Steve Kelly
Prominent Member
Short story long...
I sold a pair of trainers on ebay, the buyer paid for them pretty much straight away.
Sent them 'RM 2nd class signed for', 2-3 days delivery time.
Bought the postage label through ebay/paypal, so just printed it off. Didn't pay too much attention to the address at the time.
Sent off the goods a couple of weeks ago from my local PO.
With RM 2nd Signed for you can't track it as such, it just tells you 2 things...1. when it was originally posted (with some deets), and 2. when it gets signed for, at the other end of its journey.
I checked it after 3 days and still not signed for. So I sent the buyer a message apologising, and that I was regularly checking, etc. gave the tracking number.
heard nothing back.
Then last week, still not signed for so I checked the RM claims process (thinking it was probably lost), and you have to wait 10 days after the due delivery date.
So I message the buyer again (thru ebay), told him the deal, apologised again, etc, and said i would keep on it.
Few days later, checked again, not signed for yet still. Not heard back at all from the buyer.
So I checked the address that went on the postage label, and it was the guy's name, and then the address of an actual Post Office!
Anyone know if this is a common practice?
unless the guy works there (or has some connection to someone who works there), I can't imagine how the PO would allow/accept this? ... to get something delivered to a post office with just your name on it (and their address)? it seems pretty random to me. How would you prove it's yours for one? since you'd only have your name on it, not your address. I mean I suppose it wasn't a particularly common name, but still!
Oh well, I won't take the proceedings out of my paypal account (and spend it!) until I know what the deal is.
I sold a pair of trainers on ebay, the buyer paid for them pretty much straight away.
Sent them 'RM 2nd class signed for', 2-3 days delivery time.
Bought the postage label through ebay/paypal, so just printed it off. Didn't pay too much attention to the address at the time.
Sent off the goods a couple of weeks ago from my local PO.
With RM 2nd Signed for you can't track it as such, it just tells you 2 things...1. when it was originally posted (with some deets), and 2. when it gets signed for, at the other end of its journey.
I checked it after 3 days and still not signed for. So I sent the buyer a message apologising, and that I was regularly checking, etc. gave the tracking number.
heard nothing back.
Then last week, still not signed for so I checked the RM claims process (thinking it was probably lost), and you have to wait 10 days after the due delivery date.
So I message the buyer again (thru ebay), told him the deal, apologised again, etc, and said i would keep on it.
Few days later, checked again, not signed for yet still. Not heard back at all from the buyer.
So I checked the address that went on the postage label, and it was the guy's name, and then the address of an actual Post Office!
Anyone know if this is a common practice?
unless the guy works there (or has some connection to someone who works there), I can't imagine how the PO would allow/accept this? ... to get something delivered to a post office with just your name on it (and their address)? it seems pretty random to me. How would you prove it's yours for one? since you'd only have your name on it, not your address. I mean I suppose it wasn't a particularly common name, but still!
Oh well, I won't take the proceedings out of my paypal account (and spend it!) until I know what the deal is.