topic Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory in Selling

I think Registered Post should be mandatory

the_hunter04 — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:50:12 GMT

Im really sure that Ebay should have Registered post as a mandorty selection if your selling something.

Your almost sure to lose the item by not sending it Registered!

#MakeRegisteredMandatory 😛

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

imastawka — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:15:19 GMT

And who, pray tell, is gunna pay $5 postage for a $2 item?

Not many sales there, buddy.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

the_hunter04 — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:16:12 GMT

Depending on the item naturally 😛

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:22:05 GMT

I think it a better start that ebay quit siding with the buyer every single time no matter

And get rid of their nonsense fantasy land 'estimated delivery dates'

But that is just my humble opinion

If sellers HAD to offer no less than registered post, ebay would only insert some loophole of their own making to over ride it

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

imastawka — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:26:24 GMT

Nothing is wrong with the buyer messaging the seller asking to be invoiced for registered mail.

I have free registered post for orders over $50. Anything else is self-insured and not a problem.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

springyzone — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:53:12 GMT

@the_hunter04 wrote:
Im really sure that Ebay should have Registered post as a mandorty selection if your selling something.

Your almost sure to lose the item by not sending it Registered!

#MakeRegisteredMandatory 😛

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!

Why do you think that anything sent unregistered is sure to be lost?

That hasn't been my experience. A lot of my recent buys have come by ordinary post with no worries at all.

In fact I haven't had anything lost, ever, that i can recall. Sometimes things might be a bit slow but they get here.

The only hassle I had was a few weeks back with a registered item (not from ebay) that got delivered okay, but to a completely different address!! Luckily the man who received it (who had the same surname as us) came round and dropped it off.

If I were selling, I would definitely use registered post for anything other than small, cheap items though.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

davewil1964 — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 05:54:35 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
Nothing is wrong with the buyer messaging the seller asking to be invoiced for registered mail.

I have free registered post for orders over $50. Anything else is self-insured and not a problem.

Ditto.

I have had 2 items go missing out of about 2000 sent as letters.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

digital*ghost — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:13:18 GMT

@the_hunter04 wrote:

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!

Sellers who only send parcels technically can't send registered, though they can send with signature on delivery (a service that is not always provided, though). I offer registered on all of my letter-rate items, because why not, but I get maybe 2 or 3 people a year who choose to pay for it, which is considerably less than 1% of my buyers.

To be honest, if I was not in a position to be able to purchase the labels in bulk for the reduced rate, and / or could not get to a post office daily in order to buy and / or lodge registered stuff, I might not offer it at all, since it would pretty much do the opposite of making things easier and smoother for the minute percentage of people who specifically want to have to sign for the package, nor for me, and what's essentially "do-able" for the seller also matters.

I never used to offer express, because I couldn't guarantee fast dispatch for various reasons (namely, lack of petty cash, since I try to keep the bulk of my funds in non-immediately accessable places...), and it's only since I could purchase express labels for post-paid flat-rate satchels online that I put it on the majority of my listings.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

lane-ends — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:35:02 GMT

some buyers specifically dont wont to have to sign, as they are not home and can't get to their local PO in opening hours.

I have offered sign for delivery as an option and virtually no one ever opts for it. Since the introduction of Ebay labelling system I have had negligible parcels go missing altogether. Hardly anyone takes up express either.

sign for and registered at the end of the day is for seller protection not the buyers, as INR is buyers insurance

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:56:49 GMT

@the_hunter04 wrote:
Im really sure that Ebay should have Registered post as a mandorty selection if your selling something.

Your almost sure to lose the item by not sending it Registered!

#MakeRegisteredMandatory 😛

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!

This is not tweeter or facebook. Those # things serve no purpose here apart from making you look like a nong.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

springyzone — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:10:40 GMT

@*tippy*toes* wrote:
@the_hunter04 wrote:
Im really sure that Ebay should have Registered post as a mandorty selection if your selling something.

Your almost sure to lose the item by not sending it Registered!

#MakeRegisteredMandatory 😛

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!
This is not tweeter or facebook. Those # things serve no purpose here apart from making you look like a nong.

I know I am behind the times, story of my life, but I am not even sure how those # things are supposed to work.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

the4masters2013 — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:17:03 GMT

Same here. I couldn't do a # anything if my life depended on it.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

heihachi_73 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:17:04 GMT

Only when Australia Post makes Registered Post cost half a stamp in line with priority mail.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

heihachi_73 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:17:13 GMT

Twitbook is a much better name.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

the_hunter04 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:18:29 GMT

Lol

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:59:09 GMT

Or you combine MySpace,Twitter and Facebook and call it MyTwitFace

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

imastawka — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 02:49:14 GMT

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

zanadoo_56 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 02:53:34 GMT

@lane-ends wrote:
some buyers specifically dont wont to have to sign, as they are not home and can't get to their local PO in opening hours.

I have offered sign for delivery as an option and virtually no one ever opts for it. Since the introduction of Ebay labelling system I have had negligible parcels go missing altogether. Hardly anyone takes up express either.

sign for and registered at the end of the day is for seller protection not the buyers, as INR is buyers insurance

Very true. Even more frustrating, I am housebound and get around with a walking frame....and I NEVER get to the door in time to sign for something. Sigh. I can't drive at present either, so no collecting it from the post office.

In fact there's rarely any parking at the post office so when I used to drive to collect parcels I had to have them transferred to another PO (a sub agency - good parking and longer opening hours). It took weeks sometimes for AP to move the parcel a mere 2km because of course it had to take the scenic route through Sunshine West (and we all know what that means).

I've made roughly 40 purchases this year so far from Oz sellers (most eBay but not all) with no signature required and NONE have gone missing. One parcel from the UK has, but where...in the UK, in Oz or somewhere in between...who knows?

The day Oz sellers all use registered post/signed for etc is the day I never purchase from an Oz seller again. Signature required is a huge inconvenience for me. It's as simple as that. Registered mail = NO SALE.

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 03:46:43 GMT

I thought the # sign was medical shorthand for a fractured bone

#ouch

Re: I think Registered Post should be mandatory

brerrabbit585 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:20:52 GMT

@the_hunter04 wrote:
Im really sure that Ebay should have Registered post as a mandorty selection if your selling something.

Your almost sure to lose the item by not sending it Registered!

#MakeRegisteredMandatory 😛

Seriously tho, can sellers just start offering it? would make things a lot easier and smoother!

Sounds like you want ebay to make ALL your decisions for you, instead of using the brains you were given. Do you ask ebay what time to get up in the morning and what time to eat and what time to brush your teeth? Some of us prefer to make our own selling decisions because we have more experience in selling than ebay staff.

Perhaps ebay could make correct spelling mandatory.