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8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message "We had a problem retrieving a label. [Error: 9998]

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8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message "We had a problem retrieving a label. [Error: 9998]
Aug 30, 2012 09:35 AM

Item has been paid for but error message comes up after "pay and print" button is selected in shipping module. Please advise.

 

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8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message "We had a problem retrieving a label. [Error: 9998]
Aug 30, 2012 09:35 AM

Item has been paid for but error message comes up after "pay and print" button is selected in shipping module. Please advise.

 

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message "We had a problem retrieving a label. [Error: 9998]
Aug 30, 2012 09:45 AM

try again

 

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message "We had a problem retrieving a label. [Error: 9998]
Sep 30, 2012 05:56 AM

I am having the same problem. I was able to print 3 labels this morning then ran into this roadblock.  It makes me wonder if USPS went down. ?

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Oct 17, 2012 09:03 AM

i am same problem  please any help

We're having trouble printing your label.We had a problem retrieving the label. [Error: 0]

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Oct 21, 2012 02:32 PM

getting the same error right now


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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Oct 29, 2012 06:56 AM

I am having the same issue right now. I printed 8 labels today but the 5th one is giving me this error... all the others printed well. I've tried several times but keep getting this error message. Does anyone know what this is?

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Nov 7, 2012 01:16 AM

I just had this problem. The destination address field was too long. Before hitting the Pay and Print button, click on the Change button for the destination address. You might see something like this:

 

What Ebay shows as the destination address:

XXX

Building name, 12345678 Long_long_street_name, Apt 322

XXX, XXX XXXXX

 

When you click on the "Change" button, you see this for the first address box:

 

Building name, 12345678 Long_long_street_name,

 

Note that the apartment does not show up on the second address line but is past the end of the first box. You need to move the apartment (or whatever is causing the overflow) from the first line to the second address line. It is vital to remove the extra characters from the first box since that is what is causing the problem. The address boxes should look like this:

 

Building name, 12345678 Long_long_street_name

Apt 322

 

After doing this, everything worked normally.

 

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Nov 18, 2012 10:38 PM

i contacted ebay twice about this problem, but they seem to be in denial and not much help. they keep telling me to delete cookies and change my computer settings instead of trying to find out what's wrong with their system. 

what a waste of time.

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Nov 19, 2012 12:55 PM

I have the same problem.  Help @!

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Re: 8/30/2012 cannot print shipping labels, receiving eBay message
Nov 28, 2012 04:26 PM

i had this problem for 1 hour.

then i clicked the edit address link and found the address line was too long.

some of the information was put into 1 line instead of 2.

this address had a suite number which when removed from 1 line and placed into the next empty line allowed me to then print.

so i think this should help.

EDIT the address !!

it will say whats wrong when you try to save it.

 

 

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