albertabrightalberta | Volunteer Community Mentor
mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Please look at your recent orders in your seller hub.
Check to see if any of those orders show 9434608106245208301673 as the tracking number.
I'm guessing that you may have reprinted that old label and attached it to a recent package you shipped. If that's the case, the original buyer (who requested to cancel) will get the item.
@brosbricks wrote:I understand your point however I know for a fact that I didn’t not. I’m also no where near Philly
But it's possible that the package went through the Philly hub if the recipient in the address on that label has mail pass through PA.
@participatrophy wrote:You'll be re-charged for the label. Keep an eye on your transactions. May or may not get a notification from eBay saying "there's an update on your shipping labels" in about a week. From USPS' perspective, you bought a label, got refunded for not using it, and then used it. Reporting it will get it all sorted eventually but I'm not sure if reporting it right away will be enough to prevent you getting billed again in the meantime.
That may not happen. While tracking numbers do get recycled, this one does seem to be a little quick. But USPS does strange things from time to time. To recharge this seller, USPS would have to prove that they bought the label.
@participatrophy wrote:It hadn't been recycled yet. It had been paid for, it had not been used, and it had not yet been recycled. That is the shipping equivalent of a blank check to a scammer.
You have no control over when or if USPS recycles a tracking number.
I'm aware there is a serious problem with thieves using fake tracking number or shipping things to a different address and scamming Buyers. It isn't new, it has happened for years. It is a horrible and destructive scam that hurts many people. But the recycling of tracking numbers is NOT the same thing. It is a legit thing that USPS does.
There is no way for us to know which of the two things is going on with the op's tracking number.
@mam98031 wrote:To recharge this seller, USPS would have to prove that they bought the label.
But the seller did buy the label. Then they voided it and got a refund for the (at the time) unused label. (The OP stated in post 14 that he was refunded for the label.)
Now that the label's tracking number is showing movement, I'm pretty sure that USPS will come back and have ebay charge the seller.
@albertabrightalberta wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:To recharge this seller, USPS would have to prove that they bought the label.
But the seller did buy the label. Then they voided it and got a refund for the (at the time) unused label. (The OP stated in post 14 that he was refunded for the label.)
Now that the label's tracking number is showing movement, I'm pretty sure that USPS will come back and have ebay charge the seller.
The original one yes. Records would also prove the seller voided the label and USPS refunded them.
We do not have enough info on the currently active package to even know what is going on. Was it USPS recycling the number faster than we are use to or is someone committing a scam on someone else. We simply don't have enough information to know what the heck is going on.
