eBay, etc. General Question/Answer Thread
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Sounds like it will protect sellers though. I wonder how well the carriers will be about leaving the package in a secure location. I'd love for them to put packages in my backyard instead of on my porch.
That would be great. The UPS driver used to put our packages inside our screen room outback when we first moved in. I assume the previous owners requested that. Now they just drop off out front.
It would protect sellers and give buyers the option to basically OK the package being left. Just seems silly sellers have to purchase it in the first place if a buyer is opting out. Too bad there isn't another way the buyer could take responsibility without the seller having to pay.
So I signed up for this because I had a package coming and I didn't anticipate being at home. I applied my signature to that package and figured I was good. Nope. The carrier rang and my husband had to sign. Led to many unnecessary questions, too.
Oops!
Not related to this, but I had a seller send a package signature required and she hadn't disclosed the requirement in the listing and it was under $750 so I messaged to see if it was an error. She was somehow able to call the PO and have them remove the signature requirement so the mailman just left at my door. Didn't know that could be possible. Another time after that I had a return and it was sent signature required and again the mailman just left at my door. Not complaining but I wonder if her call put my address on the "signature release" list or something?
I agree.
While it's great for sellers who have buyers who opt in, buyers are going to be screwed in the event of a loss, either by theft (from the porch) or a dishonest mail carrier.
Should the package not be there with tracking and s.c. showing delivery, the buyer will lose the case every time.
You can request a certain location if you have a USPS account:
What location options are available with Delivery Instructions?
You can request that your eligible mailpiece be left at the following locations options if the item does not fit in your mailbox:
- Front Door
- Back Door
- Side Door
- In/At Mailbox
- On the Porch
- Neighbor [address required - must be on the same street, ZIP Code, and delivery route as your address]
- Garage
- Other [additional instructions required]
I am curious if anyone ever posts names of sellers who are unethical and disreputable? To warn other buyers against purchasing from them? I just had a horrible experience with a seller, and the bag is also most likely fake...thankfully i won my case and the bag is on its way back....i would not want anyone else to experience a similar situation with this seller....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/25/arts/design/ebay-haunted-halloween.html
Saw this in the New York Times. Haunted items on eBay. Not sure if this will get around the paywall for people. Very creepy.
Saw this in the New York Times. Haunted items on eBay. Not sure if this will get around the paywall for people. Very creepy.
Looks like a way for some clever and maybe unscrupulous sellers to make a tidy profit - or should I say a "killing"? - on oddball items that they can't get rid of.
Look how many different items come up using some of the keywords in the Haunted Doll listing:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ebay+haunted+16+inch+doll+spirit+paranormal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
and the listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Haunted-16...l-Supernatural-Paranormal-power-/153583589046
Winning bid is shown as $5600.00 !!! Not bad for a doll with blacked-out or missing eyes. Just tell a good story, write an interesting description, and wait for a sucker to come along. As today's politics proves over and over again, some people are gullible enough to believe just about anything. And other people are right there ready to take advantage of them. It sure beats standing on your feet at a Walmart cash register 8 hours a day for barely minimum wage.
Amazing! Private listings are a great way to hide a multitude of sins! I am willing to bet that that doll will be relisted. There's no way a legitimate bidder would raise the bidding by that amount!
https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/153583589046?item=153583589046&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
Several of the haunted dolls and clowns were sold by the seller more than once, more likely a result of questionable bidding rather than NPBs.
And there are way too many feedbacks received by the seller from the same people going back years.
Yep!
BeenBurned, you and I are in the wrong business. Or maybe just at the wrong end of it. Maybe I should try it, I starting with that "haunted" Chap-Stick that keeps disappearing from my handbag the second my back is turned. Or that demon-cursed skillet that sets fire to anything I try to cook in it. There must be dozens of items here with Paranormal qualities, I just have to find them.
