer".

[@GrandPitoVic]

At 18 you would have been lucky if I would have thought to take the packages down to the post office lol. Good for him. When I was 18 they would have sitting there Tuesday. Good thinking Andrew. Seems he's a good kid. Good for you brother.

[@daeel97]

There's an easy fix. All you have to do is set up postal pickup. You had the tracking number generated. Then the carrier knows in the morning how many packages you are shipping. When carrier picks up packages, he scans the packages as received by carrier (usps) and scans your printed paper to confirm they were picked up. It's an easy fix.. I have a customer that makes parts for transmissions. No issues... but your correct, ebay sux

[@frankfrosolonejr7010]

USPS and Amazon have always delivered me packages weeks even up to 6 months late and never bother to contact me or do anything to inform me about the situation. And I agree people arent about the community or the communication anymore dealing with customers is like dealing with road rage they are just in an office chair on the eBay highway ready to shit a brick the instant something happens, “if I can have it now I’ll throw a fit” kinda attitude. The internet has spoiled the patience and humanity and community right out of people…Keep up the good content and products!

[@lilhip18]

Definite bs for a honest businessman to be treated like this. I will only use UPS, no one else is reliable enough these days. Its sad people can hide behind their computer and do this but its the world we live in unfortunately. For what its worth, I give you a A+ rating, you took the time to reply to my email a while back about a flat tappet cam question and it was very helpful. Fun fact my last name is Powell also. Keep up the good work, good machinists are becoming a rare thing!

[@alanf403]

I feel for ya. I'm a 24 year 300+ @100% positive feedback member. eBay has become a haven for scammers these days and I'm done. Not worth the hassle considering the fees charged to sellers.

[@jackdevine5382]

My brother flew from Texas to Illinois in January. He mailed his stuff and it took over 6 weeks for his stuff to show up. I currently have a package purchased on Ebay USPS in possession in Florida and has never moved in over a week.

[@watermanone7567]

Good video. My wife sells on Ebay and loses money all the time. I keep after her to quit but as of now she is still in it. People order stuff and say it looks different or they still think they can wear kids sizes etc.

[@tomscott4723]

Crooks everywhere! An honest guy ain't got a chance! Ebay has become lower and lower quality, hmmm I wonder why with the good sellers quiting because of stuff like this...

[@chuckg3517]

Quit eBay too. And that’s after 2000+ feedback over 20+ years. Wasn’t ever a large volume for me but it was quick and easy. It’s horrible with red tape and fees now. And as for USPS, they are having all sorts of problems in recent years. I will pay to have something sent to me using FedEx or UPS, before I will ever take free shipping for USPS.

[@jimw1274]

I'm glad you were understanding with your son.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Stuff happens, he didn't know what he didn't know

[@axdesho]

Man, oh man, some people want the world seems like the world is going that way. I know that you are a man and company of integrity and you are not doing anything wrong. It’s the clientele that is typically a fault. I know because I was in customer services as well.

[@MC-de6tf]

I'll give you a good review: I have been watching and I think your shop is a good as Pete's Machine was when it was Peterson's Automotive Machine Shop- and back then Pere's Machine was the best there was. Wish I was located close to your shop because from time to time I've wanted to have something machined and had to make do.

[@BigMikesGarage]

USPS screws up my stuff all the time. A friend of mine sent me some stuff from North Carolina. 3 days later the package was within 30 miles of my house in central Alabama. The next day it was back over in South Carolina. Then it didn't move for 10 days. I had given up on ever getting the package. All of a sudden the tracking shows it's moving again and back in Atlanta. 2 days later I had it. All told it was something like 17 days from shipping to arrival. How does that even happen????? USPS just sucks!

[@bamaboy1212]

I used to have an IPhone repair shop and sold phones on Ebay. Several times the mail lady would scan the label and in the system it would show delivered ,not accepted. She would have her gun on the wrong setting. Instantly the customer would open a case with Ebay without talking to me 1st. But what I discovered was these seasoned buyers would use that as an excuse to ask for a "partial" refund. With the Ebay clerk backing them. I said he'll no! I'll just give them a full refund as soon as the returned the phone and they would NEVER do that. End of case. Ebay is trash and are always on the buyers side!

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Yep....I have seen that also!!

[@jilbertb]

Same problems with Etsy. You sell a $700 item, received, but customer denies it and Etsy IMMEDIATELY gives them a FULL REFUND, and gives the seller no recourse.

[@chrissaucier9386]

I'm waiting for a package that went in a big circle around the lower 48 and is now lost in the system. It got shipped on the 15th. Still shows arrived in Nashville after 4 days. Went there from Salt Lake. On its way to Alaska. Originated in MA.

