Seller appears on doorstep...

Domben

Hi it's me again. Sorry but I must be a real div, but I can't see anywhere it says new thread. I got my husband to look as well and he can't find it either?

Mojisola

Flyonthewall wrote: »

On the main forum page at the top on the left hand side is a button that says New Thread. Click that and you can ask a question and start your own thread/topic.

Domben wrote: »

Hi it's me again. Sorry but I must be a real div, but I can't see anywhere it says new thread. I got my husband to look as well and he can't find it either?

You have to go off the individual thread page and look on the forum page - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Flyonthewall

Arlandria606 wrote: »

Actually I didn't get the chance to. He wasn't visibly holding it when I answered the door and as soon as he got angry he started moving back up the drive and left without offering it. It was small and soft so could have been in a pocket, but I didn't actually see the package at any time.

Oh right, fair enough. Well you opened the door anyhow and I'm sure would have accepted if givent he chance so previous points still apply.

I think I said before, and if not I'll say it now: I'm not trying to say that a seller personally delivering an item is inappropriate. What I'm saying is that if a seller asks and the buyer says no, ignoring that IS inappropriate, especially when the person that shows up on your doorstep isn't the seller themselves.

Agreed. As I said before, no means no. If all sellers did this we'd have a lot of problems.

Flyonthewall

Domben wrote: »

Hi it's me again. Sorry but I must be a real div, but I can't see anywhere it says new thread. I got my husband to look as well and he can't find it either?

Mojisola wrote: »

You have to go off the individual thread page and look on the forum page - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

This ^

It's right at the top of the threads (on the left) opposite the pages links. Blue button, white writing.

sharnad

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

As others said why is the seller different to a courier you don't know?
You say you know all your delivery drivers, but what if ones sick and a new guy covers his route? Would you refuse delivery? These delivery drivers you know were all strangers at one time.

As to giving a negative? Wow, just wow. This is why I don't sell on eBay very often.

If someone comes to your door when you have asked hem not to do so, is abusive towards you, you wouldn't neg that.

Flyonthewall

Saying no don't come around should be enough. You shouldn't need a gate, CCTV, intercom or high tech system or whatever to stop people.

Feeling uncomfortable is not the same as being scared.

sharnad

Seller should have respected your wishes and should not have abused you

pulliptears

The question for me would be had you paid postage?

I won something a few weeks ago, quite surprised to get a knock on the door the following day and my item handed to me, especially as my seller was 100+ miles away. He was passing apparently.
Didn't bother me and I was pleased to get my item quickly, however, I was a bit teed off that I'd paid £10 P+P and the item wasn't even packaged!

In the end I let it slide, season of goodwill and all that.

skitler

pulliptears wrote: »

The question for me would be had you paid postage?

I won something a few weeks ago, quite surprised to get a knock on the door the following day and my item handed to me, especially as my seller was 100+ miles away. He was passing apparently.
Didn't bother me and I was pleased to get my item quickly, however, I was a bit teed off that I'd paid £10 P+P and the item wasn't even packaged!

In the end I let it slide, season of goodwill and all that.

I should think so to you cheeky monkey.

pulliptears

skitler wrote: »

I should think so to you cheeky monkey.

Go on I'll bite...

Seller was passing the end of my street (literally, I live just off a major dual carriageway) to get to somewhere he had planned to go and chose to drop off my item en route.
He was going there anyway so he had incurred no extra expense in petrol, he had incurred no expense in packaging so other than getting out of his car, walking to my front door and knocking what exactly had I paid £10 for?

Had seller taken a 10 mile detour then fair enough, it's cost him petrol, but he was quite vocal about how he couldn't believe he was passing with half a mile of my house.