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Valued Member
Canada
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debi-4115 Buyer bought 2 coins, $50 total, first one on January 15th, which has allegedly "not arrived" Hit me with the ebay case the second I confirmed shipment on the second one yesterday, shipped lettermail too, NEVER lost a letter within Canada, it just doesn't happen, so obviously checked the buyer's feedback, and whatdya know. Urgh... Any ideas?  https://www.ebay.ca/fdbk/feedback_p...le/debi-4115 |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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TRACKED ONLY or here is the result !
We learned the hard way years ago .
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Valued Member
United States
284 Posts |
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NEVER lost a letter within Canada, it just doesn't happen, As a coin hobbyist -- yet still a businessman in an unrelated field, may I ask: have you entertained the possibility that a transaction between an honest seller and an honest buyer has run into the interference of a pandemic? If it's still a problem for you after six to eight weeks, you'll have reacted properly; if not, you didn't. My instinct would be to wait a bit before suggesting an apparently honest buyer has turned a page. Kevin |
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Ugh, when I was living in Canada, plenty went missing, especially out west... you just got lucky my friend. As for this case, just seems like a bit of a 'Karen' who can't deal with pandemic delays - I have taken to writing each buyer to let them know a realistic delivery time frame based on experience. Would I like to deal with her? NO. Is she a scammer? Not at all confirmed.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Unfortunately, all one has to do is take a second look at the feedbacks they've recently been giving other sellers for the spell of "potentially honest buyer" to be broken... But hey, maybe it really is just a massive Karen! Crossing my fingers, but not hopeful. Pacificoin - tracked shipping... Ah the dream of cheap tracked shipping... Notwithstanding the horror stories about postal employees my father loves to tell from back in the 70's, I've just come to the conclusion on that subject that a basic probability analysis means that any coin under 100$ goes lettermail and I eat the costs when it happens. Tracked shipping is $13 per item more than lettermail, assuming that that money either goes to shipping or my pocket, that means that as long as my average losses/order are below $13, I have to pick the lettermail route to maximize my profits. with the average cost of losses at 2.5 or so $/ package, as much as I hate when this happens I see few other ways of doing it. Talked to ebay this morning, not very hopeful. Let's be honest, not hopeful. Thanks for the suggestions everyone! LRC Edited by Loruca
02/05/2021 3:15 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I actually worked for the Post office 22 years plus . Little does go missing , but what happens is this ..... If you send coins letter mail , they go through sortation machines and occasionally Get destroyed, lost, whatever or destroy the belts on the sortation machines . Our tech in Victoria Plant had quite a collection over the years . Best was a US five dollar gold sent in a letter ! If your business model does not include tracking , oh well , guess that is what is known as self insuring , just be aware too many complaints or "losses" there goes your account in good standing with ebay / PayPal . Like I said we learned the hard way ! BTW ..... cheap track shipping is possible for us because we are near the US border and most stuff goes to the USA anyways . $3 to 4 dollars for piece of mind . Edited by Pacificoin
02/05/2021 3:48 pm
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New Member
Canada
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Hello, I am new and this is my first post and I only sighed up to say this guy scammed me to. He claimed non delivery and if you go through his feedback you can see he has scammed lots of people. Everbody should put him ono block list.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hey MintCoin, that sucks but unfortunately confirms what I expected. Ah well, have you contacted ebay about it? LRC |
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Moderator
United States
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MintCoin,  to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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they are no longer a registered user on ebay.. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Welcome to the Forum Mintcoin. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn. Enjoy!
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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New Member
Canada
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Yes he is no longer member. Probably deleted account after realizing people were blocking him. So many scammer on ebay now. Anyways Thanks guys for welcoming me. |
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Valued Member
Canada
242 Posts |
It's a miracle, E-bay hasn't closed the cases in the buyer's favour, for once...
They must really have gotten bombed with complaints against this guy.
LRC
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The fact that the user filed a complaint after 3 weeks (rather unreasonable under the circumstances) confirms what you suspected. An honest buyer first contacts the seller if there is an issue. ebay practically encourages scamming-this subject has come up numerous times here in the CCF. All the reason to screen the buyers. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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This guy is impressive... Now he's trying with a PayPal case! No experience with those, so I just said in the comments section that ebay had identified the buyer as a scammer, added a few screenshots of the now closed case... But I have little idea how this one will turn out. LRC |
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