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Ebay question

Ziltoid

Ziltoid

I don't play bass
Apr 10, 2009
10,185
51,764
Canada
#1
Ok so first point: is I'm a ebay noob 100% on 7 transaction,

Recently (saturday morning) I purchased boss rc-2, the shipping in the ad. said 2-3 days, so Tuesday I ebay massaged the seller asking if he could give me my tracking number once he gets a chance to do so (4 days after the payment that is), Yesterday at night seeing he didn't answer me I msg'ed him again asking pretty much where my item was (in a more then polite manner). So now I am, he didn't answer any of my messages it's been more then 6days since I ordered/paid and I have no idea of what's going on, I expect way better then that from a power seller with over 2000 transactions and a 99,3% feedback.

So idk what to do? wait some more time? Do some type of dispute? I really don't know

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#3
So basically it's been just a week at this point? Did you pay with PayPal? I think it has to be a certain amount of time before you can do a dispute. Something like 2 weeks or so. Or at least it used to be.

Did you keep your emails from Ebay? The "You won this item" one and the "Payment has been sent" from PayPal?
 
#5
yeah it's just been one week, but im worrying a lot, I paid 6 days ago, the ad said 2-3 days for shipping, he's not answering, that's asking too much from me to think everything's alright.
The emails are somewhere, definitely not deleted or long gone.

But at the same time my feedback is making me worry a lot, I don't wanna end up with ****** feedback.
 
#7
2-3 days for shipping, but take into account handling time as well. I don't see it anywhere on the ad, but larger sellers like this may take anywhere from 2-5 business days to "handle/process" your item. Some like to wait until they have enough packages to make the shipping trip worthwhile.
 
#9
It could be there is no shipping number if he sent it via postal in a flat rate priority mail box, which is the way to go for small items such as a boss pedal.

You can add insurance and even tracking, but usually people don't (I do add insurance once in a while).

Much much much faster than UPS ground and cheaper too.

I won a pair of Sony headphones last Thrusday, UPS still has it and it is not scheduled to deliver until Monday.

I would just wait. Some sellers (like myself) are not too good on communication. Last week a kid freaked out because I did not reply in two days to his email (it was lost in the mass) and had Paypal put the funds in hold, while the item had been shipped.

So don't be that kid.
 
#10
Here's how I read it, not knowing the personal circumstances of the seller:

You paid on Saturday, he wasn't able to rocket to the post office before they closed at 2pm or whatever, Sunday they're closed, Monday he's got a load of other business to attend to, and he gets to the P.O. before they close and ships your package by Priority Mail. So the box doesn't actually leave the area until the next morning, Tuesday AM. Say he's on the other side of the country from you. USPS says 2-3 days for Priority, but they don't guarantee it. Tues, Weds, Thurs... Fri. is four days. So IMO realistically today, Friday, was the first day you should have started to wonder where your package was.
 
#17
i just got a classic vibe p bass that is mint 3 weeks old with an upgraded duncan pick up and new guard for 250$ shipped, only on ebay do you get deals like that. It can be stressful one time it took 3 weeks to get an SX bass from some dude i got it and left negative feed back. He cant leave you negative feed back your the buyer, dont worry and wait 2 full weeks from purchase date, if you dont have it then come down hard on his ass.
 
#19
Jimmy Bones said:
Not to mention you're one of those Canadian types and it's leaving the US to go to you.
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Wait, I didn't notice that before. Dude, Ziltoid! Are you nuts? There is no way the package is getting into Canada that fast. It can realistically take a small parcel up to 10 business days to get there, even from the Northern part of the US.
 

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