For a couple of weeks now, Ebay shipping for the padded flat rate envelope has been charged at $4.90.
However, the USPS price went up in mid January to $5.10.
It's now apparently fixed, but while it was wrong, seller faced a less than obvious choice. Choose between:
a. print a "padded flat rate envelope", pay the $4.90, and just ship the stuff, using stealth shipping not for buyer, but for some eagle eyed USPS employee.
b. print a "small flat rate box", pay $5.15, an extra $0.05, but have the label be obviously wrong in a different way
I suspect I'm like most people. I chose option (a), and tried to convince myself that Ebay really knew what it was doing. With the price now back at $5.10, it's pretty clear that this was an Ebay error.
The USPS could of course detect the discrepancy and treat the package as postage due. So far, no such result, and I don't expect one, given that the label says the right thing even while insufficient postage was paid.
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