Charging FedEx Account for eBay Sale

[paradigmcomics]

I have a customer who won multiple auctions on eBay and wants me to ship FedEx and charge his account number rather than ship it via USPS (which is what the Shipping Calculator in eBay was setup for). I don't really ever ship via FedEx, but don't mind doing this for the customer considering the amount he spent and the volume of items he purchased.

 

Have any of you ever shipped via FedEx and charged the account number?

 

Anything I should be aware of?

 

Or should I just say no, and tell him USPS is the only way?

 

Thanks.

[nwpassage]

I'm sure it's doable. The girls at work bill second parties without a hitch. I assume he gave you his number, and if it's legit FedEx should take care of the rest. Check their website.

[Stronguy]

I have a customer who won multiple auctions on eBay and wants me to ship FedEx and charge his account number rather than ship it via USPS (which is what the Shipping Calculator in eBay was setup for). I don't really ever ship via FedEx, but don't mind doing this for the customer considering the amount he spent and the volume of items he purchased.

 

Have any of you ever shipped via FedEx and charged the account number?

 

Anything I should be aware of?

 

Or should I just say no, and tell him USPS is the only way?

 

Thanks.

 

I've done the FedEx thing (not with comics). Walked in with my box, filled out the shipping slip, gave them the account number and name on the account. 1,2,3... done. Got a much better rate because this was a large volume account.

[shadroch]

Fed Ex ground is usually cheaper than UPS, from my experiance. It's pretty easy to set up your own account as an alternative to UPS.

[Pirate]

what about shipping proof for the ebay buyer insurance. If they are asking after the auction, it would be a flat NO from me.

[Mark 1]

I dont see anything wrong with shipping using the guy's fedex number. If he paid via paypal enter in the tracking number for the package. Seems pretty easy to me.

[somewhereintexas]

what about shipping proof for the ebay buyer insurance. If they are asking after the auction, it would be a flat NO from me.

 

You would get a copy of the receipt with the tracking number when you dropped the package off. The package would get scanned in right away so there should be no issues.

[CKB]

what about shipping proof for the ebay buyer insurance. If they are asking after the auction, it would be a flat NO from me.

 

You would get a copy of the receipt with the tracking number when you dropped the package off. The package would get scanned in right away so there should be no issues.

 

I would check to see if that tracking is good enough for the eBay/Paypal seller protection. Some shipping company's tracking is not.

 

update: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=security/seller_protection_learn_more

 

Have to believe the Fed Ex tracking meets those requirements enumerated at the above page.

 

[Tsimanga]

I've done it before where a boardie gave me his fedex account # to ship a book to him.. piece of cake.. no problem at all...