RivieraDanny
Royal Flush
Well I've only had the displeasure of dealing with the USPS on a lost package once a long time ago. I sold a dewalt drill on eBay that got lost in shipping. eBay refunded the guy his money out of my funds, I got my shipping tag $ and $50 back from USPS a month later, then 3 months later the package started scanning again and delivered. In the end I made $20 profit and the guy got a free drill. I asked eBay later about the circumstance and all they said is that sometimes it works that way.
Fast forward to this week, I struck a deal with an eBayer for a rack of rare chips after messaging him on something else, he was kind enough after a PM to tailor a listing for me, I was very excited as I've not seen but a single chip or 2 in years. I paid him $1800 and patiently waited and checked tracking 3 times a day as it scanned accepted the same day and then not again. Its been a couple weeks or so now and the package shows accepted in Las Vegas NV but nothing further. Seller says he went to the PO to see if he could find something out to no avail. I called eBay support who told me that if the package doesn't scan for 14 days they will consider it lost and refund my money. I'd rather have the chips. I hope that the seller can recover the $1800 I'm sure that eBay will take from him but they referred me to the USPS on the drill, I guess we will see in this instance if USPS insurance, which eBay requires on high dollar items pays off!!!
If the rack shows up after all this I will never gamble again!
Fast forward to this week, I struck a deal with an eBayer for a rack of rare chips after messaging him on something else, he was kind enough after a PM to tailor a listing for me, I was very excited as I've not seen but a single chip or 2 in years. I paid him $1800 and patiently waited and checked tracking 3 times a day as it scanned accepted the same day and then not again. Its been a couple weeks or so now and the package shows accepted in Las Vegas NV but nothing further. Seller says he went to the PO to see if he could find something out to no avail. I called eBay support who told me that if the package doesn't scan for 14 days they will consider it lost and refund my money. I'd rather have the chips. I hope that the seller can recover the $1800 I'm sure that eBay will take from him but they referred me to the USPS on the drill, I guess we will see in this instance if USPS insurance, which eBay requires on high dollar items pays off!!!
If the rack shows up after all this I will never gamble again!