Beware Standard Flat Rate Shipping Service Beware
- I've noticed a new trend here lately with a lot of sellers starting to list their auctions with the USPS's "Standard Flat Rate Shipping Service". They lure you in with this seemingly innocent generic service and will offer no other means of shipping except this one. Several auctions I've won in the past few months were listed with it and what got my attention was the fact that when I assumed they were going to use "Parcel Post", "First Class Mail" or maybe even if I was lucky "Priority Mail" but no they ended up using one of the slowest shipping services offered by the United States Postal Service! - "Media Mail".
What's really unfair about this whole new way of deception for some dishonest sellers is the fact that their still charging the same high fees as if they were still using "Priority Mail" or "First Class Mail". The few auctions I won the shipping was around $3.00, but I have seen some complaints on a few sellers feedback from unhappy buyers saying these fees have ranged from $4.00 all the way up to $7.95 and more for ONLY "Media Mail" service! On top of that, these buyers are angry that their having to wait weeks and even in some cases a month or more for their orders to arrive. EBay needs to revise their policy and take out the "Standard Flat Rate Shipping Service" option and force sellers to specifically say how their going to ship their orders!
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