eBay item sold to Puerto Rico...

I just sold an item on eBay. The specifics say ships only to the lower 48, but it ended up selling to a guy from PR. What should I do? I've never had this happen to me before...

 

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I would just ship as normal, since USPS service/rates to PR is the same as the 48... an 8 oz bubble mailer shipped first class is $2.24 whether it's going next door or to PR.

 

I was always under the assumption that PR was a higher price to pay for shipping. Is there really no difference? The package is more like a bulky 8 lb box.

 

Nope... it's the same price. But... if you're sending an 8 pound box via USPS, it's going to get a little pricey, around $35.00 for priority. You can determine the exact price here:

http://postcalc.usps.com/Default.aspx?m=0&dz=00921&oz=08075&pob=0&MailingDate=3/25/2013&MailingTime=8:00%20AM

 

Ship it out, it's a US territory and the shipping cost is the same. If you don't want to sell to PR any longer just exclude PR on your list, easy fix.

 

PR is a US commonwealth, has it's own Olympic team - but otherwise for every other purpose is part of the USA - including the monetary and postal system.

 

Just checked the actual weight and dimensions, and the price is only around $12.50 (there is a HUGE jump in price from 14" width to 16" width, and I originally miscalculated this towards the latter). I've always been weary about shipping outside the continental US, so thank you for this information.[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]

 

You don't have to worry about PR; in fact, I've had packages that were shipping to the west coast get routed through PR.

 

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Why would that happen? Isn't it anti-economical to have the package travel the extra distance out of the way???

 

I Listed years ago on E Bay two items that were a GPS system, and fish /depth finder to Australia. I listed them as sold to U.S. only AS they were about the size of a 12 TV set not flat screen plus they had map cards with maps of the entire US East coast from Maine to Texas. I don't know how the guy purchased them but he did and paid for them right away! The two items had to be packed in two 2'x2' boxes and I shipped them to the guy it took 10 days USPS to the west coast of Australia. I still have no idea how he got around the bid/ purchase as like I said they were listed on e bay as US only! the shipping was $50.00 each and the buyer was just so happy to get them he paid it no questions asked.

 

Of course it is... but when you ship a lot of packages, you would be amazed how some of them get routed.

 

Not necessarily. Depends on their travel route. It's the same reason I had to once fly through Virginia on my way from Buffalo, NY to Portland, OR.

 

I had the settings on my listing to 'lower 48' only, but somehow he got around it and won. He paid immediately and did the same exact thing.

 

Ok, so it's not the normality, but it can happen. I understand.

 

Keep in mind there are FLAT-RATE Priority boxes that can be MUCH cheaper than a non-USPS box, and would allow 30, 40, or 50 pounds if it fits inside a USPS box.

For instance, the box that's approximately 12" by 3½" by 13½" known as the Medium Flat Rate Box, costs $12.35 regardless of weight, and a slightly larger box costs $16.85 - as far as I know, these prices are valid to Puerto Rico also, but you can check that by entering the Zip Codes at:

postcalc.usps.gov

Incidentally, you can cancel a sale by reporting the buyer as an ineligible bidder based on your listing data. I've done it.

 

I usually ship with the flat rate boxes, but this particular item is much larger than the box would allow (around 10 inches).

I've heard of canceling the sale, but I don't want to be neg'd, and I could really use the money. Since the shipping prices are the same, it doesn't really matter to me, just next time I will specifically write in the description 'only ships to Continental United States'.

Thank you to everybody for the assistance. It was greatly appreciated.

 

I don't think you get a neg for cancelling a sale based on CLEAR shipping restrictions. But I agree, it's good to keep the money and be done with it.

If you're shipping a printout of pi to 150,000 decimal places, I have nothing further to add. Think 355/113.

 

I do not understand.

When I "exclude" certain shipping locations, I get the following popup:



Limiting Buyer requirements offers nothing such as "lower 48" or locartion specifics.

Where are you excluding buyers that are outside the 48 states?

 

Isn't the Large Flat Rate box a 12x12 box?

 

12" X 12" X 5.5" Up to 75 pounds ships for $16.85.