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It sold to the best offer. You can't see what it actually sold for. If you have the item number, you can look it up on watchcount to see what offer was accepted.It looks like they sold it to first bidder. Or maybe the first bid ends the auction? But then on the other screen it shows best offer. So confusing. I guess in the future I'll bid and see what happens, just like a regular auction.
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Well now I'm even more confused. The first page shows one bid, sold for $400. Watchcount hasn't updated with the sold information yet. Typically when an item sells by best offer the price is marked out.
I saw one of these where the sold price showed as zero.
I don't think watchcount works for these. It just shows as sold for the minimum bid.
Now when I look at the completed listings on ebay is shows one bid at $500. But when you click on the listing it shows $400. So you were right, it did sell as a best offer.
I had to refund a buyer for a small sale that I made on ebay. She purchased and When I went to package up the item I noticed a problem with the item that I missed when I listed. I messaged her and explained...then I refunded. She wants me to cancel the sale on my end so that it will not show as an unpaid item on her end. If I cancel will this hurt my seller status in any way?
It will show as unpaid on her end, but she won't get a strike because you didn't open an unpaid item case. If you cancel the sale, the unpaid will go away and I believe you will get your fees back. If the reason for the cancellation is that the buyer requested, you won't get a defect, but if you put the reason as you were unable to fill the order, that will show on your account. It won't actually hurt your seller status unless you do this multiple times. You are allowed to have a small percentage of defects.
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Is there a beware of Sellers Thread somewhere in here? I cannot find one anywhere? 
I want to report a Seller! 
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I want to report a Seller! Thank you! 
Anyone ever had a usps priority package go from "out for delivery" to delayed?? I shipped something April 9th, it was out for delivery on April 11th and now still shows "delayed". I called usps when it first showed delayed and the lady assured me it would be delivered yesterday, well that didn't happen and status hasn't moved since April 11th....just wondered if this had ever happened to anyone else??!
I actually had 2 of them recently, one on March 30 and one on March 31. Both said that shipping was "delayed" yet several hours later, tracking showed delivery on the same day both times.
From the tracking: "The package is delayed and will not be delivered by the expected delivery date. An updated delivery date will be provided when available."
Ugh! Has the buyer complained about not getting it? If not, she may have received it and tracking just didn't update.
IMO, you should just sit tight. If the buyer didn't receive it, you can be sure she'll contact you. And if she did get it, all's good.
The problem with contacting a buyer in a case like this is that some dishonest buyers will claim non-receipt if made aware of the lack of tracking to prove delivery and may open a case.
This was actually a poshmark label so they are technically the ones responsible, they said they will step in if the buyer hasn't received it by April 23rd, however...I do not get paid until usps marks as delivered so I'm really concerned with how this is going to go. I'm sure its going to be ok it just stinks because this was my first "big" sale on poshmark and now I won't get paid or anything until buyer receives item or poshmark decides to step in....and my bag is who knows where...
You can look up the direct phone number to the post office in the buyer's zip code and call them. Since it clearly arrived there and was "out for delivery," they have records (or they should) of what happened following the last scan.
They can also determine who the carrier was who scanned it and if it was a misscan, i.e., should have been as "delivered" rather than delayed, they should be able to fix it or at least send you documentation stating such.
Yes, I had one last week that went from "out for delivery" to delayed. It showed up the next day, but still. Not to mention most of my packages have been late in the last few months.. They show up at my local distribution center on time, depart on time, then are "in transit" for another day. The center and my PO are maybe 20 minutes from each other.