It seems to me that is would be very easy for eBay to validate tracking to the same extent that buyers already do. eBay has the tracking number and the buyer's address. When a buyer files a INR claim, eBay could even ask:May we submit your registered delivery address to the delivery carrier for the purposes of validation? Then they simply ask the carrier if the address matches the tracking number. We know that carriers will respond to these questions because we see it posted here all the ti...

I'll chime in here and say that ebay is absolutely aware of this problem, has been aware of it for years, and has taken zero steps to fix it/ cover buyers from the scam. No, I do not know what the best fix is. I am not a paid ebay employee, so it is not my job to write new policies and code to enforce those policies. But if ebay had a real vested interest in fixing this, they would. So somewhere in the ebay management system, someone has decided that financially it's better for them to...

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