USPS question about not receiving an item but said was delivered.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Call or visit the post office. I had a package from Amazon on Saturday that was supposedly delivered (text message from Amazon) but no package. I went into the PO first thing on Monday and the package was waiting for me.

Good luck.

Jeff

[bobbyw8469]

Also they didn't send with any signature confirmation which sort of baffles me at times when people don't do that on cards costing over $50, its like $3 and to me helps prove that someone has it.

Ebay only requires it on cards valued over $250. When so many buyers are complaining about the high shipping charges they are having to pay (when they aren't really high at all to begin with), who is going to absorb this $3 extra charge? If I told a buyer it would cost him/her $6.50 to receive one PSA graded card, can you imagine the cow they would have??? I already get emails over the $3.50 charge!

[savedfrommyspokes]

I had a buyer who did not receive a package that showed as delivered. I insisted that he contact the USPS. Two days later he let me know that the package was located (no details as to how it was located).

If I was on the other end of this situation, I would contest the charge with my CC....the seller still receives their funds (eventually as delivery confirmation is present) and it would allow PP and the CC to settle things.

I'm pretty sure that for items valued at $200 or more, ebay/paypal require signature confirmation and that item delivered notification from USPS would not suffice (from the sellers perspective) if you opened an "item not received case" through ebay. I could be wrong on the dollar amount, it could be items valued at $250 or higher, but it would be worth exploring because I do know signature confirmation is required over a certain dollar amount.

[pencil1974]

Yeah I'll have to call and find out whats going on. I tore my muscle in my leg a few days ago so moving a bit slow. Plus living just outside of Tampa now I can literally say when it rains it pours. I'll let you know how this all shakes out.

I personally always pay the extra on cards over $50 if it its more than I asked for in shipping. Its $2 and if margins are so tight that you can't pony up $2 then raise the price of the card by $5. If you just randomly sent a fifty dollar bill in the mail I'm pretty sure you put signature confirmation on it.

[pencil1974]

Post office had no answers but took my name and number and is going to look into it. So we'll see but I doubt anything good will come out of it as they seemed as confused as I was. I'm thinking that since I'm new in the apartment complex that maybe it was placed in someone else's mailbox. And hopefully that person will give it back, deliver it to me personally or give it to the front office.

The mailman though that we have just puts on his headphones and doesn't seem to care about anything else. I've had two packages already smashed into a tiny mailbox slot that shouldn't have fit and another box was totally ripped open with a star wars nerf gun I bought for my son barely hanging on inside. So I'm afraid if this guy finds out what I tend to get that more things may start coming up missing.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Yeah I'll have to call and find out whats going on. I tore my muscle in my leg a few days ago so moving a bit slow. Plus living just outside of Tampa now I can literally say when it rains it pours. I'll let you know how this all shakes out.

I personally always pay the extra on cards over $50 if it its more than I asked for in shipping. Its $2 and if margins are so tight that you can't pony up $2 then raise the price of the card by $5. If you just randomly sent a fifty dollar bill in the mail I'm pretty sure you put signature confirmation on it.

I have had this happen many times and it usually shows up the next day.

I send cash in the mail on a very regular basis and at times more than $50 and have never used signature confirmation. That margin as you call it adds up real quick.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Yeah I'll have to call and find out whats going on. I tore my muscle in my leg a few days ago so moving a bit slow. Plus living just outside of Tampa now I can literally say when it rains it pours. I'll let you know how this all shakes out.

I personally always pay the extra on cards over $50 if it its more than I asked for in shipping. Its $2 and if margins are so tight that you can't pony up $2 then raise the price of the card by $5. If you just randomly sent a fifty dollar bill in the mail I'm pretty sure you put signature confirmation on it.

Margins are EXTREMELY tight on some cards. And when you sell a card at a .99 cent auction, you can actually LOSE money on a card. I know, as I've lost plenty. But a lot of sellers don't do the .99 cent auctions anymore for that very reason.

[ullmandds]

good to hear brad.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

I'm pretty sure that for items valued at $200 or more, ebay/paypal require signature confirmation and that item delivered notification from USPS would not suffice (from the sellers perspective) if you opened an "item not received case" through ebay. I could be wrong on the dollar amount, it could be items valued at $250 or higher, but it would be worth exploring because I do know signature confirmation is required over a certain dollar amount.

Last I knew is that the shipment amount that required signature confirmation for seller protection though ebay is $750 and above. A seller is covered on shipments under $750 with just delivery confirmation (with a confirmed delivery) through ebay.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformat...abels-faq.html

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Last I knew is that the shipment amount that required signature confirmation for seller protection though ebay is $750 and above. A seller is covered on shipments under $750 with just delivery confirmation (with a confirmed delivery) through ebay.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformat...abels-faq.html

Does this mean ebay would eat the $200 (rather than the seller) or that Brad would lose the "item not received" case because the value is too low?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Does this mean ebay would eat the $200 (rather than the seller) or that Brad would lose the "item not received" case because the value is too low?

Unfortunately, if Brad opened an INR case through ebay, he would not win with the seller as the item shows up as delivered. With the $200 sale amount, my experience is that ebay will not reimburse him either. However, for lesser amounts, (>$25), I have heard of ebay reimbursing the purchase price as a one time courtesy for the buyer(would recommend calling and talking with a ebay CSR).

If the package is not located within a week or so, my suggestion would be to contact his credit card company (if used) to see if they can dispute the charge as he did not physically receive it.