eBay Sellers: Do you ship to unregistered addresses?

[sbfinley]

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In the past 6 months or so I've discovered more and more eBay sellers won't ship to PO boxes. It's only happened with sports cards a couple of times, but with other products (especially electronics) I'll have to go through multiple listings before I find one that will ship to PO boxes. There won't be anything listed on the item page, but when I go to check out it won't let me complete payment and states "buyer does not ship to PO boxes." What gives?

[Tim Zwick]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

Sidebar:

In the past 6 months or so I've discovered more and more eBay sellers won't ship to PO boxes. It's only happened with sports cards a couple of times, but with other products (especially electronics) I'll have to go through multiple listings before I find one that will ship to PO boxes. There won't be anything listed on the item page, but when I go to check out it won't let me complete payment and states "buyer does not ship to PO boxes." What gives?

Perhaps cost......Recently I sold an autographed basketball to a customer in California. Cost to deliver via Priority Mail was approx $43 & via Fed Ex about $22. My lucky day as the buyer provided a street address - Fed Ex will not deliver to PO Boxes. This could be the reasoning, especially for items larger than sports cards.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

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In the past 6 months or so I've discovered more and more eBay sellers won't ship to PO boxes. It's only happened with sports cards a couple of times, but with other products (especially electronics) I'll have to go through multiple listings before I find one that will ship to PO boxes. There won't be anything listed on the item page, but when I go to check out it won't let me complete payment and states "buyer does not ship to PO boxes." What gives?

Many sellers who primarily ship larger or heavier items use carriers other than USPS as a default. Many of these carriers will not deliver to a P.O. Box, hence the message. In some cases, you may be able to enter the street address of the post office your box is at, and enter the box number as a "Unit #" to get them to deliver it, but I have found this to be a little hit-and-miss, and occasionally have to make an extra trip to the carrier's local hub to pick up a package the driver refused to deliver to the P.O.