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Do I need to quote the DMM? There is no need to quote that section of the DMM. I know it well. The DMM is objective.

Well, I only buy a couple of items per month. But....I have not noticed any big increases either in item price or in S&H, on the things I buy. Maybe it's just the product categories that interest me? Maybe the types of sellers I am buying from, are behaving differently from the Norm? The one thing that I have noticed, is a lack of many kinds of items that used to be here in abundance. Usually sold by small sellers. I have to go...

xcergy wrote : sam9876 wrote : And there is a DMM rule about using too much tape. False. The DMM is subjective on this rule. It says you can use tape to reinforce seams and you are not allowed to alter the package away from it's original design. Using tape to alter the design is not allowed. Maybe this idiot thought that was the case. False! You're not allowed to enlarge the flat rate envelopes or boxes. That is the only...

I paid extra for First Class Mail and seller still shipped it Media Mail

Well here in San Francisco.. the Post office does stop folks physically from sending out comic books media mail.. they ask what is in the package, and I have had them turned away.. What stops them from just putting them into the Big Blue Box? Now if they do that and the buyer gets shipped comics and pays for Priority Mail or First Class and gets it delivered Media Mail , then they have a recourse to ask for a refund.. Short of leaving Bad...

sam9876 wrote : I have never been told by any post office that they delivered one of pkgs without a scan due to an issue with the parcel classification The current USPS policy is to not scan Delivery Confirmation or Signature Confirmation if the item does not qualify as a parcel. Perhaps you should use a one inch thick piece of hard styrofoam inside your First Class Mail items to make sure that the stay at a parcel no matter what happens to...

sngn_4jc wrote : First let me say, I love ebay as a buyer and I have sold a few things too; just to get my feet wet. One of things that brought most of us here years ago, I thought was because ebay was an option out of high end; over priced crap. When I am buying used baby clothes for example, I know a person is trying to make a dollar; but these shipping prices some of you are charging are only losing you business. The few things I sold, I...

7606dennis wrote : If you're making a good profit while only charging a fraction of the postage for Priority Mail, I would assume that you have your item price set high enough to still allow that profit. This is fine if your customers are willing to pay that price. Congratulations! Yes, our great customers do pay all of our costs. Otherwise we'd be out of business. The key is: knowing your products, your market, your competition,...

Some people come to eBay looking, not for "deals", but for things they can't find anywhere else.

yoursurplusstore wrote : Noting in the DMM is meant to be subjective and I believe that may have been Sam's point, but by all means if the DMM states that this is subjective, please show us where it states such, but I do not believe you will find anything in the DMM that claims to be subjective. By nature it is a manual, it is not mean to be subjective in any way. The word subjective is not in the DMM... The way employees rule upon it,...