[78-L] Got to be the right place, even if it's on time

[David Lennick]

Indeed, I have a few addresses listed (one in Canada, 3 or 4 in the US) and 
there are two I've never been able to remove. I've also had one parcel returned 
because I shipped to the address as shown on the buyer's Paypal transaction, 
which was incomplete.

dl

On 2/10/2012 7:47 AM, Benno Häupl wrote:
> .
> On eBay you can have several addresses. And this may cause some problems every
> once in a while. Let me first elaborate, and I will explain below.
>
> In your eBay profile you have the following addresses.
>
> - your registered home address. This will change when you update it because you moved, but the
>    'country of registration' will not change. I know a guy who works with the United Nations,
>    and when he registered, he lived in Uzbekistan. He then changed his home address to
>    Geneva, Switzerland, when he moved there, but eBay still shows he's registered in'Uzbekistan',
>    although his sellers (or buyers) get his genuine Geneva address by email.  Now he lives in Paris, France,
>    but eBay still shows 'Uzbekistan', and they tell him on the phone that they cannot change it.
>    The fact that he's supposedly a seller from Uzbekistan is detrimental to his sales!
>
> - your 'preferred shipping addresses'
>    Of these you can have up to 12.  As for myself, I have several.
>    - My home address in Germany
>    - My work address in Latvia
>    - My holiday address in Souther France
>    - My brother's address in Germany (when I am on a lengthy travel)
>    - My friend's address in the USA for 'Ship to US only' sellers
>    - My daughter's address as a 'gift address'
>    - My address c/o  a "mail forwarding service" in Nevada
>
> Sometimes, eBay sellers simply take the address from the EOA ("end of auction") email
> that eBay sends out - not considering that this is nothing but the "registered home address".
>
> Sellers are supposed to ship to the address shown in the "Check out" mail or the
> PayPal payment mail.  PayPal retrieves this address automatically from your eBay account.
> Only if sellers do ship to this address, will they benefit from the "Seller protection plan".
> Otherwise, the buyer may report and INR (item not received) and the seller has to
> refund out of his own pocket.
>
> So, watch out! You always have to have the correct "preferred shipping address"
> activated in your eBay profile at auction end and during check out/payment.
> Like, I select my mail forwarder in Nevada - and then my seller get this Nevada address
> automatically with the payment info and shipping instructions!
>
> After check out and payment, I revert my 'preferred shipping address' back to my
> work address in Latvia or whatever is appropriate.
>
> Simple as that - if you know.  But eBay won't tell you.
>
> Benno
>
>
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