Sellers don't want to post items to po box

[chris_qld2006]

Some sellers don't post items to PO Box. It's their discretion and I cannot complain about it.

However I believe eBay can do more to help buyers not to waste time going through these sellers' listings. I want to see eBay provide buyers an option to exclude those items which are not sent to PO Box.

I got frustrated after spending a lot of time looking for the items I want to buy and then all of sudden  realised the sellers wouldn't post the items to me.

Again, it's fair for sellers not to post items to PO Box BUT it's also fair for buyers to skip the sellers who wouldn't post items to PO Box.

[kopenhagen5]

Often not their discretion.

Courier companies don't deliver to PO boxes unless it's the AP one, Startrack.

So if a seller gets good prices from a courier or can't get to a PO, no choice re PO boxes. 

If eBay implement a search refinement with sellers using couriers and no PO box deliveries, then what happens to those sellers offering couriers and an AP service for buyers to choose ? How will the search engine differentiate ?

[chris_qld2006]

The funny thing is the seller also provides "click & collect" at check-out option. However, because my postal address is PO Box, I'm still required to change my PO Box to physical address in order to get to :Click & Collect" option. How bizzar is that?

[chris_qld2006]

I just had a chat with eBay help online. I said to him that the seller excludes PO Box but offers "Click & collect". However the "click & collect" option doesn't appear at checkout. He investigated the situation and confirmed that's case. But he couldn't do anything. Look like the seller is very interested in people's physical addresses.

[lynsh84]

Click and collect involves you collecting the items at the Woolworths or Big W store as selected when you check out. It has nothing to do with PO Boxes or street addresses. Why are you so paranoid about the seller knowing your street address?

[kopenhagen5]

OP posted this 6 months ago and hasn't been back since.

[katistrophik]

as Kopes said

Also, it is easy to message a seller and ask if you are buying a smaller item that can be posted if they will send to a POBox.

[chris_qld2006]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've sent a message to the high volume seller but never received a reply. This is why I got frustrated as I wasted a lot of time.

[paufavett-0]

i have the exact problem, takes too long of opening every listing just to find they don't post to pobox's, if there was a filter option to only show postage to pobos's it would save much frustration and time and i could enjoy ebay much more and be a more active ebay customer

[tickford-t3]

Suggestion.  So be the best thing here is in future is to Ask the Seller if they Post or Use Freight Services before purchasing this will save all the frustrations for the Buyer and the Seller.........