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[gabrieanthon6]

I shipped an item before getting paid is there anything I can do?

[candd205]

All you can do is hope the seller is honest and pays you. Other than that, you are out of luck. Sorry this happened to you.

[soh.maryl]

Cross your fingers and hope you're dealing with an honest buyer.

[alcoforever]

You can hope the buyer is honest.

You can open a non-paying buyer case 4 days after the sale which may, or may not get you paid.

You can pray to your favorite diety.

You may have to kiss the item goodbye.

[titipeo]

If this is a valuable item, you can try an intercept it & return to you, but it cost around $15 or so. 

As previous poster mentioned, hope that buyer is honest and pay. 

[fab_finds4u]

Are you sure you shipped without getting paid? Is the item awaiting payment or awaiting shipment?

Awaiting shipment means you were paid but you won't see the money until tracking shows delivered. If it's awaiting payment if they haven't  been delivered yet you can try to use USPS Package Intercept and have delivery stopped and the package returned to you. 

[candd205]

That's true, you can contact the USPS and file an intercept. I see you sold the item on the 3rd, if you mailed it right away though, it has probably already arrived at the destination. But check the tracking, if it hasn't arrived there yet it is a dood idea for your item since it is kind of a high priced item, but you will lose whatever you paid for postage plus the cost to intercept. Then if they do wind up paying, you have to pay for postage again. Your choice about how much you want to lose. 

[candd205]

Oh, wait, how did you get the address to mail it to, if you weren't paid. If eBay said it was ok to mail it and gave you the address, then you were paid, you just don't get the money from eBay right away. There is a delay in getting your funds sent to you from eBay, especially for new sellers.

However, if you got the address directly from the buyer through messaging, then you were just scammed, and be sure to do that USPS intercept.

[simba6]

Contact the shipper and see if the package can be recalled.  There is a time limit for that.

[kensgiftshop]

@gabrieanthon6 

If you were not paid, how did you get the buyers address?

Where did you buy your shipping label?

[kann_110321]

If you are sure you haven't received payment,  you can submit for a package intercept with USPS, I'm not quite sure  how it works, but thats something you could possibly look into. Hope that helps. 

[12345jamesstamps]

Hopefully you sold something before that. Otherwise, you will wait 30+ days if you did not sell anything within the last 30 days for your money.eBay tricks you like a new seller with little sales within a 30 day period.