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bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

urgh...media mail!

laken1 · Hermes

First of all, that sucks really bad. It isn't really an infraction of ebay policy, so you really can't complain to them, although I think you should be able to. That's awful - it is against post office rules, but isn't that kind of like ripping tags from mattresses kind of "breaking the law"? A bathing suit can't weigh that much & I'm sure first class couldn't have been more than $3 & although I don't think it's fair to expect a seller to lose money on postage, they shouldn't abuse a "standard flat" shipping statement either. I would at least email them & say that you didn't expect media mail since your item doesn't qualify for that service & ask why they shipped it that way. At least they know you noticed it, but i really don't think there is anything you can do about it.

So sorry - gives ebay sellers a bad rap & I hate that!

Andrea Julia · Coach

Well, the package will probably be sent back to her. I once sent a book via media mail that I had sold on half.com and I also had printed out the details of the sale and put that in the package. They sent the package back to me because there wasn't just a book in there. They had opened it, saw that piece of paper and sent it right on back to me. Media mail is very strict in addition to being slow and sucky.