Well... this is a new one for me! Almost a month ago I sold a small and thankfully rather inexpensive item on Ebay. The buyer took several days to pay, and when I sent her an email letting her know she had won (in case she hadn't noticed) she then paid right away without ever writing back. I shipped the item immediately, and two days later it arrived and delivery was attempted on July 16th. Strangely, her shipping address is a place of business, yet no one was available to sign for it and a notice was left (in the middle of the day on a Thursday).
After about a week I emailed her the Post Office tracking report at both her Paypal email address and through Ebay messages. No response. A week later I signed up for USPS updates for her tracking number to be emailed to both of us. Today I received the final, official "unclaimed" notice from the Post Office. The item is supposedly on its way back to me.
Still not a single word from the buyer. You would think she would at least want her item (or a refund!) Meanwhile, I gave her free shipping and I'm out $6.75, and another 6.75 if I ship it back. I don't plan to unless she 1) communicates to me that she wants it back and 2) is willing to pay for this round of shipping.
Why do people play games like this?
After about a week I emailed her the Post Office tracking report at both her Paypal email address and through Ebay messages. No response. A week later I signed up for USPS updates for her tracking number to be emailed to both of us. Today I received the final, official "unclaimed" notice from the Post Office. The item is supposedly on its way back to me.
Still not a single word from the buyer. You would think she would at least want her item (or a refund!) Meanwhile, I gave her free shipping and I'm out $6.75, and another 6.75 if I ship it back. I don't plan to unless she 1) communicates to me that she wants it back and 2) is willing to pay for this round of shipping.
Why do people play games like this?