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Ebay item being returned by Royal Mail

I posted a PS3 game which I sold on ebay on 26th May.
The buyer emailed me on Monday asking if it had been sent yet. When I tracked the parcel, as I had sent it by recorded delivery, it said that it was being sent back to sender as buyer hadnt been to collect.
When will it be delivered back to me? As it has now been over 2 weeks since posting.
Thanks

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  • Bowling_4_Gold
    Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
    It generally takes quite a while (5-14 days from date said it will be returned to sender)... It seems Royal Mail aren't great at working in reverse.
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  • emmark
    emmark Posts: 14 Forumite
    I am going away for a week next week, what happens if they try to return it to me while Im away? Will they just take it to the sorting office until I collect it?
    Thanks
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    emmark wrote: »
    I posted a PS3 game which I sold on ebay on 26th May.
    The buyer emailed me on Monday asking if it had been sent yet. When I tracked the parcel, as I had sent it by recorded delivery, it said that it was being sent back to sender as buyer hadnt been to collect.
    When will it be delivered back to me? As it has now been over 2 weeks since posting.
    Thanks

    you sent a £200+ item via a non tracked service with under £40 compensation?
    2 weeks since posting
    so the time to get there,on delivery,then sat in the office for 7 days then sorted for return
  • Ms_Chocaholic
    Ms_Chocaholic Posts: 12,681 Forumite
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    I think it's just a game not a console
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  • pinkgem
    pinkgem Posts: 3,299 Forumite
    yeah they did say a ps3 game
  • emmark
    emmark Posts: 14 Forumite
    custardy wrote: »
    you sent a £200+ item via a non tracked service with under £40 compensation?
    2 weeks since posting
    so the time to get there,on delivery,then sat in the office for 7 days then sorted for return

    It was a £17.99 game, so yes I did send it via recorded with £40 compensation.
  • BlueFox
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    I had a similar problem, I sold a bag on ebay and posted it recorded delivery on 28th May. The buyer emailed me 2 weeks later to say it's been sent back to me as the post office wouldn't hold it.

    I received the bag back from the post office a few days later, so it took less than 3 weeks. But when I looked at the post office sticker on the front it said "item refused". The buyer is now saying he still wants it so can i send it back!!

    Why should I have to pay for the postage again, especially as he refused to accept it in the first place?
    :)
  • custardy
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    BlueFox wrote: »
    I had a similar problem, I sold a bag on ebay and posted it recorded delivery on 28th May. The buyer emailed me 2 weeks later to say it's been sent back to me as the post office wouldn't hold it.

    I received the bag back from the post office a few days later, so it took less than 3 weeks. But when I looked at the post office sticker on the front it said "item refused". The buyer is now saying he still wants it so can i send it back!!

    Why should I have to pay for the postage again, especially as he refused to accept it in the first place?

    RD items are held for 7 days
    the office probably mismarked(is that even a word?) the sticker and meant ot put not called for
  • Hintza
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    Losing the plot there custardy???? :rotfl::rotfl:
  • custardy
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    Hintza wrote: »
    Losing the plot there custardy???? :rotfl::rotfl:

    they way things are going at work just now i could really be going postal soon :p
    keep checking google for edinburgh+postie+massacre ;)
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