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Dodgy ebay sellers!
So I ordered a phone case on 17th May with free next day delivery, when it did not turn up by 20th I complained and now another one has been ordered by ebay and the delivery date is 10th June!
The seller says I should cancel but when I tried to cancel but cannot as it is marked posted.
How can an item be posted already for delivery in over two weeks? I bet it is not even in the UK yet!
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Simply refuse to accept the parcel whenever it does get delivered.
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Yes I'll try but the usual delivery lady leaves it round the back.
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Do not refuse delivery as you may not get a refund
- Accept or collect the package when it arrives: If you refuse delivery or don't collect your parcel, the item might not make it back to the seller. We may be unable to give you a refund if we can't verify return delivery
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy?id=4210
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How can it take 2 weeks? Check the state of RM in some areas. I had a RM48 hour parcel take over 17 days, first class small packet
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Non UK co most likely far eastern. Or a drop shipper
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I agree, a phone case is a very common drop shipped item.
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Is the seller a private seller or a business seller? For anything parcel sized most private seller items use simple delivery, which means they must be posted in the UK. Unfortunately a lot of business sellers do claim to despatch from the UK bit actually post from the far east.
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if someone was drop shipping then it would seem likely, but not entirely 100% , that they were a business. I think it would be hard to argue that a private seller drop shipped their own private unwanted items from overseas.
However having said that, I am fully aware that there are an awful lot of unregistered business sellers on ebay.
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It sounds like it's being shipped from abroad, and the "posted" status is just to stop you from cancelling. If it doesn't arrive by the original estimated date, you should be able to open an item not received case.
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