[@justinheim9689]

I haven't sold on Ebay for years and years. I dont use PayPal anymore either. They want to charge you for every little thing. Ridiculous. People are just very different nowadays. I can tell your a old soul Daniel by talking to you and the way you act. Its also a different way we were raised years ago. All that went by the wayside years ago. The way kids are raised nowadays is extremely different. Thats where the crappy attitude that people have nowadays comes from. Keep your chin up, we all know your angood guy!!

[@bruce1816]

Dan, I'm a retired over the road driver. Every once in a while, i would run across loads that were random from USPS that were " hot" loads that were in a hurry to get somewhere. What they actually were were loads of stuff that got cleaned up from setting somewhere. Who knows how long they had been sitting. USPS is very disorganized, ever since it became privately owned.

[@AndyFromm]

Usps isn't privately owned, it is a branch of the government.

[@okiereb2349]

They are looking into it, with a heavy hand! Ask them to use PTS to track it. PTS is only available for management but it’s very in-depth and shows data that customers can’t get! That’s should be a good jumping off point to isolate where about the package might be? Sorry Brother about the headache!

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Ty, good info

[@ronhaefner7833]

Do not blame you. Good eBay ended 3 years ago. Good Amazon ended a year and a half ago. Were I a younger man I would be buying your product period. But getting within a year of retirement, yeah it's just fun to watch your content. All of it. Awesome videos. Would love to visit ya but aint gonna bother a workin man. Keep going strong.

[@Expedition18]

Love a good very valid informative rant. 👍

[@scottyjordan3036]

a small box w BIKE PEDALS was cut open because i guess the weight of the small box made them wonder what could be inside. Lots of stuff i buy comes opened.

[@marcodarko6941]

You are possibly tagged/flagged or blacklisted in the system somewhere... someone may have an ax to grind or some sort of affinity towards you in some way as well. It happens to those that are seemingly a nobody.

[@hughobrien4139]

I’ve been finding that both Amazon and EBay are the two highest priced options in many cases. Set of MS-2199P-10 main bearings. $94 plus on Amazon. Didn’t even look at eBay. Got them from the standard parts vendor everyone else can order through. $74 dollars.

[@johncastiglia6057]

I quit ebay YEARS ago. They suck so bad I quit selling and buying from that shithole of a website. I feel your pain but am glad you saw the light and fired them. I hope many more follow in your footsteps.

[@Bawkr]

I actually kind of wish these companies would store stuff up longer, combine shipments more and charge way less for shipping. This would make people more patient and shipping cheaper.

[@joshua43214]

I buy from a local coffee roaster regularly. I often get the coffee while the USPS tracing shows "waiting on package." Even if they do scan it, they still can't track it.

[@GrandPitoVic]

Anytime you deal with a company that sells on E-Bay, you could tact the seller before anything. I've had problems and 99% of the time it gets taken care of. The person needs to remember they are not the only customer.

[@Lloyd973]

Most of the shipping problems I’ve experienced have been FedEx or usps. Both have shitty helpfulness when you are trying to find a package

[@johnoliver1145]

I live in East Texas and ordered a part from California. That part travelled through nearly more states than I have (nearly 2 weeks). Never thought about giving bad review on ebay.

[@user-nx8nk1pc8c]

The USPS’s priority is to get the packages out to deliver not waste time scanning for customers . Carriers on pick-ups and deliveries of it is going to take longer don’t scan everything and just deliver it because it saves the supervisor time making him look better for cutting hours . Customer service are just words to the post office since there is actually NO accountability for supervision and I mean NO accountability they do as they please at will.

[@iron1215]

i had same problem. i live middle of country and got message from frantic customer saying it was a birthday present and it ain't there yet. so i check tracking. was supposed to go to florida but it went straight east to the coast and set there for a week and i let the customer know but she wasn't too happy and i wasn't either. then in like a day it went from where it sat south to florida and the only thing i can think of is they where waiting for a full truck. so this 3 or 4 day shipping is a maybe, maybe not. because i communicated and told her everyting i knew about the situation she still gave me a good review.

[@sleepychallenger]

At this point, when i order parts, if something like this happens I know it's f3d3x or the post and not who i bought from. I watched them take something from an hour away in Michigan to Pennsylvania and then back to me. I feel your pain

[@jeffreydurham5342]

I sent a set of injectors to be refurbished by usps and insured them. After about 10 days, I checked and they showed not delivered to the company that was about 2 hours away from our shop. We made a claim and miraculously, they got them the next day. That $ 500 insurance claim got someone's ass in gear it seems.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Lol, definitely

[@chrisschmidt4792]

USPS is really hit/miss. FedEx here is TERRIBLE but, of course, independent contractors whose employees have blaring crap on the radios, red dreads, sagging pants, and clapped out/wrecked vehicles. Extremely annoying. UPS is the best partly because of being uniform in most every way. Keep up the good work! Sounds like you’ve got the right plan going!

