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For those of us who sell on eBay - return nightmare (almost).

oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 3, 2025 7:02PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I am pretty sure that there are a some forum members who sell on eBay as well as buy. I had my first return happen in 27 years (joined Jan 1998) and the item was returned to my "Return Address". I found out when I received my USPS Tracking notice of delivery and it had my old city where i lived 10 years ago. I asked the buyer to check the address and he could not recall. So I called ebay and got ahold of someone to ask the whereabouts of the package. He told me that he could not divulge that information. I asked him if it was (fill in old address here) and he said yes. I told the rep that I have not lived there in over 10 years. His reply is that it is still active under Return Address, which is different than my Ship From Address. I told him that was dumb to have to separate address like that and he replied I apparently filled out the information at one time and failed to update it when I changed addresses.

I went across town hoping that the current resident would have the package. I knocked on the front door with no answer so I looked into the window by the front door and the place looked empty. Someone must have moved out since there were several trash cans at the curb. I went back to the curbside mailbox and opened it and sure enough it was the only thing in it. An apparent neighbor was nearby and I asked them if they would witness me removing the package from the mailbox, and to verify it had my name on it as a previous tenant after showing my ID. She mentioned that they did move out last week and she was satisfied with my name matching the package. I told her good-night and thank you and went back home.

The subject item was a PCGS Doily slab that was returned due to a scratches on the case.

Hopefully my experience can help others prevent from doing what I failed to do.

Thank you for your interest!

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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ugh.... that is certainly a 'gotha' from ebay. Never realized that.... thanks for the heads up.

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  • ToreyTorey Posts: 262 ✭✭✭✭

    Glad you found it, that's an easy $500 dollar hit if not.

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2025 11:11PM

    You were lucky, post office is not supposed to leave mail at vacant house(they may not have realized it was vacant in this short of time) , but dosnt surprise me in the least, this time worked out better.

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You also were lucky that your old address was within driving distance and not half way across the country

    I had a similar issue a few years ago, but sent to a seasonal address where I would be in 6 months. Tracking showed delivered and I was fine with that. My concern was giving full refund without seeing it was what I sent.

    As your screen grab shows, eBay identifies 5 addresses.

  • redraiderredraider Posts: 228 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I had to drive across town to pick up a package from the woman who bought my old house.

  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe when a return is approved by a seller, the return address is displayed so it can be confirmed. It's the kind of thing that's easy to click through because the page has a bunch of information, but I'm pretty sure it's there. That said, I don't know why the address would be anything other than your primary address. I have multiple shipping addresses in my account, but every order I place (and the rare returns I handle) it always defaults to my primary, with the option of changing to something else.

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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    on my last return, they had a label printed and in the mail before I even knew it was being returned because ' not as good as I expected'

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow.. glad it all worked out.

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  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Returned for a scratch on the holder? I guess we now buy and sell holders, what is inside the holder is secondary.

  • ToreyTorey Posts: 262 ✭✭✭✭

    @ARCO said:
    Returned for a scratch on the holder? I guess we now buy and sell holders, what is inside the holder is secondary.

    The dime is worth a couple of bucks, the slab/label is worth around $500 or so.

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Torey said:

    @ARCO said:
    Returned for a scratch on the holder? I guess we now buy and sell holders, what is inside the holder is secondary.

    The dime is worth a couple of bucks, the slab/label is worth around $500 or so.

    I don’t have any experience with doilies, but with other PCGS slabs that looks like a scratch that I could have sanded, buffed out, and looking good in 5 minutes. Not sure if.different methods are needed for doilies.

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  • ToreyTorey Posts: 262 ✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:

    @Torey said:

    @ARCO said:
    Returned for a scratch on the holder? I guess we now buy and sell holders, what is inside the holder is secondary.

    The dime is worth a couple of bucks, the slab/label is worth around $500 or so.

    I don’t have any experience with doilies, but with other PCGS slabs that looks like a scratch that I could have sanded, buffed out, and looking good in 5 minutes. Not sure if.different methods are needed for doilies.

    Yes they buff out just the same, although working around the fragile outer ring can be a challenge.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ARCO said:
    Returned for a scratch on the holder? I guess we now buy and sell holders, what is inside the holder is secondary.

    It's a 1964-D dime...

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