u/Honest_Actuary4591

Hey everyone . I was a long time fedex shipper for over 15 years. I was / am shipping a few thousand dollars worth of packages a month for my business . I switched over to about 75% UPS and 25% fedex shipping a couple years ago because fedex just became too expensive for smaller packages compared to UPS. I opened a UPS business account through a affiliated partner so my current rates are comparable to pirate ship but my fedex account currently gets much better rates for the big and larger packages. I have reach out to UPS and even filled out the form with a automated response for new rates they are offering me but i have no idea if they are better than my current ones. I even tried having a rep call me but never got a call / voicemail and its been a couple weeks. My question is at my current shipment rate is it worth it to try to renegotiate my account? Because I told UPS that I want to switch to 100% UPS but I am unsure if they will give me better than pirate ship and my current shipment costs. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Looking for opinions on my situation....

Hey everyone. Me and my brother inherited my dads house in California 4 years ago when he passed away and which we now share.

There are some issues I'm having with my him and I previously spoke to a couple lawyers who think I should just sell my dads house and take my brother to court. Not sure if I want to go that far yet. I initially was leaning to sell the property and move on but now we both want to keep the house for the time being because it has a lot of sentimental value to us but there are a couple problems I'm having with him who also happens to be the executor of the estate. Were not married or have kids otherwise yeah we wouldn't be living together and California is not a cheap place to live anymore. I'm just wondering if I can force him to make some changes or if its a sell or not situation.

First he currently lives with and shares his section of the house with his friend who doesn't pay any rent and doesn't pay any other bills. Me and my brother currently split things 50/50. They share the same room and living area so they tell me he doesn't have to pay anything. They both work and have jobs. I have been letting it slide because I don't want to get into a big argument or lawsuit over it.

My concerns is that because my brother is the executor can he force me to live with someone if I don't really want to live with them in a house I technically own half of?

Another thing is that while living here since they are 2 people and I'm one person shouldn't they be paying 2/3 of the rent and 2/3 the utilities instead of me paying 50% of the bills?

Would I be able to force them to do that or is it basically the two parties need to agree or not type of thing? Can I get this person out of the house? Or could I just bring whoever I want to live here for free right then also?

I was also curious if I moved out of the property and don't want to sell the house for the time being is that is he legally required to pay me lets say half of the fair market value of what the property can rent for every month minus my half of the mortgage I owe? What is the legal standard in that situation? I may want to live overseas for a while but also have a place I can come back home to in the states if I needed a place to stay and keep my possessions and vehicle.

I just want to know if I have any rights as a beneficiary (my brother never closed out the trust) or if that its either a go to court or try to work it out type of thing. A couple lawyers said that as a executor hes supposed to put my needs above his but then again not sure if there are any laws regarding shared living arrangements.

Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks

So a buyer started a "not as described" return even though they admitted the item was working but that it was having another issue which in my opinion who knows maybe they just said that to return it without paying for anything . I would of taken the return either way just to be a good seller.

I tested the item and its working fine100% when I got it back. Even before the item was shipped he was talking about returning it if it didnt work which now makes me believe that maybe the person just wanted to try it out. I even went to the store that day to get the item out faster than usual due to the person wanted me to ship ASAP.

I feel like because the item works 100% that I should be entitled to keep the original shipping. I am already out of the return shipping. I know they used to let you deicide to return original shipping or not but Ebay wont let me keep original shipping now (maybe they changed this? ). Should I just use a deduction for original shipping costs or should I reach out to ebay? I dont want to get into a big drawn out thing but its unfair for me to lose some money over something like this. What do you think is best?