32 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

A buyer asked to cancel an item, but I was Johnny on the Spot with printing the USPS label so I had it printed before the request came through.  I have not put it in the mail, but can I get my cost for the label refunded?  Do I need to go through eBay or USPS for that?

Go to Orders -> Shipping Labels.  For the order that you canceled, choose Actions.  There should be a drop down with a choice to Cancel label. 

Then you wait 2-3 weeks for USPS to verify and refund postage.

I probably should charge money for my arcane eBay knowledge

1 hour ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Go to Orders -> Shipping Labels.  For the order that you canceled, choose Actions.  There should be a drop down with a choice to Cancel label. 

Then you wait 2-3 weeks for USPS to verify and refund postage.

I probably should charge money for my arcane eBay knowledge

Thanks.  eBay still won't allow me to cancel since it showed as shipped.  Looks like I'll have to contact them.

On 10/11/2025 at 12:38 PM, fuzzy_bricks said:

Thanks.  eBay still won't allow me to cancel since it showed as shipped.  Looks like I'll have to contact them.

I ended up just initiating a refund and that basically worked the same as cancelling and everything seems to be sorted out.

So the guy that did this ended up doing it again to me on a different set.  I did not ship the second set before the cancellation request came in so I was able to cancel after the fruitcake finally made up his mind.  The first two images are from the first transaction the third image is from the second.  I knew the guy was a little antsy so I didn't cancel immediately, I should have let it go all night to see how many messages he would have sent.  I added him to my blocked list after I set the last message.

Second transaction, he submitted a cancellation request and then sent this message.

3 hours ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

I ended up just initiating a refund and that basically worked the same as cancelling and everything seems to be sorted out.

So the guy that did this ended up doing it again to me on a different set.  I did not ship the second set before the cancellation request came in so I was able to cancel after the fruitcake finally made up his mind.  The first two images are from the first transaction the third image is from the second.  I knew the guy was a little antsy so I didn't cancel immediately, I should have let it go all night to see how many messages he would have sent.  I added him to my blocked list after I set the last message.

Second transaction, he submitted a cancellation request and then sent this message.

BLOCK

Is there a "black list" of eBay drop shippers; I have come accross some suspicious buyers lately. they wait about a week to pay and then the ship to name is way different than the eBay user name. One of these, I googled map the address and it was a very sketchy area for a $350 LEGO set; I canceled the order and blocked the buyer. And, did something changed in the settings, I never had to wait over a week for the buyer to pay ( I mainly sell during the X-mas time).

7 hours ago, barbos said:

And, did something changed in the settings, I never had to wait over a week for the buyer to pay

 

Under “Preferences”
 

“Require Immediate Payment” setting is default to off you have to turn it on.