Seller “ships” twice?

[valkyrie_of_cherries]

Ordered an item that was received via Amazon delivery. After leaving feedback detailing that type of method was frowned upon on eBay, if they had purchased the item to be sent from another platform outside of ebay, new shipping information magically came to life of being in transit, when there was originally no shipment progress for days.

Today was the “delivery date”, and the tracking shows it was dropped off. But no such package arrived today—because I had technically already received it. And to me it’s funny because the seller was in one state, but the “item” was shipped from the other side of the country—and not from a warehouse.

Is it really possible to “ship” an invisible parcel, with a false delivery and tracking?

[kathiec]

Not all deliveries from Amazon are frowned upon. Many sellers use the Fullfilled by Amazon service, where they warehouse their items at a Amazon. That is perfectly eBay-legal. The way to tell the difference is the presence of a gift receipt in the package. If there isn't one it's an FBA package. If that's the case you should ask the seller for a feedback revision form, as they did nothing wrong.

[ittybitnot]

Is it really possible to “ship” an invisible parcel, with a false delivery and tracking?

@valkyrie_of_cherries 

Yes, a bag of rubber bands to a gas station in your Zipcode will suffice on eBay for a "delivered" status, even if you bought a new laptop computer. 

Ordered an item that was received via Amazon delivery.

If you received your original item that you paid for, it shouldn't matter to you much.  Are you aware of the "Fulfillment by Amazon" program (aka FBA)?  It is allowed on eBay.  Often you can tell if that totally legal system was employed because their will be no "gift receipt" in the parcel. 

[mudshark61369]

@valkyrie_of_cherries,

It sounds like the seller was trying to prove the item was shipped using the fake tracking number scam, because Amazon's tracking doesn't work on ebay.  You lucked out in this case, usually something is sent to an address in your zip that is not yours, and it is hard to get a refund for it. 

In the future check a seller's feedback profile page before buying from them.  You can acces it from the bottom of a listing page using the See All Feedback button.  On that page click on the numbers of neutral and negative feedback a seller has received to read only those comments. For a medium volume ebay seller, yours has a poor feedback percentage at 97.9%