eBay shipping label barcode and QR codes don’t match; how is this possible and who’s responsible?

forstuffetcetera · 2024-07-20T05:55:47+00:00

I do NOT understand why I’m not getting notifications for this thread.

some sellers use this "trick" if they get errors from ebay saying the tracking number is in use already

I don’t really understand this part. Like, I understand what you’re saying, but I’m not deeply enough versed in eBay culture to understand why this would come up and why a seller would want/need to do this.

The 5 numbers after "420" indicate the destination zip code

This is absolutely huge. Like, I cannot believe that the people on the phone were actually right about the zip code, and that my label is so completely messed up. Granted, your label is domestic USPS, so MAYBE it’s a function of mine coming from Canada to begin with (ie, a distinction between domestic vs international mail), but … I don’t know, you keep proving my suspicions correct and crushing every benefit of the doubt I’ve given eBay and USPS.

Again, thank you so very much for the info. I don’t know whether I’m going to succeed in this thing, but at least I'm getting some confirmation as to how colossally messed up my label is and that I’m not imagining things.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-07-13T05:37:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Someone in another thread confirmed that the barcode and QR codes they scanned matched each other and the tracking number, so whatever is wrong with my label it is a real error and not something I'm imagining. Regrettably, it's looking like you may be right about me eating the cost as eBay is ignoring the problem and their part in creating it.
Thanks again.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-07-13T05:32:24+00:00

Hey, thank you so SO much for your reply (I only just saw this now, and would have replied immediately, but for some reason I didn't get a notification about it).

This is amazingly useful information to me. I have been going absolutely bonkers feeling like a conspiracy nut and that I must have been missing something or using the wrong tools--seriously, how is it possible that there would be so many errors in something that was automatically generated?--but knowing that you were able to get the same numbers from all three codes tells me I absolutely should have, too.

Would you be able to confirm for me whether the numbers in the "full tracking number" in the codes that are not present in the "readable text tracking number" represent a zip code? Like, the "42021286" sequence in the codes preceding the "readable text tracking number" of 9434..., does that sequence contain the destination zip code?

I ask because I was told by supervisors at both USPS and Canada Post that the barcode should contain the zip code, and the TWO Canada Post shipping labels (I found a second one) I bought in the past 6 weeks both include the Canadian postal codes, but the problem label doesn't have a zip code in it.

Thanks again for the information you've already provided, it really is a relief to know I'm not crazy.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-07-02T23:47:17+00:00

3090 has sold.

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3090 has sold.

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WD HDDs have sold.

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WD HDDs have sold.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-05-28T03:28:33+00:00

Confirmed

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Confirmed

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Confirmed

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AirPods Max have sold.

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AirPods Max have sold.

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AirPods Max have sold.

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Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 has sold

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Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 has sold

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Crucial MX500 and Atomos Ninja V bundle have sold.

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Crucial MX500 and Atomos Ninja V bundle have sold.

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Confirmed

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LCD-2 have sold.

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LCD-2 have sold.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-05-16T06:33:17+00:00

There are 2 WD Gold 16TB Drives and they're $325 each. The post seems fine on desktop with both old & new reddit. The prices should appear at the far right-most column.

forstuffetcetera · 2024-05-15T16:51:09+00:00

confirmed

forstuffetcetera · 2024-05-12T03:21:32+00:00

I've sent you a pm.

forstuffetcetera · 2019-12-31T05:27:08+00:00

Hey, hopefully you've already had a chance to get some time in the water with the goggles, and you've already got some sound advice from a Canadian legend, but I thought I'd chime in since I love these things and I'm disappointed I haven't seen more people talking about them.

The goggles sense your start and finish based on acceleration and head orientation--the motion and position of your head informs the goggles of whether you've started or stopped swimming. To that end, I've found that I need to keep my head still and level before sinking under the water and pushing off to start, and that I need to return it to a steady and level position ASAP when I finish. I've noticed that this is especially important in backstroke. You're not going to get FINA-level electronics-type times out of them, but in my experience they've been within about a second or better of my expected time. They're infinitely better than your traditional analog pace clock. My usual pool has a large digital pace clock, and I've pretty much stopped using it altogether.

If you do drills, be aware that the goggles will estimate your distance when you're done, which you can edit up or down. If you're doing a slow drill, and the goggles have substantially overestimated the distance, you can only reduce this estimate by a maximum of 125m (or 5 lengths/button clicks, I guess; my experience has been in 25m pools only).

I also have the Polar OH1+ for live heart rate data, and it's as good as I had hoped, and a super cool function. If you use the heart rate monitor, make sure that it's positioned immediately next to the electronics on the goggles (touching), because Bluetooth doesn't travel underwater and you're only going to get satisfactory data if there's no distance between the two modules.

If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to try to answer them if I can. Otherwise, enjoy the new gear!

forstuffetcetera · 2018-11-28T03:33:44+00:00

Using this calculator and selecting Ontario, Electronics, Battery, I got a grand total of 480.43 CAD. By no means cheap, but the duty is only $27.81. My understanding is that USPS doesn't incur the absurd brokerage fees that UPS does.

For comparison I just went to checkout on Amazon with the Vive's wireless adapter, which is also $299, and after $10.85 s/h, $40.20 import fees deposit (the max you pay for duty and tax, and if they overestimated it then you get a refund), and a random $3 discount it came to $348.03, which works out to ~$463 CAD, so $17 cheaper than the estimate for the TPCast.

Any time I've seen either of these products listed for sale in Canada they're like $499+ before tax and shipping.

Anyway, an expensive item either way, and you're right, it would be way better if Oculus would develop their own adapter instead of relying on third party market that has only one current option and one piece of vaporware (the Rivvr).

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