I ship all items with tracking obtained through the EBAY postage option then personally submit each to the USPS and receive proof of submission for mailing each item. I currently have a customer who opened a 'Dispute' with EBAY the day after their tracking shows their item was delivered. The buyer states the tracking shows delivered, but suspects their item was delivered to the wrong address, so they opened an 'Item Not Received' Dispute. From what I can tell in the 'Dispute' my only options are to Refund the Buyer, Update the Tracking or Send a Message to the buyer; none of which solve this issue. How can I be held responsible for this? Why wouldn't the customer be responsible to contact their neighborhood carrier to determine where their package might have been delivered in error? The buyer did not send a message to me until after they opened the request with EBAY. Am I to understand that I must trust this person's statement even if tracking shows delivered, and if so, am I to be held liable if I choose to not replace or refund the item? I've done more than my due diligence; requested the tracking number and package delivery be investigated by the USPS and have sent all that documentation to the buyer, with no response. But I am curious. It appears in the 'Request' response, that my only options are to: Refund the Buyer, Update the Tracking or Send a Message to the buyer (which I have done); but none of these actions actually solve this issue. If the tracking shows 'delivered at/in mailbox' (and it is small enough to easily fit in any mailbox) can I be held responsible for locating a misdelivered package - if it actually was misdelivered? And, can the Buyer leave negative feedback if I choose to not refund or replace the item?
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