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What's a "working day" for ebay delivery purposes ?

TheHangingJudge
TheHangingJudge Posts: 25 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Straightforward query. Bought a tv on 4th May, seller quotes "within 6-8 working days" for delivery. No delivery yet, obviously, despite the seller only being 30 miles away. He's sold stuff since mine & has feedback for those items.

When should I query non delivery with him, do you think ?

Thank you.
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  • macfly
    macfly Posts: 2,728 Forumite
    Mon - Fri working days.
  • martinthebandit
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    macfly wrote: »
    Mon - Fri working days.

    yep, according to my fingers next Monday is the 8th day.

    You could always e-mail the seller to ask when you can expect to receive them

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  • macfly
    macfly Posts: 2,728 Forumite
    And the location of the seller is important how?
  • staffie1
    staffie1 Posts: 1,967 Forumite
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    Who is the carrier? Not Royal Snail Mail..?
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  • TheHangingJudge
    TheHangingJudge Posts: 25 Forumite
    macfly wrote: »
    And the location of the seller is important how?

    Oh, just me being naive in the belief that the closer he is, the faster the item gets delivered. And yeah, it's Royal Mail/Parcelforce.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    TBH for a TV, I'd deliver personally within 30 miles. Saves me a whole load of aggro.
  • custardy
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    TheHangingJudge wrote: »
    Oh, just me being naive in the belief that the closer he is, the faster the item gets delivered. And yeah, it's Royal Mail/Parcelforce.

    well which is it?
    RMs working days is a 6 day week(for the purpose of deliveries),5 for Parcelforce
    Ebay will work on a 5 day week but I would expect contact/dispatch notification from the seller by now given you dont have the item
  • soolin
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    Ericluo wrote: »
    the Saturday and Sunday is the weekend.other days is the working day.most seller define this

    As a long term seller I have never specified on my listings what constitutes a working day or not, and neither does the ebay indication of delivery time specify. The reason is as custardy pointed out it depends on the postage method/courier, some work 5 days a week some 6 and we've even had rumours that some couriers now work Sundays.
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  • terra_ferma
    terra_ferma Posts: 5,484 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    As a long term seller I have never specified on my listings what constitutes a working day or not, and neither does the ebay indication of delivery time specify. The reason is as custardy pointed out it depends on the postage method/courier, some work 5 days a week some 6 and we've even had rumours that some couriers now work Sundays.

    My Hermes guy delivered on a Bank Holiday Monday (easter or early may, can't remember), I was well surprised.
  • geri1965_2
    geri1965_2 Posts: 8,736 Forumite
    I bought a bag a week ago and estimated delivery is 13-15 working days. I've had no communication from the seller, I just don't understand why it would take so long. I did notice it when I bid, but it was the only one being sold so I decided to just buy it and wait. It's frustrating though having to wait that long!
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