Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

GMMcL said:

THANK YOU, PTO.

That is all; carry on.

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SeaJen said:

Quote: The burden of proof from my understanding is on the post office/insurance agent to prove the package did arrive. If the buyer claims it did not arrive, just file an insurance claim stating the buyer did not receive said item and you should be set. Spoo has a better understanding of this then I do thought.

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alexSF said:

In Italy USPS First Class and Priority Flat Rate service aren't trackable and could take from 3 weeks to months to be delivered.

To Italy/Europe I suggest you next time to add Registered Mail options or to ship with Priority Parcel Service (code begin with C letter)
Both very quick services.

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stevent said:

I shipped a few things to Italy, all showed tracking with delivery with USPS priority. Got the items for nothing so didn't mind but was kind of surprised

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capnwes said:

I don't ship to Italy or Brazil, since it is against the law for most of my inventory anyway.

Italy - No leather goods, shoes or anything that is sewn. Um yeah.
Brazil - No used consumer goods. Ummmm right.

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capnwes said:

Still, it's against the law! However, I realize this is not a thread about morals.

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GMMcL said:

THANK YOU, PTO.

That is all; carry on.

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GMMcL said:

I've asked this before and the answer I got was "get a mac."
So I bought my wife an iPad with credit card points for a combined birthday/Mother's Day/Thanks for not dying while giving birth to our third gift. I plan to convert to Garage Sale soon.
Up till now I've used Excel to track inventory/profit etc. and Ebay"s "sell similar" feature. I also have to say: the new interface for importing photos from another website is WAAAAY easier. You have to enable that feature under "add remove options" in the picture section. But it means I can have the add photo window open side by side with the ebay listing window Photobucket window, cut and paste the link and then edit the photo, all in the interface. So much easier.
And narrow shoulders; 44 is usually reliably 20" shoulders (even in non-1990s/MC Hammer stuff). You've discovered why this guy has is suits custom made.

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alexSF said:

I exclude that Italian customs have problem with items mentioned above.
I received many times leather goods or clothing from USA, clearly declared as shirts, trousers, shoes etc. both from stores and private members.
Never had a problem with duties, absolutely.

In Italy every parcel shipped from outside EU is processed by customs and every parcel declared over 25$ will pay duties, without exclusions.
The parcels are processed in different airports with different procedures and timing, depending on service used by sender.

The best services maintain their original tracking number even in Italy, others that originally aren't trackable outside original country, could became trackable with a different italian code in the single case when the items is shipped from custom office to recipient and there are duties to be paied, in this case they usually use italian registerd mail to track it.
Calling the customer service/custom office giving original tracking with a bit of trouble in some cases they could help in the search.

Shipping to Italy is pretty easy knowing hot to ship.
But sellers obviusly couldn't know how every national post works, it's the buyer that should know and suggest how to procede in some case.

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masernaut said:

Hello Gentlemen,

I purchased a pair of Hanover shell longwings on eBay a few weeks ago and when I got my hands on them, I noticed there was a crack in back side of one of the shoe, and the other shoe was dry up and looked as if it was going to crack at the front if worn and used. Both of these problems were not listed in the original listing and the pictures didn't show this problem either. Two applications of renovateur and much brushing hasn't helped with the dried out shell problem.

Here's the thing though, I don't live in the USA and had these shoes shipped to my cousin's in CA. I arrived in CA a few days ago and finally got my hands on the shoes which had been waiting for me for about two, maybe three weeks. My cousin confirmed that the shoes had arrived so I had already left the seller a positive rating. Now my question is, am I able to contact the seller for a potential return or am I screwed? I'm thinking, while I'm writing this, that my answer is the latter.

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