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Originally Posted by x2drich2000
More importantly though, you need to look at what they say their processing time will be. If they say it will ship in a week, then you should expect that it could take a week. If they say it will ship in 24 hours, then that should be your expectation.
DJ
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Bingo! That's exactly why eBay has a way for sellers to specify their own shipping windows. And even when they go outside their stated timeline, consider that they probably set that up a year ago, and there could be extenuating circumstances that slowed them down this week. Ask them nicely if there's a reason for the delay before raking them over the coals.
A couple more things to keep in mind before griping at a seller because you think they should ship quicker:
How many items and of what type do they sell per day/week? If it's 3 cards per week, expecting them to drop those in mailers and in the mail box the next day is probably reasonable. If they have a couple hundred items of all different shapes and sizes ending the same day, expect them to be human and not have all that packed up within 24 hours. Also, not everything fits in a mail box, and if your postman is like mine, he won't be happy with you foisting a hundred or so packages on him because you don't want to schlep them to the post office yourself. In my book, an unhappy postal worker is not a good thing, and you'd be better off waiting another day or two rather than trusting Furious George to handle your purchase.
And not everyone uses eBay to print their shipping labels or takes the time to enter the tracking numbers into eBay to show you that your package has been shipped. Personally, I use stamps.com simply because I don't like the way and length of time that eBay stores shipping information. The buyer gets an e-mail when the item ships with the tracking number for their package, but I still get hot e-mails from people demanding to know why their package hasn't shipped (because it doesn't show as shipped in eBay) despite having received that e-mail.
Bottom line is, just remember that everyone doesn't necessarily do things your way. They have their reasons, and it's usually not that they're just a lazy jerk.
