Why didn't you ship to the address I didn't give you??

[South Texan]

Added bit of info: if I don't ship to this address, I won't be covered under eBay/ PayPal seller protection.

Thank you for explaining that. I have had two sellers refuse to ship things I purchased as gifts to addresses other than my own. Neither would give me any explanation other than "No, I don't do that."

Now I understand.

[Betweenshades]

Thank you for explaining that. I have had two sellers refuse to ship things I purchased as gifts to addresses other than my own. Neither would give me any explanation other than "No, I don't do that."

Now I understand.

You're welcome

Some eBay sellers are so weird- it's silly that no one told you until now. It's not a difficult explanation and so far the subject of this post has been the only one that didn't get the concept.

So long as you have access to a credit card billing to that address, you can have it verified.

Yup! That's the silly thing- if the guy did a very small amount of research, he could have prevented himself one heck of a headache.

It's important to note that you can ship to unconfirmed addresses and still be covered under eBay's seller policy. You just need to make sure you ship to the address the customer put in the order info.

More info here, here and here.

[Betweenshades]

Whoops. Wrong post! LOL

Move along, nothing to see here...

[Andara Bledin]

Huzzah! A triumph for decent people and managers with spines everywhere!

^-.-^

[Merriweather]

I've been using Craigslist more and more lately, since I don't like handing over more and more of my profits to eBay.

I never give buyers my home address. I meet them in the parking lot of the local Wal Mart: on one of the busiest roads in town, well it, and NEVER after dark. It's easy to get to.

I did meet an eBay buyer halfway on local pickup.
The hospital where I worked was about the halfway point, so I told him to meet me at work at the time shortly before I normally arrived to report for work. We did the deal in the hospital parking lotHe was actually really nice about the whole thing; he just had money troubles, and since I was able to accommodate without going out of my way, I did.

But this lady you mentioned was out of her mind to think you would deliver such an inexpensive item to her place of employment: On Craigslist, when you're the buyer you go to the seller.

Yep, I only deliver if for some reason I'm going to be in their area anyway, so I'm not using my gas and time. Which is pretty common around here. I live in a mid size town, with lots of small little towns around, and it's not uncommon when I buy something on Craigs List from someone in an outlying town, to have them say they come into my town to work/shop etc. and offer to meet to drop it off, which is really nice of them, and I happily schedule it to whenever it fits their convenience.

As for selling, on normal straight forward items, I have a nice large store at a nearby major intersection that I meet them at (or even have my husband meet them if I'm feeling uneasy). The store is always busy, there's a bottle-return kiosk in the parking lot with extra lights that gives a landmark to park by, and lots of people going by. Works great.

I do have one category where people come by my house. I do a lot of crafting (scrapbooking, cards, sewing, etc) and often buy boxes of stuff cheap at garage sales, etc, where I end up keeping what I think I'll use, and selling the rest to finance my hobbies. I might have dozens of rubber stamps, or a bin of nicely folded fabric cuts, things that don't lend themselves to going thru in a car park. Plus, people who come by to buy one craft item often see others I have, and buy even more on impulse. These are usually women, often with kids in tow (which I know doesn't guarantee safety, but still, crafty women are less threatening than strange men, LOL. However, I have certain precautions, even then. I have to have at least two emails or phone calls to get the feel of things (that they're legitmate buyers) before giving a phone number or address (and they have to have commited to an exact date/time by then as well). Plus, I have all my Craigs List stuff set up in my converted garage/workroom, which has it's own entrance - they never enter the main house to see what I may or may not own. And I never have anyone come by when I'm home alone, only when hubby can be there. So really, all anyone knows is I live there (not alone), and I do crafts - no more than everyone who would show up for a garage sale would know. Plus, I totally believe in gut instinct - the least bit of uneasy feeling, and "sorry, that item isn't available now". It helps that we live in a smallish town with low crime.

[RedRoseSpiral]

I sold an old textbook at the beginning of the month and the girl I sold it to was sucky but redeemed herself a bit at the end. First she asked for expedited shipping because "OMG! I needz this book noa!" It was only about 75cents more for it and amazon more than paid for the shipping so I didn't mind the upgrade, but it was still annoying since she asked this after picking the cheapest mailing option for the text. After I mail it (with in two days of the order) I start getting emails about how long it's going to be. After telling her twice the date I mailed it and the estimated delivery time I was told at the post office, she back off...until she received the textbook all hell broke loose.

I started getting emails like this:

This isn't what I ordered! I ordered the Eight Edition and you sent me the Sixth.

I pretty much told her she needed to give the book a second look because it was the Eight Edition. I bought it brand new still in the factory shrink wrap and there is a very large difference between the cover of those two editions. Finally after three days of emailing back and forth with her I get a sparkling review on amazon.com from her (the only thing redeeming her after threats about taking this to amazon which I told her she was more than welcome to return the book). Turned out that, yes, I sold her the correct book and the fuss she put up was for nothing.

[PepperElf]

it's like we're twins. Sort of. I'm dealing with the same thing on Amazon and half.

i've done that... thankfully however, the address i accidentally sent my purchase to was my parent's address. so i was still able to pick up the purchase.

though i may have done the "can you ship to this address" thing for ebay myself... but that wasn't an issue with the sellers (possibly because i was prompt in payment and most of my scant feedback said the same) - however i can understand why you may also say "no, it goes to the main address only".

[Shalom]

I once bought a camera shutter on ebay which the seller stated needed a CLA (clean, lubricate, adjust), and asked the seller to send it directly to my camera repair lady in California, rather than to me. His response was that he'd have been glad to do it, but he'd shipped it already.

Problem was, he'd shipped the wrong thing. When I opened the box, I found a power supply for some kind of flash unit. God knows where my shutter went, but he eventually tracked it down (after a month!), got it back and resent it to me, along with a return merchandise label for the other stuff. Funny thing was, when I got the shutter, it turned out not to have needed servicing in the first place, so sending it to California would have been a waste of time anyway.