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Pillar of the Community
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Yikes - what a horror story. At least you finally got your money back though!!
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Forum Dad
 United States
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I did everything right on my end and I got shafted. Everything right except the main thing, insuring it. Sorry, but it seems you shafted yourself. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1839 Posts |
Who's the seller on ebay so we can avoid? Edited by Tbone
01/26/2017 7:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coins are uninsurable when sold and shipped through ebay checkout. I guess you would have to have the seller bring the package to the PO to have it insured? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3644 Posts |
Bad news for sure this is horrible,people are pathetic,especially the ones that put more time and energy into shafting hard working people out of their money than they do into getting an honest job and making an honest living!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The scammers get more creative every time the sun comes up.
I always wondered what would happen IF a package was addressed and delivered to someone else in the same zipcode as the legitimate Buyer.
Looks like it becomes a nightmare of hoop jumping to get resolved.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
have you tried contacting the seller to see if they uploaded the wrong tracking number for you, it happens some times. and what does the seller say?
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
That would be my question, too. What did the seller say or do through all of this?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1196 Posts |
As I mentioned the seller would not reply and the detailed usps tracking shows no origin address. The only "reply" I got was when I opened a dispute they added the same tracking with no comment. They paid by "other pay method" aka cash at a self service kiosk. Also as I mentioned the street was completely wrong so it was no honest mistake. If I lived on 123 Main Street, they sent it to 222 second street. Lastly the weight was 1 oz so there was likely nothing in the fake package. Due to all those reasons I'm positive it was a scam. They had no other feedback which should have been a red flag (although I've never had an issue with a new seller before).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wouldn't say you had a bad online ebay experience... I would say you had a bad experience with USPS. If they can deliver to the wrong address they can also screw up on the weights. Perhaps someone from the PO emptied the package and it was delivered to the wrong address to cover their tracks? I've sold over 2500 items on ebay, and bought hundreds more. I can count the number of negative issues I've had on one hand, and everyone of them was handled pretty well. |
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Valued Member
United States
112 Posts |
When buying from a questionable "no feed back" seller you might want to use a credit card through Paypal. This way if anything goes wrong you can call your credit card for help. Then call Paypal and perhaps ebay. Buying with a credit card should give you more protection. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Can you reveal the sellers ID. And was it for U.S. coins or World coins ?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:Coins are uninsurable when sold and shipped through ebay checkout. Are you sure about this? Anyone else have any comments? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Coins are uninsurable when sold and shipped through ebay checkout. I haven't sold anything on ebay lately but when I did I always used the available shipping software provided by ebay (powered by Pitney Bowes!) which allowed me to purchase insurance for my sold coins. The software created a shipping label with barcode and tracking info; seemed very convenient to me. It wouldn't let you insure for more than the final auction price although you could insure for less. I never had to file a loss claim so I don't know if they would have actually paid up. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Quote:Quote: Coins are uninsurable when sold and shipped through ebay checkout. Are you sure about this? Anyone else have any comments? That is simply not true. You just need to select the USPS insurance option when shipping through ebay, not the 'shipinsure' option, which you are correct, does not allow for the insurance of coins... Now, USPS insurance can be extraordinarily difficult to collect on, but that's another story... |
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Posted 01/26/2017 6:51 pm
