Got this gem in my eBay inbox today:
"hi im wanting to buy this but I don't have any money on my card if I did I would have bought it already is there any way I can buy it now and pay when I get money back on my card 9should be long but idk if I can in a day)"
Over 50 positive feedback as a buyer.
There are so many things wrong with the message, and I suppose he or she might be able to do that Bill Me Later thing PayPal is always trying to hook people on, but still... I'm tempted to just add them to my blocked buyer list.
Express mail (now Priority Express...why the ef did they have to change the names?!), comes with $100 of insurance.The only thing I'm wondering is if Express Mail (domestic) comes with some sort of built in insurance and if so he might change his tune if I file a claim with USPS and let him know they'll be investigating his claim.
Express mail (now Priority Express...why the ef did they have to change the names?!), comes with $100 of insurance.
Though I'd wait for the buyer to respond whether the package was empty or the case?
If he says the package was empty, then you can spring the USPS claim on him. If he says that the case was empty, then it'll be a different story. Based on what he says, it seems that he means that the package was empty...In which case, (once he confirms it), you can tell him that you'll file a case with USPS and he will have to take the item to the PO to show that the package arrived empty.
If you held on to the receipt then it should have the weight of the package on it, and tell HIM that the PO has a way to check the weight at every place the package stopped. Then let's see what he says.
But first, wait for him to admit that the package arrived empty.
I'm sure he is no longer able to sell but IIRC eBay will remove your selling privileges but will still allow you to buy on the site.I'm surprised he still has an account after 7/19 negatives.
You're going to need a helpful PO worker. There is a way for them to print tracking information for you that records every location the package stopped at. They don't provide this information because it contains flight data which they now don't give to people due to 9/11 and national securityHe did respond that the package was empty as in no game at all.
When I politely mentioned that I'd be filing a claim with the USPS which means I would have to contact them as well as the postal inspector directly he got very hostile and started accusing me of cheating him out of his buyer protection (lets not forget he is a seller too that in the past year has 7 negatives on just 19 transactions).
I think I can file the usps claim online but if he doesn't cooperate or threw away the original packaging that isn't going to help my cause.
I know this had a game in it as I wrapped an express flat rate bubble mailer 1.5x around the 3ds case and sealed it with tape and then I put that inside the express flat rate mailer so it had some girth to it. I take my express packages to the post office as that is the only way they are guaranteed next day but I typically just hand them to a postal agent and walk out as they are very slow and the lines are long so I don't have a receipt for this one so that may negate my insurance coverage.
GBA - I don't see why a receipt would be needed for insurance coverage. The tracking number and even reprinting your eBay label would prove that you paid for the Express Priority Shipping. I remember the eBay newsletter mentioning that the shipping service would include $100 of insurance automatically but I don't remember what the effective date of the policy change was. Would insurance cover a claim that an item was never included in the packaging? Clearly, it covers if the mail were to be lost in transit but if somehow the buyer were to point at the seller, I'm unsure whether insurance would help. I hope you nail thatI take my express packages to the post office as that is the only way they are guaranteed next day but I typically just hand them to a postal agent and walk out as they are very slow and the lines are long so I don't have a receipt for this one so that may negate my insurance coverage.
The reason why I asked him if he had the receipt is because if you print a label at home, you could put in any weight you want. More or less.GBA - I don't see why a receipt would be needed for insurance coverage. ...
I could of sworn I had the option for international buyers to be able to see my items turned off. Lo and behold, someone from freakin Australia buys my item.
I sent a cancellation request. Should I go ahead and relist or wait it out? Never been in this situation before. He didn't pay me and it's been maybe 24ish hours since the item sold.
Is FleaBay broken for anyone else? The site's gone haywire on me.
Damn. And i'll be gone for a month then...Damn.Redilvery varies from PO to PO. I have had some signature packages redilvered, others held at the PO. The notice does give the buyer the ability to schedule a redilvery.
Typically the PO holds a package for about 2 weeks before sending it back.
No, you wouldn't be. That's the downside of playing the "Free Shipping" game. You may be able to charge a "restocking fee" but you should look up eBay's policies first.And what do you think...If it comes back and he then asks for a refund, would I be justified in deducting the money spent on shipping from the item, since I sold it with "Free shipping"...?
