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whateve said:
I sold something to someone on Mercari and her address doesn't include her last name, just her initial. Is this a problem? I googled her and I think I found her last name and it appears that it is a single family house and probably only 3 people live in that house, one of which shares her last name.
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I've had it happen and have never had a problem.

Does Mercari use Paypal? If so, as long as the shipping address is the same as that on the transaction, you'll be fine.
 
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BeenBurned said:
I've had it happen and have never had a problem.

Does Mercari use Paypal? If so, as long as the shipping address is the same as that on the transaction, you'll be fine.
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Thanks. No, it doesn't go through Paypal. They keep the money until the buyer and seller rate the transaction, which is within 3 days of delivery, then they do bank transfer. It is a little cheaper than ebay because you don't have to pay paypal fees.
 
#7,923
whateve said:
Thanks. No, it doesn't go through Paypal. They keep the money until the buyer and seller rate the transaction, which is within 3 days of delivery, then they do bank transfer. It is a little cheaper than ebay because you don't have to pay paypal fees.
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You could always call Mercari (or email) to ask about it. But I have had payments without names, with just initials, with business names that differed from the buyer name, etc. and haven't ever had issues. (And although this is slightly OT, I've also had cases where I'm unable to generate a label unless I change the zip code, change the city, or other cases where either the post office has made changes or the abbreviations don't match what the post office needs. And for those cases, I've never had issues either.)
 
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#7,924
BeenBurned said:
If the buyer opened INR, respond with tracking and pointing out that delivery was attempted and a notice left. Also call ebay and have them look at the tracking to see that she didn't retrieve the package but that you'd sent and clearly delivery was attempted. Point out to ebay that this isn't your fault as the seller that the item may be returned to sender because of the buyer's irresponsibility.

While you still may lose the dispute, you should get it notated on your account that this wasn't your fault.

It's a crapshoot how ebay will find in this case.
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Thanks BeenBurned, starngley enough she didn't open an INR but just emailed me. I haven't heard back from her even though she said she'd contact me one way or the other after she'd been to the Post Office Tuesday. ...........well, I had to check another tracking in my account today and was flaberghastered to see her details showed at the top of my account saying COLLECTED 5th April! Lucky for me Royal Mail held onto it far longer than the 18 calendar days they state :biggrin: the full details also still state delivery was attempted on 9th March so if she leaves bad feedback stating delivery was over a month I will fight it :cursing: But hopefully that won't be the case and that's the last I hear of it

But who would wait a monty before wondering where your goods where and chasing......and then leave it another 3 days before bothering to do anything about it.
 
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#7,925
whateve said:
I sold something to someone on Mercari and her address doesn't include her last name, just her initial. Is this a problem? I googled her and I think I found her last name and it appears that it is a single family house and probably only 3 people live in that house, one of which shares her last name.
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Mercari allows any name for the shipping name. I use a different last name on that site actually because when I first signed up it seemed a little sketchy and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to use my real last name. It doesn’t match my billing info etc.
 
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#7,928
whateve said:
On one of my ebay accounts, my free listings disappeared! They aren't showing as an offer at all. All I'm seeing are the vehicle listings and the tech offer.
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Catbird9 said:
Hmmm. Hopefully it's just a temporary glitch. I got the Tech offer and accepted it, even though I have no Tech I need to sell. You never know!
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It's a glitch. Someone called ebay about it.

The freebies are there. You just can't see them but if you list something, it should show as $.00 charge.
 
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whateve said:
On one of my ebay accounts, my free listings disappeared! They aren't showing as an offer at all. All I'm seeing are the vehicle listings and the tech offer.
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@whateve
BTW, although this is slightly OT, remember you posted about the promotion through mid-April for 25% off FVFs for new listings? Apparently it was a glitch but for those of us who'd accepted the offer, we got a message saying they'd honor it.

Well so far, only one item I sold since then showed the promo. All other sales have full FVF charges.

Are you finding the same?
 
#7,930
BeenBurned said:
@whateve
BTW, although this is slightly OT, remember you posted about the promotion through mid-April for 25% off FVFs for new listings? Apparently it was a glitch but for those of us who'd accepted the offer, we got a message saying they'd honor it.

Well so far, only one item I sold since then showed the promo. All other sales have full FVF charges.

Are you finding the same?
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I've gotten the promo on about 10 sales. It only applies to listings you either created or modified during the short period that the promo was still active. I had relisted most of my more expensive items then, and modified a few more. Anything I listed or modified after they canceled the promotion doesn't count.
 
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Catbird9 said:
Hmmm. Hopefully it's just a temporary glitch. I got the Tech offer and accepted it, even though I have no Tech I need to sell. You never know!
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Me too. I activate most offers even when I have no intention of using them. I thought maybe the acceptance of the tech offer is what caused them to disappear.
BeenBurned said:
It's a glitch. Someone called ebay about it.

The freebies are there. You just can't see them but if you list something, it should show as $.00 charge.
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Thanks. I was hoping that was the case. The thing is, I used some of them already but I can't remember how many. It would be nice to know how many I have left.
 
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whateve said:
I've gotten the promo on about 10 sales. It only applies to listings you either created or modified during the short period that the promo was still active. I had relisted most of my more expensive items then, and modified a few more. Anything I listed or modified after they canceled the promotion doesn't count.
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Ah, okay. I thought it was any new or sell similar that were posted during the entire period original duration would be eligible. That's really not fair though because I thought I had a month to post the listings and they ended it way before.
whateve said:
The thing is, I used some of them already but I can't remember how many. It would be nice to know how many I have left.
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I think if you check, you'll see the freebies back again.
 
#7,933
BeenBurned said:
Ah, okay. I thought it was any new or sell similar that were posted during the entire period original duration would be eligible. That's really not fair though because I thought I had a month to post the listings and they ended it way before.

I think if you check, you'll see the freebies back again.
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Yes, they are back, and I got 50 more free.

I agree it isn't fair. I was lucky that I relisted a lot of listings at the beginning. All those listings are ending tomorrow.
 
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