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Ebay "guaranteed" delivery date
derryb
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New to me! You can get a $5 ebay voucher if your purchase does not arrive by guaranteed date. Not to be confused with "estimated delivery" date. Not sure how ebay determines when to offer guaranteed vs. estimated. Made my first purchase with this guarantee, hope it gets delayed (three day weekend coming up).
Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar
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I wonder who's on the hook for the $5?
gotta be ebay. Seller doesn't guarantee the date. Ebay does based on shipping info seller enters into the listing. I believe they are gonna learn that they need to tweek that algorithm. Adding Registered Mail as a drop down shipping option would be a good start.
Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar
Actually ebay only offers this option to sellers who come through so to speak! Have too many late shipments and ebay will not offer the option to sellers...I believe you have to offer next day shipping to be enrolled in the program. I am!
Yes, this is all true. I'm also "enrolled". I don't do anything. eBay just offers my peeps a guarantee. Nice little perk.
But, the buyer, instead of getting a $5 voucher for late "guaranteed" delivery, has the option to return the item as part of the guarantee.
Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar
I wonder how long that will last? just wondering
I already got the voucher twice for the video games I purchased for my kids. The vouchers were issued instantly once I reported late shipment through option.
So what? The buyer ALWAYS has the option of returning the item, no matter what people think. You can say "No returns" 1000 different ways but a SNAD or a CC chargeback will override your no return policy EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Seems a bit risky to guarantee that the usps (probably the most used shipper.....for coins at least) will deliver in the time alloted. I shipped a coin from Arizona to Missouri and it went through Puerto Rico to get there.
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Ebay is getting sellers to sign up by covering the refund now. That will switch and sellers will be on the hook. There’s almost nothing I sell that is generic enough that people could buy a different one if they want to. No reason for me to give a buyer a reason to be mad at me and take my money.
Great...I'll start by ordering a gross of toothpicks from China....Individually
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I only offer "Economy" shipping, although I ship priority over 1 pound, 1st class or FedEx, so I do not get burned on "delivery" times. I also ship the same or next day, depending on time of payment.