01-29-2021 02:58 PM
I had a return that was automaticaly approved by ebay. When I went to the returns page the ability to buy and send a label wasnt there. So I put in for a call back. You have to use creating a listing to even get to this option. I asked for returns department as I knew the rep who would be calling me the first time wouldnt have a clue as usual. So I get the return rep and he tells me to have the buyer contact them and to give them the sr number and he will make sure to get them a return label because something had went wrong with the ebay site with this return.
So i do exactly that and give the customer the sr number and they reply to me that they cant get thru to ebay with that number like it was a phone number or something. Fast forward to today. I get an email from ebay saying if I dont supply a label by the 3rd they are going to issue a full refund and let the buyer keep the item. So I call again and ask to speak to returns. The first agent barely speaks english and has no interest in listing to the issue. The supervisor im connected to then also wasnt much better.
I get the Supervisor to read the message from the original return rep I talked to stating to have the buyer contact ebay with the Sr number and that they would take care of it. I then get some excuse they cant do it anymore and I need to provide the buyer with a label or the system will just issue the refund. The problem is there isnt even an option now in the returns to prove I sent a label. So what is going to keep the system from just doing that anyway.
So when will EBAY actual do what they say they are going to do instead of constantly pushing it off on us seller?
01-29-2021 03:12 PM
I assume your customer was claiming "not as described or defective" because you mentioned the EBAY automatically approved this return.
Normally how returns work...after return has been approved....CUSTOMER prints label and you get billed (because you are at fault).
As a SELLER who handled many returns and have never "sent label" to customer (customer always prints label themselves).
01-29-2021 03:17 PM
Yes doesnt work or defective. The problem now is the option to purchase an ebay label wasnt there. SO i called in and was told to have customer call them and now im being threatened by ebay if I dont send them a label by the 3rd they just send refund and not require item to be shipped back to me when they are the ones telling me to have buyer contact them for a return label because the system messed up somehow.
01-29-2021 03:24 PM
@3r_technology_solutions wrote:Yes doesnt work or defective. The problem now is the option to purchase an ebay label wasnt there. SO i called in and was told to have customer call them and now im being threatened by ebay if I dont send them a label by the 3rd they just send refund and not require item to be shipped back to me when they are the ones telling me to have buyer contact them for a return label because the system messed up somehow.
It's not there for YOU but it is there for your customer. After all, he/she's the one doing the return.
01-29-2021 03:35 PM
You would think so. But I got this in an ebay message to me today.
I've placed the request on hold for 5 days to give you time to arrange return shipping with the buyer. Please note that if you don't resolve the issue by FEBRUARY 3, we'll issue the buyer a full refund on your behalf without requiring the item to be returned.
01-29-2021 03:42 PM
I've never had a Return 'automatically approved by eBay', but when I proactively approve the Return, the buyer always receives a return label. Is this not the method when eBay automatically approves it? Have you asked the buyer if there is a label available to them...?? I hope they're not just stalling you to time out a return. IJS...
01-29-2021 03:47 PM
Most likely never. They are nothing but a criminal organization. Ebay used to fun years ago. Not anymore
01-29-2021 03:58 PM
If your buyer is OUT OF THE COUNRTY, you have to find your own way to provide a label. That's what this case sounds like. I could be wrong
01-29-2021 03:58 PM
I have had a few cases over the last several years where the automatically provided label was not issued. I have an account with USPS, PayPal and UPS. I can buy labels from any of those. In those cases, I would just upload a label for the buyer that I purchased. Takes about 5 minutes to do. The buyer prints the label, returns product and then I refund according to eBay policy.
Calling into eBay, even when they were easy to get a hold of, was not even a consideration.
01-29-2021 04:16 PM
@farmalljr wrote:If your buyer is OUT OF THE COUNRTY, you have to find your own way to provide a label. That's what this case sounds like. I could be wrong
If that is the case and the OP did not mention it, we have been wasting our time on this thread.