Seller Shipping Non Qualifying Items by Media Mail
I ordered a computer cable from a seller with free shipping. Seller advertised 2-4 day delivery.
When I checked the tracking I see it was shipped media mail and the est delivery date is Sept 16th.
This cable definitely isn't media mail and the seller grossly over promised delivery date.
This is wrong on both levels, defrauding the USPS and misleading the buyers
4 comments
janet9988
·1 month agoYou can open an item not received claim a day after the estimated date shown on your purchase page. That is the delivery date eBay usess. Not the tracking information.
monroe67
·1 month ago · EditedWith "Media Mail", the USPS can/may open packages to verify they are really, truly, eligible to be mailed at the lower MM rates.
As you correctly stated, a computer cable is not legally eligible to be shipped at the MM rates.
If the USPS opens the package and sees a computer cable, they (USPS) will probably mark the package as "Postage Due."
The USPS will ask you, the addressee, the buyer, to pay that Postage Due.
YOU are allowed to refuse to pay it, thus refusing delivery of the package. eBay allows you to file an Item Not Received (INR) claim through their Money Back Guarantee (MBG), stating the reason as Postage Due. eBay will refund your purchase price in full.
And THEN the USPS will return the computer cable to its seller, and if he wants it back,
HE will have to pay the Postage Due.
AND eBay will slap a defect on the seller's record. A few more defects and the seller will be required to pay higher Final Value Fees (FVFs) on all his sales.
bdmh-enterprises
·1 month agoThey'd have to be fairly close to you to get the 2-4 day range in the listing, so you may get it sooner, but MM is slowww.
You can report the seller to eBay as well as USPS. If you're inclined, you can also use the downgrade in service as the basis for a 'not as described' return request.
tobaccocardyahoo
·1 month agoReport the seller to the Postal Inspection Service, or ignore it.