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I have a framed poster (plastic, light weight frame) that's 16x20ish, and I want to sell this on the bay. How would I package this? Could I still mail this through USPS, or would I have to use UPS/FedEx? It's not too heavy, it's just large.
I just sold a very expensive Celine box bag on eBay and I want to use that money for another bag purchase. At what point can the buyer no longer request a return via eBay or a refund via PayPal? Basically, when is the money truly mine? I would hate to buy a new bag only to have the Celine returned.
I think you can send it USPS. The size limit on USPS is a maximum of 130 inches in combined length and girth. You won't be near that. Your girth will be around 34 inches or so (16 x 2 + the depth of the frame x 2)
I would sandwich it between two pieces of sturdy cardboard after wrapping in bubble wrap.Thanks! I'll just have to figure a way to package it up.
This morning I woke up to an ebay sale and an email from Paypal that the payment is on hold because paypal thinks it might be fraudulent. There is nothing on ebay to show the payment is on hold so I'm not going to make my shipping deadline. The buyer hasn't responded to my message yet but I can't see anything that would flag it. I wish Watchcount still worked so I could see if she went on a spending spree.
Tell the buyer to call PayPal and her credit card to tell them the payment was authorized.
Thank you. It took 3 calls from me and 2 calls from her to get it resolved. The trick was to ask for the Limitations department at Paypal. The other calls accomplished nothing. Unfortunately, I missed being able to ship before the weekend so now I have to wait for Tuesday.
I wonder what flagged it. It was a small amount of money and she has high feedback on ebay, including nearly 2 pages for this month alone.
I bet the number of purchases in a month raised a red flag to the possibility of a stolen c.c.
I wondered if anyone has come across this type of situation before. I made the payment as I always do. An hour later I receive a message from the seller,
"I refund your payment because the funds are not available for me until 21 days please resend the payment as a instant payment
Thanks!!
Jane"
in over 10 years of ebay shopping never had an issue with a seller stating anything like this. I did use some ebay bucks but I cannot imagine that has anything to do with it. Then I received another message from the seller because I told her I was very confused that my payment looked in order on my end. Is it a scam by the seller to get the buyers to go through paypal only?? What do you all think. I also noticed her feedback is a little odd??
**Message from the seller below:
"I'm not sure what happen either but I send you an invoice can you please send the payment though there and see if I can get the instant payment?
This is what my payment from you said: This payment is now in your pending balance and temporarily unavailable. This money will be moved to your available balance and released to you in 21 days
Thanks!!
Jane"
The seller's ID is jana*shopping
"I refund your payment because the funds are not available for me until 21 days please resend the payment as a instant payment
Thanks!!
Jane"
in over 10 years of ebay shopping never had an issue with a seller stating anything like this. I did use some ebay bucks but I cannot imagine that has anything to do with it. Then I received another message from the seller because I told her I was very confused that my payment looked in order on my end. Is it a scam by the seller to get the buyers to go through paypal only?? What do you all think. I also noticed her feedback is a little odd??
**Message from the seller below:
"I'm not sure what happen either but I send you an invoice can you please send the payment though there and see if I can get the instant payment?
This is what my payment from you said: This payment is now in your pending balance and temporarily unavailable. This money will be moved to your available balance and released to you in 21 days
Thanks!!
Jane"
The seller's ID is jana*shopping
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The problem is on her end, not yours. They are putting a hold on her funds because they have concerns about her. More than likely it is because she doesn't have a long track record of selling LV or other designer items. No matter who the buyer is they would have put the hold on the funds.
Did you buy this item? http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Auth-Lo...109596?hash=item1eb3d5269c:g:y8EAAOSwZ1BXcX21 She already sold it once before but the buyer has zero feedback so it might have been cancelled. Don't pay outside of ebay!