Missing items

porto_bello

Most of us would accept that scammers, whether on-line or off-line, seek out easy victims, so it should be self-explanatory: A newbie, naïve seller, trying to establish their business and build up their feedback score/percentage and reputation would be far more likely to be targeted by dishonest opportunists, than an experienced, established, knowledgeable seller, with a strong customer base, and a high feedback score/feedback percentage.

The same goes for INR claims for untracked mail, as opposed to tracked mail – whether the tracking is actually genuine or not. The perception that mail is tracked and that the seller is clued up reduces the chance of a INR claim. Once again, it’s a case of opportunists singling out the easy targets. But it’s entirely up to you whether you choose to accept logic, or argue against it.

macfly

Substitute unsubstantiated guesswork for logic, then you may have a point.
If you are intending to claim for INR, and a parcel arrives with no need to sign anything, a false tracking number would make you more likely to scam. You have the thing in your hand, so you know there is no way it can be tracked. Putting a false number in is farcical.
All sellers are "easy tragets" to this. If a claim is put in, nobody at ebay or paypal looks at the experience of a seller. They just give the punter his money back.

porto_bello

If you care to read other threads, writers suggest ebay/paypal has accepted evidence of tracked proof of delivery even without a signature, despite buyer protests that they have never received the item.

However, if you routinely dismiss any evidence that fails to comply with your opinion, obviously your view will always appear correct and unopposed - no matter how farcical or futile.

If you are committed to the idea that scammers simply 'randomly' scam, without ever considering the likelihood of the success of their efforts, that's up to you. I'll leave you to it...

macfly

How can a false tracking number provide tracked proof of delivery? Unless you put a false "proof" on the web, paypal are going to refund the buyer.
Those you refer to are ones where the item has been delivered to the wrong person - completely different.
Scammers will choose an item which is not tracked, so it's not random. That happens if you've sold one item or millions.
Evidence? Do not go on a jury.

charlies_mum

Update

The parcel finally arrived today, 10 days after being posted by first class !

macfly

Just had the same thing, with a repeat buyer. Had already refunded, so she paid again. Faith restored.

charlies_mum

macfly wrote: »

Just had the same thing, with a repeat buyer. Had already refunded, so she paid again. Faith restored.

What on earth is going on with Royal Mail. So far this year I have had to refund 5 payments for lost items, one UK and 4 Europe. I've been Ebaying for about 10 years, and have only had to refund two during all that time.

Missy™

custardy wrote: »

Ive just done a small glut of purchases on eBay and from various online stores
1st class items have all been 1-2 days
eg chain reaction cycles in Co. Antrim took 24 hours to deliver a 1st class packet

Custardy don't mean to alarm you but CRC has had a security breach recently, many people who've ordered have had their accounts used fraudulently. You might want to check your account.

Examples here:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/crc-security-issues

custardy

Missy™ wrote: »

Custardy don't mean to alarm you but CRC has had a security breach recently, many people who've ordered have had their accounts used fraudulently. You might want to check your account.

Examples here:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/crc-security-issues

cheers for the warning. nothing suspicious on that account :j

Emma_N

I ordered £150 worth of technical reports from a reliable company, they were posted on Feb 25th and only arrived this morning. Thanks Royal Mail!!

I'm still waiting for a couple of other online purchases to arrive.