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Same here

[@ThePechangagirl]

I just learned usps is not affiliated with the US government. It is private separate Entity. I tried selling once, a gal from Ukraine ran me ragged. I shut down the sale. This was 25 years ago. Their loss, you got a nice clean shop.

[@jacksongunner7122]

Had a neighbor that used to work for USPS, he said it was the most dysfunctional place he ever worked at.

[@sumralltt]

The Government should not be in the shipping business! I had a package that was cut open and the contents stolen - The USPS delivered this empty package to me. I filed a claim with the Postmaster General - Never heard anything back!

[@6.liter-beater]

Bought a 2500$ holley 12.3 dash the ups driver signed for me, wasn't even home and the seller, ups and the credit card company told me to bad!! I submitted police report and submitted my time stamp from work showing I was not home at the time signature was accepted!! Blows my mind how there's absolutely no investigation and they side with whoever.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Yep

[@king8lopez]

When you drop off packages, make sure you get a receipt. I never drop any packages off without a receipt. If you are denied a claim, keep appealing it , you only get 2 appeals, eventually the post office will realize that you are legit and eventually approve the claim. It happen to me 3 times and I kept appealing and eventually the post office paid for my damaged packages.

[@TheyLive2024]

I've been selling on ebay since 1996. Just do it part-time now because I own a brick and mortar. Lost my first USPS package recently, first in a long time, probably 1 in 10,000, very rare. It's just part of business. You will have losses, you will have returns, deal with it and move on. When you focus and obsess on the negatives you will fail. When you think you have to be the lowest price and offer free shipping, you get these nasty buyers. I'm never the cheapest, never free shipping, have 100% positive fb. Always remember: A positive thought and a negative thought cannot occupy your mind at the same time. Keep it positive. Study the law of attraction, it has made me a wealthy man.

[@1dave301]

I have a PO Box at the USPS because I have a very long driveway and the post office is a 1/2 mile away. I worry about mail box thieves. When an item for me arrives at the local post office, it gets scanned as "Package Picked Up By Individual" , I haven't been there yet to get the item, I DID NOT pick it up. But the sender believes I have it in my possession. If it disappears after it's scanned but before I pick it up at the post office, I have no recourse because the TRACKING shows I picked it up. Many more stories.

[@09keller]

Wow, I had a similar experience. I sold on eBay a $250 item to a friend in another state. He paid and I mailed the item and he received it. A month later his wife sees the cc charge and tells eBay it is a fraudulent charge. He is afraid of his wife so he says nothing to her. I provided documentation, emails showing he wanted the item and bought. eBay reviews and decides he is right and charges the cost back to my bank account. Two months later the guy sends me the money. With the eBay response to the challenge I no longer buy or sell anything there!

[@thelastime51]

I sold collectible vinyl and porcelain dolls on eBay in the early 2000s. I quit after they split with PayPal in 2015 and totally jacked their fee schedule. eBay is now a buyer-centric cesspool of unfulfillable dreams....

[@gregsilva1230]

Personally, I would much rather pay for shipping and get my stuff in the same century I ordered it from, than free turtleback shipping. I once waited 9 days for a product to arrive, that shipped 80 miles away from my doorstep.

[@indio1684]

I ordered on egay from you, a cam kit. And shipping took a bit BUT I just emailed you and got the info and we good. NO need to try to leave negative feedback. Just contact the seller and be good.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

💯, ty!!

[@cgenus1]

Couldn’t agree more, I’m shutting down my eBay business too much hassle

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Definitely

[@shawnking8471]

As a buyer on eBay, I have seen these issues, I even had one that USPS verified package was never sent after 3 weeks of seller saying they would refund it, I had open a dispute after 2 more weeks got the refund . 5 weeks out the cash and the parts still don't have.

[@doncarlson8391]

Man do I feel for you. I'm having the same issues with packages and mail going through Memphis. A pack of 6 rubber grommets the size of a quarter took 6 weeks to go through their facility. Now a used oil sample being sent for analysis has been there a month. USPS raises rates and gets worse and worse. Someone needs to clean house at their hubs that take more than a day to process an item. Our tax and personal dollars are being ripped off. You can file a missing mail investigation and get a lame answer followed by a survey on your case number and tell them what you think but I doubt if that's going to change anything. My frigging oil sample continues to be in limbo at Memphis. Proving once again, if you want something screwed up, let the government run it.