I actually doubt I'll be able to do anything since I hadn't mentioned anything in my listing.No, you wouldn't be. That's the downside of playing the "Free Shipping" game. You may be able to charge a "restocking fee" but you should look up eBay's policies first.
Maybe his post office is just a bitch to deal with. I know my local post office is in a mall, with cars circling around it at all times trying to get a parking spot and then once youre inside its always a 20-30 minute wait in line. That's why I always go to the neighboring city's PO, which Im in an out of in 2 minutes.I actually doubt I'll be able to do anything since I hadn't mentioned anything in my listing.
And even if I did, it'd be very simple for him to just file a case or a chargeback.
I'm just hoping that he goes and picks it up...though I can't understand why he's not picking it up. It's been at the PO for 4 days now. Usually when I have a package coming in, especially something expensive, I can barely wait to have it delivered.
I really hope he's not trying to pull something.
Just curious but why would you use signature confirmation on a package when it isn't required?I really just hope that's the case.
I'm too paranoid for my own good.
Gut feeling...I don't know. But probably because it was $180. and not $18.Just curious but why would you use signature confirmation on a package when it isn't required?
Just relax. Freaking out in every post here isn't going to fix your situation. There's nothing you can do either way at this point. Maybe the guy has a job that's not near his local PO so he can't make it in during business hours then he didn't feel like going on Saturday. Who knows. And if he doesn't pick it up, it's going to be routed back to you. I believe you can cancel the transaction once you get the package back. Buyer gets their money back, you'll have your items back, and that's the best you can hope for. You'll be out your shipping costs, so maybe in the future you won't play the free shipping card. Or just up the price on your item to try and zero out your shipping cost loss from the first time around.Gut feeling...I don't know. But probably because it was $180. and not $18.
Almost everything that I sell that's above $150, I include insurance..and/or SC.
Just something I've been doing for ever!
I didn't insure this package because it was only going from CT to MA...But what if I'd have insured it?
The buyer would have had to sign regardless of there being SC or not.
I just don't get why he hasn't gone to pick it up yet.
But obviously, shit happens...and I'm just hoping he picks it up by Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yeah I hear you.Gut feeling...I don't know. But probably because it was $180. and not $18.
Almost everything that I sell that's above $150, I include insurance..and/or SC.
Just something I've been doing for ever!
I didn't insure this package because it was only going from CT to MA...But what if I'd have insured it?
The buyer would have had to sign regardless of there being SC or not.
I just don't get why he hasn't gone to pick it up yet.
But obviously, shit happens...and I'm just hoping he picks it up by Tuesday or Wednesday.
Same here. I can't even login. I get this error:
There was an error passing information between the third party you just came from and eBay.
Error code: 20.1.3 : 2013-08-23 09:24:20 : signin.ebay.com
This error may have occured for one of the following reasons:
The third party that has sent you here has provided invalid information to eBay.
eBay has encountered an error processing your request. Please press the Back button and try submitting your request again, or close this window and return to the third party application
For an hour or two none of my listings work---as if eBay had pulled them. Now they are there again but I had a few that ended and were suppose to auto renew and they didn't. They are now done.
I can't login to even post on the message boards right now to see if anyone else is having problems.
Yeah, it looks like it only lasted for a few hours.My eBay account looks fine on my end.
I used U-pic once.Yeah I hear you.
You can always use a company like U-Pic (www.u-pic.com) and insure your packages through them. It is typically cheaper then the Post Office ($1 per $100 worth of coverage on domestic shipments) and they pay out faster too.
I just don't like SC and waive it on anything less then $250 (unless requested by the buyer) for the same reason I hate it when companies put it on shipments coming to me because i'm not usually around when the delivery man comes.
I've had both U-Pic and shipsurance payout without the buyer signing the affidavit form. They are more then willing to accept the PayPal or eBay dispute being opened / closed (refunded) e-mails as proof that the buyer didn't receive the item.I used U-pic once.
It's like all 3rd party mail insurers.
