[78-L] First eBay problem

Mon Dec 27 15:28:37 PST 2010

Many thanks,  Roger...I really appreciate the info!

Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Wade" <rwade1947 at comcast.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] First eBay problem

> Taylor, if the people you spoke to at the post office didn't help you then 
> you should take it one step further.  File a complaint with the postal 
> inspectors.  Someone at your post office scanned this as delivered even 
> though it wasn't.  It smells like theft to me.  Probably a disappointed 
> thief, but theft nonetheless.  It should have been easy enough, if they 
> cared, to find out who was sorting and/or delivering your route that day. 
> That is where the inspectors will start because that is who scanned it.
>
> The Postal Inspection Service office that serves SEATTLE WA can be 
> contacted at:
> POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE
> PO BOX 400
> SEATTLE WA 98111-4000
>
> Phone : 877-876-2455
>
> Here is their central website:  https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/
>
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Greg and David...I went to the PO once about this and got no 
>> help.
>> And Greg is right,  so long as there is "confirmed delivery" no one seems
>> inclined to just accept the fact that I didn't receive it.
>>
>> An expensive lesson...but as with most glitches in life...it could have 
>> been
>> worse.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 2:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] First eBay problem
>>
>>
>>> I had a similar experience involving a prominent e-Bay seller, who 
>>> refused
>>> to
>>> do anything about the problem. It was only a $4 item (plus shipping) so
>>> the
>>> only great loss was to the seller, who won't get another bid from me. 
>>> Most
>>> of
>>> the eBay dealers willingly dealt with lost or damaged shipments in days
>>> past.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2010 5:45 PM, Greg Laxton wrote:
>>>> I believe PayPal only requires Signature Confirmation on packages over
>>>> $200...maybe $250.
>>>>
>>>> If it shows up as Delivered in the USPS system, sounds like the seller
>>>> may
>>>> have done all that's required of him - mailed it with Delivery
>>>> Confirmation
>>>> and it was delivered...somewhere in your zip.  Of course I understand
>>>> you'd
>>>> hope he'd have done more.
>>>>
>>>> Any chance you purchased insurance?  But I'd guess that's a moot point 
>>>> if
>>>> it
>>>> shows up as being delivered.  Maybe with a statement from your postal
>>>> carrier, you might be able to get some traction for a claim.
>>>>
>>>> Tried bending the ear of your local carrier?  Perhaps it was left at 
>>>> the
>>>> wrong door step?  If that fails, I'd set up an appointment with the 
>>>> local
>>>> Postmaster.  Perhaps he or she can track down the person in the local
>>>> post
>>>> office who marked it "delivered."
>>>>
>>>> I've had packages not show up and when the buyer contacted the local 
>>>> PO,
>>>> it's been found on a shelf somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Taylor Bowie"<bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 5:12 PM
>>>> Subject: [78-L] First eBay problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've always posted on here about all my good eBay experiences as a
>>>>> buyer,
>>>>> so thought I should alert all to a probelm I just had which resulted 
>>>>> in
>>>>> my
>>>>> being out $140.
>>>>>
>>>>> A seller from whom I'd bought a number of nice records over the years
>>>>> sent
>>>>> me a package on Nov 4...I never received it.  Someone in the PO system
>>>>> "confirmed" delivery and so neither eBay or Pay Pal will give me my
>>>>> money
>>>>> back.  All I could get from the PO was that it was "delievered" to my
>>>>> zip
>>>>> code...no address and no signature...not much of a confirmation,  as 
>>>>> far
>>>>> as
>>>>> I can tell.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fellow at Pay Pal noted that you get better protection if you also
>>>>> have
>>>>> signature confirmation...a more rigorous form of making sure that the
>>>>> package arrived where it was supposed to and that the right person got
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was disappointed that this seller would not give me my money back,
>>>>> and
>>>>> that he put the entire onus on me to "prove my case."  I had never run
>>>>> into
>>>>> this attitue in my years in the book business and always took
>>>>> responsibility
>>>>> as the seller...guess that doesn't always apply these days.
>>>>>
>>>>> The seller,  with whom I've always had a good relationship, goes by
>>>>> luckydaddy.  He offers nice records in geat condition,  but after this 
>>>>> I
>>>>> won't be comfortable doing business with him any more.  He has always
>>>>> been
>>>>> a
>>>>> good guy,  but if any of you do business with him I'd suggest that you
>>>>> ask
>>>>> for signature conformation if you make a purchase from him,  in order 
>>>>> to
>>>>> protect yourself in case the pacakge gets into the wrong hands but
>>>>> delivery
>>>>> is entered as "confrimed.'
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone else has had any kind of similar experience with anyone, 
>>>>> and
>>>>> was
>>>>> ever able to get money refunded,  I'd like to hear about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all from
>>>>>
>>>>> Taylor
>>>>>
>>>>>
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