Best Way Of Dealing With Scam Buyers On Ebay

[Freakzilla]

How can you prove you sent it then?

Originally Posted by OldTom

No you don't.

[Freakzilla]

Not if it's just a stamp

Originally Posted by angryatebay

Did you send as 2nd class letter, large letter or small parcel? Large letters & parcels get a delivery confirmation scan (if the postie remembers to scan it)

[Freakzilla]

Not crying about it, asking for opinions.

You've got a terrible way of responding to people.

Originally Posted by agent006140

Dont sell anything you cant afford to lose on Ebay.
if you dont want to pay for tracking and come here and cry about your loss,nothing we can do for you.
Ebay sellers who sell low price items and do not use tracking,usually expect some losses,but make enough to cover it.

[agent006140]

sorry if it offends you,this topic has been around since day 1 of Ebay.
back then there is no Paypal,some buyer will send cash.

[Freakzilla]

The Royal Mail website states proof of postage as below :

Certificate of posting (provided automatically for Royal Mail Signed for® items and Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm ®(not posted on account) and available on request at Post Office® branches for other items);

Horizon certificate of posting;

Where a collection from home or workplace has been booked, a Collection

Notification or email receipt received after the item has been collected;

Without it how would they even know you had posted the item? You could not bother sending anything and making claims.

Originally Posted by OldTom

No you don't.

[OldTom]

Originally Posted by Freakzilla

The Royal Mail website states proof of postage as below :

Certificate of posting (provided automatically for Royal Mail Signed for® items and Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm ®(not posted on account) and available on request at Post Office® branches for other items);

Horizon certificate of posting;

Where a collection from home or workplace has been booked, a Collection

Notification or email receipt received after the item has been collected;

Without it how would they even know you had posted the item? You could not bother sending anything and making claims.

I've already told you you do not need proof of posting to make a claim, why not simply make a claim and find out for yourself?

[angryatebay]

Originally Posted by Freakzilla

Not if it's just a stamp

If you used a stamp then there's nothing you can do, you should buy your postage online instead of using stamps to avoid problems like this.

[angryatebay]

Originally Posted by OldTom

I've already told you you do not need proof of posting to make a claim, why not simply make a claim and find out for yourself?

I don't think it'll work if he used stamps, if you use postage purchased online through Royal Mail I believe they can see if the postage has been scanned or not somewhere along the way so that's the reason you get a refund, but with a stamp I don't think they will refund since there's no proof at all that you even mailed something, though I'd give it a try anyway.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by agent006140

sorry if it offends you,this topic has been around since day 1 of Ebay.
back then there is no Paypal,some buyer will send cash.

cash, checks, and money orders - golden age

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by rsot

cash, checks, and money orders - golden age

you can bid on your own auction,and call the buyer if he has not paid,at year end.
There is also escrow service offered by third party,seller has to pay for listing and extra pictures.
FVF was like 5%,you mail a check to Ebay.
Anyone can leave feedback.

[OldTom]

Originally Posted by angryatebay

I don't think it'll work if he used stamps, if you use postage purchased online through Royal Mail I believe they can see if the postage has been scanned or not somewhere along the way so that's the reason you get a refund, but with a stamp I don't think they will refund since there's no proof at all that you even mailed something, though I'd give it a try anyway.

It will work. I made it clear in my earlier post that they will give you a book of stamps worth a tenner if you cannot provide proof of postage and as I said, this more than covers my losses on cheaper sales.