I need the buyer to sign the documents and it took me a LONG time to get him to do that.
Finally managed to get eBay to step in and freeze the case, and contact him and tell him that until I didn't tell eBay that I had received the documents, they wouldn't unfreeze the case.
So then after a lot of back and forth he sent them to me.
Since then, I swore off it. I stick with USPS.
Item lost. Claim filed.
Documents sent.
Month later, check received.
Had two lost and one damaged and USPS paid each time. ($800 or so each time.)
GBA - Any updates from the scammer?
How long ago was this. My case was about a year and a half ago...Maybe even more.I've had both U-Pic and shipsurance payout without the buyer signing the affidavit form. They are more then willing to accept the PayPal or eBay dispute being opened / closed (refunded) e-mails as proof that the buyer didn't receive the item.
I opted in once to Global Shipping program. I just started selling on eBay after a break and a lot International bidders contacted me about buying. The thing that sucks about the program is the shipping rates are crazy high plus the taxes the charge the buyer. When I had a winning bidder from the UK I just told him about how high it was so he chose First Class International. It was $14 versus $40 to ship a shirt. When I have people buying $100+ for shirts I can't throw them into eBays crazy shipping prices.Has ebay automatically opted in all sellers to the Global Shipping program? I was checking over my preferences and noticed that I was opted in to the global shipping program even though I specifically declined in the past. There is no way, drunk or sober, that I would have opted into the program so I'm wondering if they've slipped this one in under a terms of use agreement?
It's found under site preferences
shipping preferences
global shipping
eBay adding the GSP into the agreement was just my guess as to why it could be activated again. When I opted in and the International bidder didn't want to go through it. There was no charge or anything since I mailed it on my own. I know now to avoid that program like the plague.Yeah, I've known about how messed up the program is for buyers regarding all the fees long before it was common knowledge. In addition the shipper re-packages items to save shipping costs, ultimately causing damage which the buyer then holds the seller responsible for. In my eyes the whole program is a horrible idea and that is why, up until now, I avoided it like the plague.
Thankfully no international transactions slipped through while it went unnoticed, thanks to all of the other preferences I have set. I made the changes and they seem to have stuck so I guess it's simple to fix as long as the seller is aware they were opted in. F@%k'n ebay!!! Slipping this into a terms of use agreement is a new low!
It's a charity auction hosted by Game Grumps. On top of that, the high bidder also gets a bunch of swag with the auction.I don't even know where to post this, but the bigger problem- I don't even understand what theis going on with this auction
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251324247015?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
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I would never issue a refund before I have the item in hand unless its a partial refund and they're keeping the item. In your case, wait until you get the item back in order to ensure that you do get it back. I would just issue a complete refund but not pay for the return shipping. I'm not sure there's even a way to refund return shipping unless you send them a prepaid label.Some guy wants a refund on here, can I refund him the amount he paid and then refund him whatever I see he paid to ship when I get the item back or will ebay only let me "refund" him money once (shipping was originally free, BIN)? I'm buying the nice guy here as I know this guy is lying his ass off about what I sent him but will pay the return shipping anyway but I don't want to tell him go ahead and send it how you like and I'll compensate you for the shipping when I get it to see he chose the most expensive method. Actually, how would I go about this whole thing too as I've never had anyone have issues with me before and wanting a refund. Do I tell them to ship first and I'll refund upon getting it or do I refund first? I would think refunding first would be the more friendly approach but I know this person is lying about the item so I'm not sure if I can trust them to do their part.
Hey just did my first return on eBay buying Steelbook polybags. The seller said the would fit steelbooks but barely fit a regular Bluray. I told the seller I wanted a replacement or refund. I had to ship it back to to seller and I got refunded my original payment and shipping. You don't have to pay for the return shipping to get the product back to you. That's the buyers responsiblity to make sure the product gets back. After you receive your item back on Paypal there will be a refund button by that transaction.Alright, so tell them to ship it out and I will issue a refund upon receiving it back. What if they want to be a dick about the shipping, can they force me to give them money to cover the shipping once I get it back or no? I never specified a return policy on this so I don't know what they can pull on me since I didn't establish one.