Quote Originally Posted by Brian Elfert View Post
I have had an EBay seller create a label with Fedex and not actually ship the item for over two weeks. Many EBay sellers will rush to create a shipping label even if they don't actually ship the package for a few days. Their EBay rating is based in part on how fast the item is shipped. EBay considers the item shipped when a tracking number is supplied.
I am actually guilty of this, I suspect. If I'm shipping something I sold, I generally have it ready in the box when I list it, and label it as soon as the sale is done. But I may not get to town to drop it off at the carrier for several days. It hadn't occurred to me that I was misleading anyone with this behavior, since I have always understood "label printed" notifications to be meaningless.