A question for experienced ebayers.

[ckymanchav]

I sent out a money order for a 2gb memory card for my psp to this seller which calls himself blown-z on August 07. I live in Indiana and he lives in Minnesota so I figured it would only take like three to five days to get there. I sent him an email around last Monday and he said it hasn't got there yet and he would notify me when it did. Well its been almost two weeks and he still didn't notify me that he received it yet. I don't know if it got lost in the mail, if he is lying that he hasn't received my money order or if it is really taking that long to get there. I had no problems with any sellers when I send a money order and I always recieve my purchase within two weeks and I've bought stuff from people that live farther than Minnesota. So in your guys and girls opinion what should I do.

[Vectorman0]

Check to see if he cashed it. If he did but denies it, then file with ebay even though you won't get any money back.

[GrandAmChandler]

Moving this to eBay forum.

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[Kitsune Sniper]

Next time go to the post office and ask for a delivery confirmation slip. Stick that on your envelope and you'll have proof that he got it. If he claims otherwise you will have proof that it was delivered, at least.

[ryborg]

Next time go to the post office and ask for a delivery confirmation slip. Stick that on your envelope and you'll have proof that he got it. If he claims otherwise you will have proof that it was delivered, at least.

The only problem with that is you'll have to either:
1) Pay for Priority Mail ($4.05 + DC cost), because you can't use Delivery Confirmation for just an envelope.
2) Stuff some packing material in there to make it thick enough to be considered a parcel and not a letter. This'll typically cost ~$1, but you won't be able to use a standard security envelope.

It looks like blown-z has some terrible feedback, bad enough to where he made his profile (private). This alone should have set off some warning signals. I never buy an item from a person with (private) feedback, unless his percentage is extremely high (99.8+).

It looks like you are out of luck. Like Vectorman said, file an Item Not Received report through ebay and leave a negative after some more time, if he doesn't rectify the situtation.

This is why I personally use Paypal or another credit-card based service for ALL ebay buying transactions. If an item doesn't arrive, I can simply click three buttons and a chargeback dispute is opened, from which I either get the item or my money back.
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[50TBRD]

I don't use anyone who doesn't take Paypal. Paypal gives you your money back as long as its with in 30 days of payment.

With that knowledge, if you don't want to use paypal and like money orders for whatever reason, then when the seller does offer paypal than you can use that as a way to choose your sellers more carefully. I find that a lot of people who only offer Money Orders as payments to be the type who lend themselves to take the money and run.

[Kitsune Sniper]

1) Pay for Priority Mail ($4.05 + DC cost), because you can't use Delivery Confirmation for just an envelope.

Which is funny because I've added Delivery Confirmation in letters I've sent. Real, small envelopes. I guess it depends on whatever the clerk thinks.

[Vectorman0]

You can use DC on first class, so you should be able to stick it on just about anything as long as there is a place to put it after the envelope is filled out to the correct standard.

[Jermack71]

You can use DC on first class, so you should be able to stick it on just about anything as long as there is a place to put it after the envelope is filled out to the correct standard.


From the USPS site:

You can use Delivery Confirmation with:

First-Class Mail® Parcels - Envelopes and small packages weighing 13 ounces or less. Applies only to boxes or envelopes measuring at least 3/4” at thickest point.


You can use it, but, like Ryborg said, "you have to stuff an envelope." It needs to be at least 3/4'" of an inch thick.

[Vectorman0]

Oh well, I was wrong. My local post office must be more lenient.

[ryborg]

Which is funny because I've added Delivery Confirmation in letters I've sent. Real, small envelopes. I guess it depends on whatever the clerk thinks.

Were they regular, paper-thin envelopes, sent via First Class Mail? I've been to dozens of post offices across the country, and I've *never* seen them accept that. This is a fairly basic rule, not something up to interpretation, like the Media Mail mess.

I'm not calling you a liar or anything; this is just the first I've ever heard of it. Sounds like you have a customer-friendly office. Enjoy it while it lasts!
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[Kitsune Sniper]

Which is funny because I've added Delivery Confirmation in letters I've sent. Real, small envelopes. I guess it depends on whatever the clerk thinks.

Were they regular, paper-thin envelopes, sent via First Class Mail? I've been to dozens of post offices across the country, and I've *never* seen them accept that. This is a fairly basic rule, not something up to interpretation, like the Media Mail mess.

I'm not calling you a liar or anything; this is just the first I've ever heard of it. Sounds like you have a customer-friendly office. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Hey, no sweat. I've placed delivery confirmation labels on both thin envelopes (once, when I sent a payment to a seller) and in bubble mailers (which are at most 1/2" thick). This is the first time I've heard about this Delivery Confirmation rule, so yeah, I should take advantage of my clerks. :p

[JerseyDevil65]

I find that a lot of people who only offer Money Orders as payments to be the type who lend themselves to take the money and run.

So if someone would rather not trust PayPal with their personal banking info, they are automatically suspect?

There are plenty of honest people out there that don't have PayPal accounts.

I closed my account because a friend of mine had money ($510) taken from his bank account by mistake and it took him 3 months to get it back. You guys can trust PayPal if you want, I choose not to.

[50TBRD]

I find that a lot of people who only offer Money Orders as payments to be the type who lend themselves to take the money and run.

So if someone would rather not trust PayPal with their personal banking info, they are automatically suspect?

There are plenty of honest people out there that don't have PayPal accounts.

I closed my account because a friend of mine had money ($510) taken from his bank account by mistake and it took him 3 months to get it back. You guys can trust PayPal if you want, I choose not to.

Paypal is owned by Ebay and you trust ebay with bank account numbers/credit card numbers. Sellers do have a disadvantage when it comes to refunds but they have so much power in the first place. They have to get the money first and they decide when the item goes out.

However, in the situation which we are discussing, the buyers point of view, Paypal is a good thing to take note of.

And I never said that people who don't have Paypal are to be distrusted, its just more of a buyer beware thing than normal. I have heard more cases of people taking the money and running when they use money order or concealed cash. Personally, I have had a few good cases with MO sellers in the limited amount of these kind of transactions that I have made but I have also had my share of bad encounters. And you know what you can do when your on the raw end of the stick...nothing. Call the Police, they'll make a file and you'll never hear another word about it. They don't care how many people they snooker.