vyacheslav
Senior Member
Greetings and thanks for readng/listening.
I have been an ebay member for over 20 years and I have never had this happen before. My purchase was a Used Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit (12/14/18/14SD) in Blue Satin Flame (current version/generation) with some hardware and accessories. To my surprise, I won the auction with a winning bid of only $271.66! Tax and Shipping was $175 though, so not as great of a deal as it appears on the surface, but still good enough. It was a normal, 7 day auction (not a "Buy It Now") and it had other multiple bidders, all of which had at least 100 feedback scores, so the auction itself seems legit. Anyway, when I paid on July 16th, I noticed that the estimated delivery date was between August 12- to August 27th. I did notice the auction said the item had an extended handle time. It seems weird though. The seller kept saying he would ship when he bought the boxes he needs. Why would you list (and expect to ship) an item if you didn't have proper boxes for it?
Anyway, here is what I posted to the ebay member help forum in italics:
July 26th, 2022:
Greetings,
I paid for my purchase on July 16th. The seller keeps sending me emails saying he will send me at the end of August when he has time to get boxes. Seriously?
The auction says it does have an extended handle time. But 45 days? That seems extreme, especially when the buyer has already marked it as shipped? Am i getting scammed? I paid with Paypal so I am protected.
Any hints on how to deal with this?
Thanks!
Updated Info August 3rd, 2022:
The seller originally marked it was shipped as USPS. Today he told me that he sent it via UPS and he gave me the tracking number. When I tried the tracking number on the UPS website it says that it is an invalid tracking number. I asked him to double check and he replied "It's valid. it's just not active yet". I've never heard of that. Even if it's not in UPS possession, at least it should say "Label Created" or something like that. Also, when I try to reply to the seller via "My Messages" through ebay, every time I click "Reply", it says "Question Already Deleted" and it won't let me reply. I have to choose the "Contact Seller" button from the item itself in "My Ebay Summary" to send him a message, thus starting from scratch and not having an email "thread" of our previous communications. This all seems very strange to me. I've been an ebay member for over 20 years and have never had this happen.
I still can't contact ebay because the estimated delivery date is August 13- August 27th. That is more than 30 days after I paid with Paypal (July 16th). I can't open up a claim with ebay until August 28th (the first day after the expected delivery date window). What should I do?
I'm hoping I am not getting scammed. I hope if I don't receive it, ebay can and will step in. It's just been frustrating. Again, as you can see from my other post about a Reverb scam, I'm really good at spotting BS. I have good spidey sense about these things. The auction photos were "real" photos and not stock images. Also, the seller is in St. Paul, MN and the photos show a Minnesota Wild Hockey Team Pennant on the wall, so it doesn't seem like he is using someone else's photos.
This is just strange. Who knows, it could be legitimate, but I'm not getting that vibe. I'm going to check the UPS Tracking number tomorrow, but I don't have high hopes.
Thanks for listening and any advice is welcomed.
V
I have been an ebay member for over 20 years and I have never had this happen before. My purchase was a Used Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit (12/14/18/14SD) in Blue Satin Flame (current version/generation) with some hardware and accessories. To my surprise, I won the auction with a winning bid of only $271.66! Tax and Shipping was $175 though, so not as great of a deal as it appears on the surface, but still good enough. It was a normal, 7 day auction (not a "Buy It Now") and it had other multiple bidders, all of which had at least 100 feedback scores, so the auction itself seems legit. Anyway, when I paid on July 16th, I noticed that the estimated delivery date was between August 12- to August 27th. I did notice the auction said the item had an extended handle time. It seems weird though. The seller kept saying he would ship when he bought the boxes he needs. Why would you list (and expect to ship) an item if you didn't have proper boxes for it?
Anyway, here is what I posted to the ebay member help forum in italics:
July 26th, 2022:
Greetings,
I paid for my purchase on July 16th. The seller keeps sending me emails saying he will send me at the end of August when he has time to get boxes. Seriously?
The auction says it does have an extended handle time. But 45 days? That seems extreme, especially when the buyer has already marked it as shipped? Am i getting scammed? I paid with Paypal so I am protected.
Any hints on how to deal with this?
Thanks!
Updated Info August 3rd, 2022:
The seller originally marked it was shipped as USPS. Today he told me that he sent it via UPS and he gave me the tracking number. When I tried the tracking number on the UPS website it says that it is an invalid tracking number. I asked him to double check and he replied "It's valid. it's just not active yet". I've never heard of that. Even if it's not in UPS possession, at least it should say "Label Created" or something like that. Also, when I try to reply to the seller via "My Messages" through ebay, every time I click "Reply", it says "Question Already Deleted" and it won't let me reply. I have to choose the "Contact Seller" button from the item itself in "My Ebay Summary" to send him a message, thus starting from scratch and not having an email "thread" of our previous communications. This all seems very strange to me. I've been an ebay member for over 20 years and have never had this happen.
I still can't contact ebay because the estimated delivery date is August 13- August 27th. That is more than 30 days after I paid with Paypal (July 16th). I can't open up a claim with ebay until August 28th (the first day after the expected delivery date window). What should I do?
I'm hoping I am not getting scammed. I hope if I don't receive it, ebay can and will step in. It's just been frustrating. Again, as you can see from my other post about a Reverb scam, I'm really good at spotting BS. I have good spidey sense about these things. The auction photos were "real" photos and not stock images. Also, the seller is in St. Paul, MN and the photos show a Minnesota Wild Hockey Team Pennant on the wall, so it doesn't seem like he is using someone else's photos.
This is just strange. Who knows, it could be legitimate, but I'm not getting that vibe. I'm going to check the UPS Tracking number tomorrow, but I don't have high hopes.
Thanks for listening and any advice is welcomed.
V
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