Hi L, you're right, alas. I got my old shipping options back for all of two days. Now the "structured" (translation = very limited) shipping options have returned. I spoke too soon! 

Hi Michelle, I've had a good try with My Products, but if you're a casual seller like me - selling a few small, one-off items and shipping mostly by regular post - it's just not suitable. The options are too rigid and don't allow sellers to offer a mix of regular post, parcel post and courier options. 

Argggghhh I spoke too soon. I got my old shipping options back for all of two days. Now the dreaded "structured" options have returned. 

Hiya kerpetclearout - S is right, I got combined shipping (and my other old options) back yesterday when I went back to an old listing and clicked on "sell similar". That didn't work a few days earlier so something has changed in the past 24 hours. Hopefully it will work for you too. I looked into My Products, which does allow combined shipping, but in other ways it is just as restrictive when it comes to shipping options. 

Hiya L, I didn't have the 'combined' option with the new shipping options, but my old options (including combined post) returned when I used the "sell similar" button on an old listing yesterday. I'd been trying that for days and it hadn't worked before. It's all very odd. 

Thanks Callum, I did find the combine shipping option after a better look, but using "economy" to describe regular letter post doesn't work, because that's the same term NZ Post uses for its cheapest Parcel Post rate. So you end up with multiple price options all called "economy". (For regular mail, for economy Parcel Post urban, and for economy Parcel Post rural). But it may not matter now, it appears combined post and flexible shipping options have returned for casual sellers, so that's great! 

apex81 it looks like the shipping options change has been reversed! At least I'm back to being able to offer multiple options (including regular post)  and combined postage. Seems to have happened in the past 24 hours. Hopefully it's not just a short-term thing. 

I like using Ping for the speed/ease. But changes to the shipping options (limited/missing options, no combined postage) made it difficult to use Ping because the buyer was in some cases forced to pay for the item by Ping and then had to pay separately, by internet banking, for postage. Those changes seem to have been reversed in the past 24 hours. 

Looks like shipping options have returned for casual sellers!Combined purchases is back, and because I can set shipping options again I won't have to get buyers to pay for the item by Ping, then ask them to pay separately for postage by internet banking. A win for commonsense. I hope it lasts!

Thanks Callum, I did try that, but found My Products even more prescriptive. In particular I couldn't get it to cater to regular postage or combined post, the two options my buyers use most. I'll just muddle along and get used to not using Ping in the meantime!