mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@dasarock wrote:
@soccerteeth wrote:There are actually screenshots of cases with that address and pps numbers, claims of not receiving $187 sneakers.
Scroll down on the first one you see the address and name
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Shipping-Returns/Strange-buyer-address/td-p/27691346
Exactly! part of the reason every listing of mine states in specifics, description AND Policies that i will not ship international or to shipping services now. i don't need the abuse ebay returns cause ...
Shipping to a Freight Forwarder is NOT shipping internationally. You ship to a US address. You can't block international buyers with a US ship to address. We have never been able to do that.
@pinkxter wrote:Well it does validate somehow when I go to print the label.
I even went to generate shipping label from PayPal and it did validate.
Because using a Freight Forwarder in and of itself is NOT usually a problem. It seems you are spending a lot of time trying to justify not honoring this sale. That is your choice of course and if you are too uncomfortable with it. Tell them you are OOS [out of stock], take the hit in your defects and move on.
You've had a lot of information shared with you on this thread. You need to make your own decision. Ship or don't ship.
@caseydc wrote:I just got burned by this exact address. It indeed had an "i" instead of a "1", and I did not catch it until after I mailed the item. Here is the interesting part. The buyer purchased a quantity of 2 of my items totalling $458. I called ebay and asked if I would be protected if there were any issues. They said just as long as it shows delivered to the address then I am fine. Well the package showed up in Portland and then never got scanned again. It has been 1 month and my package is missing and ebay auto refunded the buyer and charged my credit card $458. I knew I should have cancelled the transaction. It felt wrong from the beginning and I even went to this thread and saw that some had successfully delivered to this address. I did not insure and now I am out. Honestly, it is possible that there is someone in the mail sorting room that is in on the scam. I had similar occurrences happen in Opalocka Florida. I had 3 packages vanish when they made it to that hub. Never to be seen again. 3 times in 2 months at the same location was not a coincidence. Anyway. I thought I would share
Your issue wasn't with your buyer or the address in which you sent it to. Your issue was with the carrier. Make sure you put the blame where it is due otherwise you can't work the problem properly.
Did you put a trace on the package? That should have been the first thing you should have done.
Your problem is your CARRIER, NOT the buyer. So stop blaming the buyer and/or the address when that didn't have anything to do with the problems you had.
@caseydc wrote:"Your problem is your CARRIER, NOT the buyer. So stop blaming the buyer and/or the address when that didn't have anything to do with the problems you had''
I do not agree. Others have already pointed out that the number 1 replaced with letter i may be some type of scammy workaround. Is it? I don't know. Here is what I do know. My package was either lost, stolen, or not properly scanned by the carrier, this is true. It most certainly does not help that I was told to ship to and address that does not even technically exist. In a perfect world a postal worker would see the mistake and hopefully correct the "typo", or said worker/computer could see an invalid address and attempt a reroute and then the package becomes lost.
Most people I'm sure would be suspicious of a new buyer with 4 feedback, buying duplicates of my expensive items, asking to ship to a freight forwarder with a typo in the address, and asking for a $458 full refund after 5 days of USPS scan, telling me the package is lost in the mail.
Wanted to have this info attached to this thread and Oregon address, so other sellers can interpret as they wish. I will post any updates.
Since your tracking doesn't show delivered, that is your problem. You can't win a case, if filed, on Ebay without it.
Your buyer can't or should not be held responsible for what your carrier did NOT do.
I never assume that a new buyer is a problem. We need new buyers. We can't grow and increase sales without them. We all start somewhere. I get nervous when anyone buys expensive items. And to be honest I have more trouble with seasoned Ebayers, especially other sellers, than I new new buyers.
Did you ever put a trace on your packages?
