topic Re: Delivery times being changed. in Buying

Delivery times being changed.

wally3218 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 21:59:48 GMT

Why are sellers allowed to tell you that an item will arrive in 5 days and after you agree to buy and pay for the item.

The seller changes the delivery time to 14 days.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

kopenhagen5 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:28:43 GMT

Firstly it's not the seller.

The estimated delivery times are dates given to eBay by AP.

Then after the purchase the dates will show to your location and currently longer as many items are going by road due to Covid -19.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

sandypebbles — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:08:06 GMT

Why are you blaming sellers for something that is not their doing?

Re: Delivery times being changed.

wally3218 — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:40:27 GMT

I blame the seller for lying to me, they told me the item was in Australia then after I purchased the item I was told it is coming from overseas that is why there is delay.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

tazzieterror — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:53:46 GMT

What's the item number?

Re: Delivery times being changed.

cezm — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:56:48 GMT

@wally3218 wrote:
I blame the seller for lying to me, they told me the item was in Australia then after I purchased the item I was told it is coming from overseas that is why there is delay.

That is more detail than your opening post provided. If you provide the item number someone might be able to clarify further.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

sandypebbles — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:17:22 GMT

@wally3218 Well there you go, you could have said that straight up rather than a blanket 'this happened and the seller did it' statement

Which would have gotten you better advice than adding to the story after the fact

THEY told you or the actual item listing said it was Australian stock?

Is the seller registered in China with horrid feedback, by any chance

Re: Delivery times being changed.

padi*0409 — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:38:00 GMT

@sandypebbles wrote:

Why are you blaming sellers for something that is not their doing?

The OP in most their feedback left seems to imply that delivery times are down to the seller, when the fact is that if the seller posts within their handling time then the delivery time is completely out of their control.

To be fair, as has been said before,eBay should rename "postage time" in feedback to something like "posted within handling time"..........

Re: Delivery times being changed.

danieh_6 — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:32:21 GMT

I think this is a site wide problem because I've had at least 10 different buyers contact us in the past few weeks saying the delivery time was changed after checkout. They abuse us in the messages because we "changed it" and their item hasn't arrived and I check its 4 days off of the ETA? Arrives on time still but.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

shoppingbag* — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 07:22:11 GMT

How can a Seller possibly predict when an item will arrive? Do you have second sight and know exactly what will happen tomorrow? Or is it only Sellers who are supposed to have second sight? I have stopped selling because of the unreasonable demands that I should be able to predict the time and day that Australia Post will deliver. If I was that could at predicting things I would be very, very rich and not bothering to be on here at all, I would be travelling the world. It never ceases to exasperate me that buyers think that Sellers are some sort of magical beings with all sorts of magical powers and complain when they do not utilize such powers.

In my opininion, all buyers should have to undergo some sort of training or understanding of things that should be common sense, before being allowed to buy.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

wally3218 — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:52:19 GMT

If a seller tells me that the item is located in Australia, I expect the item to be delivered in a reasonable time and

not have to wait for it to be delivered from China.

Seller located in Australia (Melbourne) item located in Melbourne.

There are a lot of similar posts saying, Item was listed as being located in Australia but was sent from China.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

sandypebbles — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:59:51 GMT

For good reason, it is VERY common for that to happen

Many,many ads on eBay *say* the item will be sent from Australia, But

One look at the seller's feedback shows they are registered in China and they will have hundreds of negs from buyers saying they lied about where the item was going to be sent from

There are *some* sellers who are in Australia but dropship from China and fail to mention that in their ad

People here have no way of knowing which version of a fibber this seller is without the item number

Re: Delivery times being changed.

dognorab — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:35:29 GMT

Not really the issue. The problem is that the delivery date range is given and then immediately, after the payment is made, the delivery date is blown out. If they knew that a minute before, they should have updated the dates in the description. That is the frustration, not the postal delivery delays. Well, that is my frustration:)

Re: Delivery times being changed.

twyngwyn — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:39:45 GMT

did you Google this? This thread is 3 & 1/2 years old.....a mod will be along shortly to 'close down' and you will be instructed to start a new thread

Re: Delivery times being changed.

davewil1964 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:40:03 GMT

The delivery dates are calculated by eBay, not the seller.

The seller sets their handling time and the postage service/s offered. Which can vary depending on where you are and the service you select.

Re: Delivery times being changed.

kh-stanley1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:15:36 GMT

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.