I Think I've been scammed (Update to prior post)

[teza11]

James,

What city/State is shown on the delivery confirmation? The obvious answer is Brooklyn, NY but a seller can make changes to the deliver-to address loaded in your eBay profile.

Jeff

[Seven]

Originally Posted by teza11

James,

What city/State is shown on the delivery confirmation? The obvious answer is Brooklyn, NY but a seller can make changes to the deliver-to address loaded in your eBay profile.

Jeff

It stated "delivered at/in mailbox" to Brooklyn NY. Which should technically be my mailbox but it wasn't. I'm hoping to get any answer tomorrow when I go to the postoffice again.

[ctownboy]

Why not file a claim with the Postal Inspectors and have them look into it?

David

[Seven]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

Why not file a claim with the Postal Inspectors and have them look into it?

David

I think that's going to be one of the avenues I look into, depending on what happens tomorrow when I go to the post office. I will keep everyone over here in the loop.

Its also possible the 2nd seller doesn't even have the card in his possession yet. The card could have been shipped with a team bag even though the original listing doesn't show it in a bag (which would make sense, most of us would remove the card to provide a better pic). In fact it would make sense that a novice would take a picture of the card in a team bag rather than taking it out and getting a better pic of the card. My guess, card was misdelivered. Individual who received card in error contacted a friend who he knows has some experience with cards. This second seller lists the card with the photo he was sent and it will be shipped out by the person who received the card in error/or the second seller will ship once he takes possession.

I'd ask the first seller if he shipped the card in a team bag. A random person who received the card wouldn't have one to put it in

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Its also possible the 2nd seller doesn't even have the card in his possession yet. The card could have been shipped with a team bag even though the original listing doesn't show it in a bag (which would make sense, most of us would remove the card to provide a better pic). In fact it would make sense that a novice would take a picture of the card in a team bag rather than taking it out and getting a better pic of the card. My guess, card was misdelivered. Individual who received card in error contacted a friend who he knows has some experience with cards. This second seller lists the card with the photo he was sent and it will be shipped out by the person who received the card in error/or the second seller will ship once he takes possession.

I'd ask the first seller if he shipped the card in a team bag. A random person who received the card wouldn't have one to put it in

Certainly a possibility. That didn't even cross my mind.

EDIT:

First seller confirmed it was put in a team bag. More and more I'm thinking the package was misdelivered, stolen and then relisted by the person that stole it. Will have more of an idea tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Seven

Certainly a possibility. That didn't even cross my mind.

EDIT:

First seller confirmed it was put in a team bag. More and more I'm thinking the package was misdelivered, stolen and then relisted by the person that stole it. Will have more of an idea tomorrow.

I think the odds are pretty long that the person who errantly received the card also sells baseball cards on ebay. I think there's a stonger likelihood that he/she received the card and shot a picture to the individual who listed it for sale.

One more question. Can the postal service provide a scan of the package, from the tracking number, that would verify the address that the package was mailed to? The reason I ask is if not, couldn't anyone just mail a package wherever they want uninsured, provide a tracking number, and then leave the buyer high and dry?

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

One more question. Can the postal service provide a scan of the package, from the tracking number, that would verify the address that the package was mailed to? The reason I ask is if not, couldn't anyone just mail a package wherever they want uninsured, provide a tracking number, and then leave the buyer high and dry?

That's something I'm going to look into when I go down there tomorrow. This entire situation is exhausting, but I'm determined to find a resolution.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

One more question. Can the postal service provide a scan of the package, from the tracking number, that would verify the address that the package was mailed to? The reason I ask is if not, couldn't anyone just mail a package wherever they want uninsured, provide a tracking number, and then leave the buyer high and dry?

When you print a label through Ebay or Paypal, you enter the address. Even if you hand write a label, the PO clerk enters the address into the system, to get the Zip+4 code and puts a tracking label on the package. The exact address the seller entered should be accessible to the PO by entering the tracking number into the computer. My old neighbor was a PostMaster and I'm sure he explained it that way.

The old scam of sending a similar weighted item to another address in same zip code doesn't work anymore.