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Here’s an article on the shipping services in question:
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/USPS-Parcel-Select-Ground-no-longer-an-option/td-p/31403008
Your only choices left, if using Ebay Shipping Labels, are to send it Priority by weight and distance, Priority Flat Rate, or go to the post office to ship it USPS Retail Ground (not available online).
Or just get off of Ebay Shipping Labels and pick up PirateShip.com, Stamps.com, Endicia, etc. More options are available through those vendors, sometimes cheaper, sometimes a tad more expensive. You can usually choose Priority Cubic and save money. And stop feeding eBay money, too. Also, very few interface changes in these services, so eBay is not able to drive you crazy changing things every 5 minutes.