USPS - Slow, and seems to be getting worse

[IndyDave]

Here you go.

A single card from Greg Morris cards

Shipped first class sure in the small bubble envelope they typically use

Stuck on LA since July 15.

[wdwfan]

Update:
I talked to eBay on the phone, and the lady assured me that they'd rule in my favor since the tracking showed delivered. It's been 3 days, and it appears they didn't rule in my favor. The fees haven't been reversed in my account, and the payment is still showing as having come out (in other words the money hasnt been put back into my paypal nor into my bank account).

But I guess it is what it is. What I get for mailing on the same day seller paid.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

Update:
I talked to eBay on the phone, and the lady assured me that they'd rule in my favor since the tracking showed delivered. It's been 3 days, and it appears they didn't rule in my favor. The fees haven't been reversed in my account, and the payment is still showing as having come out (in other words the money hasnt been put back into my paypal nor into my bank account).

But I guess it is what it is. What I get for mailing on the same day seller paid.

That sucks, I would call again.

I have a Boggs bat that has been sitting in Florida for over a week.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

Here you go.

A single card from Greg Morris cards

Shipped first class sure in the small bubble envelope they typically use

Stuck on LA since July 15.

No complaints with Greg Morris Cards as a business--love buying from them--but their shipments have always been notoriously slow. I'm in Canada, and their small envelopes would often take 6-8 weeks even before the trouble started with USPS. I switched to having my Morris winnings sent to an American friend. While this was much faster, it was still quite long as compared to similar items I have shipped to U.S. addresses.

[IndyDave]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

Here you go.

A single card from Greg Morris cards

Shipped first class sure in the small bubble envelope they typically use

Stuck on LA since July 15.

Update - card arrived in suburban Indianapolis on August 14.

Two days after Greg Morris Cards refunded me on the basis that the package was lost.

Working with GMC to get them paid for the card. They were very helpful throughout, just not much they can do given the current state of USPS.

[Fballguy]

How do you re-pay someone on ebay after they've refunded you? I was in a similar situation (Item was lost then appeared at my door a couple weeks later) a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out so I stealthily sent them my email address and we completed the payment via F&F. Would've done it the "correct" way if they made it a little more easy to figure out.

[IndyDave]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

How do you re-pay someone on ebay after they've refunded you? I was in a similar situation (Item was lost then appeared at my door a couple weeks later) a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out so I stealthily sent them my email address and we completed the payment via F&F. Would've done it the "correct" way if they made it a little more easy to figure out.

They asked me to send them payment through PayPal to their account.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

How do you re-pay someone on ebay after they've refunded you? I was in a similar situation (Item was lost then appeared at my door a couple weeks later) a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out so I stealthily sent them my email address and we completed the payment via F&F. Would've done it the "correct" way if they made it a little more easy to figure out.

There's not a way to initiate repayment through eBay that I know of. There is a way to appeal a case ruled in the buyer's favor by eBay on a severely delayed package if you later have tracking info that shows it as delivered. In that case though, I suspect eBay would cover the sale amount themselves in most cases rather than going after the buyer for payment a second time. Or simply deny the appeal. I did find out the hard way recently that if you voluntarily refund a buyer on a delayed package rather than waiting on eBay to force the refund, there is no way to appeal your own decision to voluntarily send a refund, even if the package finally turns up.

So unless you're in that situation where eBay ruled against you, reaching out to the seller to resolve it directly as you did is really the only way. And if you're the seller reaching out to the buyer, just hope that they are reasonable.

[71buc]

I purchased a game used bat on ebay. Per the tracking number it was to have arrived last Saturday. The seller shipped it from SCHAUMBURG IL on August 12th. Today it arrived in Elk Grove Village IL. It has taken 9 days to travel travel 170 miles. I paid $17.00 for shipping. I understand that a small parcel may fall through the cracks but a baseball bat is not even remotely in the same catagory.

[honus94566]

Originally Posted by 71buc

I purchased a game used bat on ebay. Per the tracking number it was to have arrived last Saturday. The seller shipped it from SCHAUMBURG IL on August 12th. Today it arrived in Elk Grove Village IL. It has taken 9 days to travel travel 170 miles. I paid $17.00 for shipping. I understand that a small parcel may fall through the cracks but a baseball bat is not even remotely in the same catagory.

You don't understand USPS then. Whether it's a small letter, or a bat, they can and do routinely misplace/misroute packages, and the probelm is getting much worse. You paid 17.00 for shipping? Be glad the parcel isn't lost, and is still scanning/moving. That's more than many others are getting.

[cannonballsun]

Maybe it's just me, and maybe I've just been lucky, but it seems the Postal Service has been much better the last couple of weeks. First Class and Priority have been arriving in 2 to 3 days, as it used to.
When the Post Office does well, we should acknowledge it, because we will definitely moan when it doesn't.