Delayed shipping

[smm333]

Hello,

I'm a long time ebay buyer, and something I am finding more and more are ebay sellers who deliver items a lot longer after the expected delievery date. For the last 15 years for me the Auspost system has been outstanding. I can't remember the last time an item was lost.

For example last month I ordered an item from Sydney to be posted to me in Melbourne which should have taken 2 - 3 days. It turns up 2 weeks after I pay for it. When I query the seller he swore he posted it when it was marked on ebay as posted, but used an untrackable Auspost service.

So, in hindsight, I know the item was out of stock or never in stock and ordered from overseas - probably China (1 week delivery at least) and then posted it on. It was the fact he lied to me (and other users no doubt) and hid behind ebay's estimated delievery time and an untrackable Auspost service that annoys me.

In fact the seller in question shows the 'Fast N Free' speeding truck option on his items which seems to guaranty arrival within a week by ebay.

Basically I was wanting ebay to make sellers more accountable for there claims of fast shipping. Negative feedback doesn't really bother them either - I don't want to give negative as it does not seem like the correct course of action. A more appropriate action would be something along the lines of an 'Item not as described' for the shipping service. What do you think?

Btw, I'm all for shipping from overseas, I buy from US, Hong Kong and China. Its just when it takes longer than the promised time is when I get frustrated with the whole ebay thing - the whole reason I buy locally is to receive the item fast in the first place.

[sandypebbles]

Yes, in your opinion, which does not make it fact

Sure their are sellers who dropship (and the listings *should* say so)

But that is not the reason for the big delays happening in recent past, and continuing now

Many many people who wait 2-3 weeks for mail deliveries (eBay or elsewhere know for a  fact that the reality of 'Covid times' is vastly different 

I have waited 3 weeks for something sent from a few suburbs away

If you are still getting mail within 2-3 days, you are very lucky

Comparing now to comments on a thread posted in 2015 does not make sense (only to me)

[daydreams_12]

DID YOU CHECK THE DATE OF THIS THREAD.

Your post adds nothing to this VERY old thread

Please dont drag up things 6 Years old

[*sons_and_daughters*]

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@pierfas wrote:

here is my opinion ordering from Ebay it does not take that long from Auspost to deliver , then I get a message from Australia Post  ( how did we do , expecting  5 star ratings ) , I reckon some sellers  you buy from anywhere in Australia  ,they get your money order from china get it delivered to them repack and send to you ,earn money at no risk to them , as most items are maid in china ,where I have ordered from Australia and it was in the country it got here in two 3 days and when ordered from china it got here in 7 to 14 days less time than when I have ordered from Australia , ( my opinion only ) to me this  makes sense 

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I would love a maid. I don't care what country they come from, as long as they can cook. I freaking hate cooking. Especially as I am married to someone who hates more than 3 foods. Some countries in the world, having a maid is a given. I'd love to see it being a given in Australia. I would pay very well. Like 50c an hour. maybe 75c if they can cook well!

[countessalmirena]

Cooking - red oven                 

(But they are not maids in China...)

[kh-jean]

Hi everyone,

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

Thank you for understanding.