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Seller disguised a priority box and shipped first class. I had to pay postage due to receive package
Large volume seller used a small priority flat rate box but disguised it by wrapping it with brown paper, then used a first class label to ship. I received a slip from PO saying I had to go to the counter and either pay the difference, or reject the package. I paid the difference. Reason for postage due is 'misuse of priority products'. This is considered postal fraud.
I am mystified. Seller has 39k sales, thousands of positive reviews and zero neutral or negative reviews. Reviews do not jive with this fraudulent practice. I sent seller images of the package with the notice from the PO about postage due. Seller sent boilerplate 'sorry for your inconvenience' and issued a partial refund to cover what I paid at the counter. But... this all just seems scummy and gross. And now I'm questioning their perfect feedback score.
wooden_flower
Mentor3 years agoI am sure your PO alerted his PO to watch for such packages in the future. He probably doesn’t know this, so let’s hope he gets a nice shock next time he tried this trick.
I feel eBay has made all feedback irrelevant. With so few buyers leaving feedback, and recent changes removing or barring any feedback when a full refund is issued, it seems feedback is no longer indicative of a seller’s performance.
You could leave carefully worded feedback, only stating the facts in a polite tone. It might help the seller realize that we do care about such things.