eBay Sellers: Do you ship to unregistered addresses?

[Buythatcard]

I was just wondering how other eBay Sellers handle the following scenario.

Buyer wins an item and then pays for it. Shortly after paying, they ask me to send to a different address from what they registered on eBay.

My response was that if you want me to send to a different address, then you must change it on your eBay account. I will NOT send it to an unregistered address.

Buyer then cancelled his transaction instead of updating his address.

I will never ship to an address that is not registered with the buyers account. Simple reason, If buyer claims that item was not delivered, eBay will not protect the Seller because tracking says that it was not shipped to registered address.

Just wondering whether other Sellers have risked shipping to an unregistered address.

My advice is to not do it.

[toledo_mudhen]

Nope - I wont do it

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

Nope - I wont do it

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^^THIS^^ Do not send to a unregistered address.

[buymycards]

Hell no

[Jim65]

Never. I've had people ask before and always said no.

[jchcollins]

Agreed. Definitely not through eBay. I will in some cases ask if I’m doing a private transaction (like BST here...) if the address they want shipped to and the PayPal address does not match up, but I always point out to the buyer that they will not be covered by PayPal if I don’t send to the address on file. Many times this prompts them to fix the address.


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[x2drich2000]

In general I'd say no, however, I have made exceptions for people I actually know and trust and they have a good reason.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

In general I'd say no, however, I have made exceptions for people I actually know and trust and they have a good reason.

Like they don't want to let their wife know what they bought. I think most of us have been there at least once.

[D. Bergin]

I have a couple International customers who ship to U.S. addresses, who seem to change their preferred address all the time in their settings, who have to be reminded occasionally to flip their settings back to their U.S. address, if that's where they actually want it shipped.

I won't ship it there otherwise.

[Buythatcard]

It's good to see that we are all on the same page. The only time I have done it when it's a customer that has been with me for awhile or somebody that I know.

I have also heard the excuse many times that the buyer does not want their wife to know. If they are hiding this from their spouse, I can't imagine what else they might be hiding.

[hcv123]

with you all the way