Why Do Ebay Sellers Tell Outright Lies ?

Jumblebumble

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6653847/why-do-ebay-sellers-tell-outright-lies

To be fair to sellers I have personal recent experience of an Ebay seller printing a Royal mail label and handing the item to RM 24 but RM not actually scanning it into their system for 5 days.

in this case the seller could have been perceived as a liar but was nothing of the sort

There are plenty of people on Ebay forums saying the same thing

RM then claimed that they had tried to deliver and failed

However the our ring camera and our very alert guard hound did not detect any evidence that this was true

RFW

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81899789#Comment_81899789

As a seller I've had to stop using Royal Mail 2nd Class as a service, some deliveries were taking 2 weeks.

soolin

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81900122#Comment_81900122

I think this might be very area specific, like you locally to me RM seems to have collapsed - my Evri items are arriving considerably faster than my RM ones generally, regardless of what RM service used.

RFW

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81900234#Comment_81900234

I mostly sell on Amazon still and I can't use Evri as their delivery is too erratic. I have to stick with Royal Mail Tracked 24 and 48. Tracked 24 is probably the best next day delivery service you can get for the price. With my account I get quite a big weight range for the same price so it works out really good value for me for some bigger weights.

molerat

And another one. Advertised as T48 and sent by 1st / 2nd - who knows ? - with POD. I like having a tracked service as I will know when it is arriving rather than being out and the postie taking it back or dumping it in some random place.

forgotmyname

Prchased a DVD on the 24th March RM Tracked48. Still not arrived. Initial delivery estimate was 4 - 11 days after the purchase date.

Not contacted the seller yet because I know RM are currently not fit for purpose and hoping it turns up soon, it's a rare DVD to find
with no others currently listed. I think the company supplying them went bust soon after releasing this one.

Just checked some of the sellers other items and their Tracked48 items have a delivery estimate of 8 - 16 days and they say they
post the same day if ordered before 3pm.

B0bbyEwing

Recently had trouble with postage times.

Needed a car part for a date to do the job on my weekend off.

Bought said part dearer than what some where selling at because the expected delivery time was in time for my weekend whereas the cheaper ones weren't.

Should've landed with me Friday at the latest.

Except they took a few days to even bother posting it out. So it came the middle of the following week.

Couldn't do anything that week as I was working so returned it & bought it cheaper from another seller.

sonearandyetsofa

Sellers don't have much control over the estimated dispatch time, unfortunately. I tell eBay that it can take up to 10 working days to handle plus up to a further 5 working days to deliver on some items (bbulky, delicate, awkward furniture). That should produce an estimated delivery date of 2 to 3 weeks. Sometimes it shows that. Other times, because a customer is nearer to me, I can deliver faster. After I've done that, eBays algorithm helpfully decide show my customers an estimated date that's just 5 working days from the purchase date, even though the customer who got fast delivery was located 50 miles away and the one who's been shown 5 working days delivery is 300 miles away. It's frustrating for everyone involved.

molerat

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81955867#Comment_81955867

Also they have not really protected themselves as the item, according to the RM tracking, has not been delivered. Two items arrived that day with standard tracking numbers neither are "delivered".

Murphybear

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81876419#Comment_81876419

Really? I buy loads of things from Amazon, Etsy and eBay. They rarely get delivered after the estimated time and quite often it’s on the first day. I ordered something from Etsy and was expecting it today. It arrived last Wednesday😺

I have an Amazon account and when they say it’s next day delivery it is. The only time things were different was at the height of the Covid pandemic. As I retired I get to watch all the programs on Amazon Prime