Tracking # scam / Delivered to wrong states?

[pleas-buy-my-trash]

So to keep the story short, 3 of the items I ordered this month from eBay all went to the wrong address in ANOTHER STATE!

The sellers are all shipping from LA PUENTE, CA 91746 (which I cannot see until after paying and getting tracking # via eBay.)

This is very odd... either they are using fake / recycled tracking #s and I never receive the item OR they are scamming some other way.

But what I am trying to figure out is how are they profiting from this if I can just dispute via eBay or my CC?

Ironically in over 20 years I never had this issue until this month.  I am not even sure if I will win the disputes because eBay shows the items delivered, although obviously it's not even in my state.

Another issue I found is that the feedback is being removed so I cannot leave a feedback anymore.  Now this is concerning because if you can do that then others are not aware of the scam.  I either lose my money or open a dispute.  If I open the dispute then feedback disappears or is disabled.  If I lose my money I am paying to leave a feedback but never receiving the items.

What is the deal here?

[papa486516]

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@pleas-buy-my-trash wrote:

But what I am trying to figure out is how are they profiting from this if I can just dispute via eBay or my CC?

I am not even sure if I will win the disputes because eBay shows the items delivered, although obviously it's not even in my state.

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We all have to decide on which hill we want to die. On eBay, tracking showing delivered anywhere is Delivered, as this "delivered in another state" has been posted on these boards many times.

Never file an Item Not Received case if tracking shows Delivered. You'll lose, the seller keeps your payment, and feedback is blocked/removed if already left. Then when you appeal, eBay pays your refund, and the seller keeps your payment.

Instead, as you wrote, file a CC chargeback, for a refund. Your card issuer does not use bots to review the tracking number. Their humans will even call the shipping company if needed to confirm that it's a fake delivery to another address in your zip code or a different state, if the tracking number does not already speak loudly enough for itself.

[pleas-buy-my-trash]

Also to be clear, I had eBay call me about 2 of these (both happened the same day) and explained on the phone and they agreed it was not delivered to me.  If I lose those 2 then I guess it's calling the CC next.

They blocked my feedback on the 1st item from last week so I cannot make others aware unfortunately.

[pleas-buy-my-trash]

Okay here's a doozy, the 2 sellers responded to the dispute with exact same words and signed name. They are the same entity with multiple accounts. Not only that, they admitted that they lied about the tracking. I tried contacting eBay about it again but they "are not available" to chat.