[@wandasilver3914]

Thank you! USPS has been getting robbed at times so it is possible the packages are gone forever. I stopped selling on eBay earlier this year. Ebay is a headache.

[@ryanglaser5336]

Post Office will never cover that claim since they failed to scan them in the first plast. They actually lied when claiming 'computers' were down. Every post office has a hand scanner that a carrier uses and they could have been scanned in, as accepting prepaid packages without scanning them is unacceptable.

[@budehrmann5902]

You Tube mechanics. The number of "educational" mechanical You Tubers is amazing and I find more than 1/2 of them are really clueless on what they are doing. And I am 79 years old and been messing with cars for over 54 years. Stopped buying through Ebay years ago. I hear you Daniel.

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

Also my neighbor around the corner sent me a thank you card. It goes 90 minutes to phoenix to be delivered back to my town and my house. We live like 50 yards apart 🤦‍♀️🙄

[@willconner3318]

I haven't bought any inventory in almost 2 years. Once these remaining items sell out, I'm beyond done with eBay. I sell on Mercari and Bonanza and while not perfect, I have almost zero issues with buyers there. eBay buyers are by far the worst even for the smallest issue.

[@LilyGazou]

Thank you for the report.

[@duckwacker8720]

Always have USPS pickup all shipments. The carrier has to scan all packages.

[@cheeseo9798]

The issue with USPS is that it’s part of the government 😂😂 funded by our taxes so it’s seen as free money and a cozy job. Majority of the workers don’t care about the quality of work they do, they are there to do as little as possible so they keep their job so that they can collect their check you can see it on their faces when you walk into the stores…. Majority of the time the person I have talked to sounded irritated that I am there ruining their ability to get paid for being on their phone while they look busy.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Yup

[@1320pass]

Absolutely correct. Just another failed govt entity propped up by our taxes.

[@daeel97]

You'd be incorrect as well. Taxes smaxes..not a dime,,, this company could have an easy fix,,, I have machine shops, to hallmark stores and never ever have an issue. It's an easy fix with customer connect. Scans at every level. From door to door,, no more PO issue or drop-off. Jesus

[@cheeseo9798]

@@daeel97 is this an ad? 😂😂😂

[@101st_AB]

I've never sold on ebay but I can tell you, you're not the first person I know that's left ebay for the exact same reason. Ebay seems to attract a-holes! There are selling platforms out there that require the buyer to contact the seller first. Seems like that would be the common sense thing to do, rather than jump to conclusions.

[@henrydillard6217]

My friend got ripped off for $3600 selling on ebay. I only buy on there now and try avoid it if possible.since 2020 I've Been ripped off multiple times with packages that either didn't arrive, or the envelope came with nothing inside. Or watch the tracking move back and forth across the country 3 times before it gets delivered. Post office is inept, and crooked. Never used to have a problem

[@gernblanston4956]

I sold on ebay for many years. Back when you could leave buyers feedback it wasn't bad, then like you said, ebay switched gears and made the seller the bad guy. Smart move to dump them.

[@91rss]

regarding shipping and the lawn online site, my friend uses when looking at an invoice to ship to a home or a home based business that alone is $5.15 fee so people should be aware involved that is about the only good thing of USPS

[@1BlinkwithAngels82]

It was entertaining and it made my head hurt 😄👌hopefully folks from the ebay side start placing more orders on the website.

[@MrThomasfouraker]

I sell a fair amount on eBay. With USPS I schedule a pickup. It’s free and they scan it immediately upon picking it up. It saves me time and provides an immediate record.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

We have daily pickup, we still see many packages that do not get scanned

[@leonardhirtle3645]

Any time you deal with the public you leave yourself open for abuse. Unfortunately there are many people who are just a waste of shin.

[@powellmachineinc3179]

Definitely

[@madddaddy65]

Amen. I dread selling on ebay. Had one person nickel me down on price. THEN paid an additional $150 to overnight part???.AND THEN Fedex charged a fee after the fact $80 fuel surcharge after shipped. Bottom line I lost money. You can't make this craps up.

[@xephael3485]

Similar to my previous comment... Anytime you release goods or products to another person or entity... YOU MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION. I've even gone to the extent of video recording my packaging and weighing of the boxes.

[@LilYeshua]

I've gotten burned two times on eBay but I always contacted the seller first. I had a package show up in my post office four months after I purchased it but I had already contacted the seller to just a few weeks after the initial purchase in which I explained the issue with them and they went ahead and sent me a replacement which I received shortly thereafter. I did contact the seller though when the first item arrived at the post office unannounced and they were about to send it back. I contacted the seller about that asking them if they want that item back but they said keep it and were quite thankful that I contacted them about it.