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on 30-08-2020 07:57 AM
Something needs to be done about this stupid mailing address issue.
I live in the middle of a forest, there is NO MAIL DELIVERY so I have a post office box. Clearly sellers DO NOT UNDERSTAND that this is not only the safest form of mail delivery but in many cases in Australia it is the ONLY form of mail delivery.
It is annoying enough to have to drive into town once a week to collect mail and to find the box is empty now I have to put up with not being able to purchase items listed in Australia!
Before it used to be PO Boxes that were 'banned' and I managed to get around that by changing my address to 'Post Office Box' but obviously the tech deparment don't like that either!!!!
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30-08-2020 08:26 AM - edited 30-08-2020 08:28 AM
Contact eBay and tell them
Or, see if you can use the 'address' of the post office before your actual PO address
(ie)
My Post office
1 Post office road
BOX 00
Post Office NSW 0000
Other members here use the post office 'address' as their address as they do not have mail deliveries either
Of course, if the seller already has PO Boxes on the list they don't post to, it won't matter what eBay 'allow' but this is shown before buying and always has been
However sellers are not responsible for what eBay do or don't allow buyers to put their address as
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30-08-2020 12:03 PM - edited 30-08-2020 12:04 PM
Check with you post office, it used to be that any item addressed to C/- Post Office (WhoopWhoop) had to be held for 30 days before it could be returned if not collected. This enabled travellers etc to have mail sent to a location that they intended to arrive at in a certain timeframe. Not sure if it has changed.
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on 30-08-2020 12:06 PM
You should also bear in mind that apart from Startrack, couriers cannot deliver to PO boxes unless they pay for it - which they won't.
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on 30-08-2020 12:14 PM
@gutterpunkz05 wrote:Check with you post office, it used to be that any item addressed to C/- Post Office (WhoopWhoop) had to be held for 30 days before it could be returned if not collected. This enabled travellers etc to have mail sent to a location that they intended to arrive at in a certain timeframe. Not sure if it has changed.
Just to add, I simply use the C/- Post Office ?????? For return items. As I am on good terms with PO and delivery contractor, they normally give me a call to see if I want them to physically deliver .
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30-08-2020 02:28 PM - edited 30-08-2020 02:29 PM
@fedelmar wrote:
Something needs to be done about this stupid mailing address issue.
I live in the middle of a forest, there is NO MAIL DELIVERY so I have a post office box. Clearly sellers DO NOT UNDERSTAND that this is not only the safest form of mail delivery but in many cases in Australia it is the ONLY form of mail delivery.
It is annoying enough to have to drive into town once a week to collect mail and to find the box is empty now I have to put up with not being able to purchase items listed in Australia!
Before it used to be PO Boxes that were 'banned' and I managed to get around that by changing my address to 'Post Office Box' but obviously the tech deparment don't like that either!!!!
I wonder if you could get around it by having your address as
Joe / Josephine Example
Please deliver to Whateverville, Box 44
Fictiontown,
Example State, Post code 0000
or
Joe / Josephine Example
Please deliver to Whateverville Post Office
(Box 44)
55 Nice Street
Fictiontown,
Example State Example Post code 0000
I did something similar some time back.
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on 30-08-2020 03:18 PM
....Except, you can't expect that every seller in Australia is willing and able to cater for your specific needs.
If a seller opts not to post to PO boxes, and you decide to completely disregard that, and try to make them anyway, is it because you either A) don't understand why they're refusing such addresses, and therefore feel entitled to override the seller's decision, or B) simply don't respect they have the right to make that decision?
I have a PO box, it's not an essential thing for me, but I like getting stuff sent there for convenience and security. But something does not need to be done about sellers having the right to make business decisions that best suit them.
If you ask a seller and they agree it's a different story, but just supplying an address in a format that circumvents a block is not the way to go about it, because of the way ebay works you are automatically putting the seller in a position where they have to think about the consequences of refusing the sale (which they would otherwise have every right to do), and that's not cool.
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on 31-08-2020 04:22 PM
I don't have any problem sending to Post Office Boxes, I do know that Couriers can't deliver to them and that some Sellers have some unknown reason to fear them. Saying you can't buy in Australia is just not true, there are plenty of us who post to Post Office Boxes all the time. You need to just choose those who do.
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on 31-08-2020 05:16 PM
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on 07-09-2020 05:58 AM
@sandypebbles wrote:Contact eBay and tell them
Or, see if you can use the 'address' of the post office before your actual PO address
(ie)
My Post office
1 Post office road
BOX 00
Post Office NSW 0000
Other members here use the post office 'address' as their address as they do not have mail deliveries either
Of course, if the seller already has PO Boxes on the list they don't post to, it won't matter what eBay 'allow' but this is shown before buying and always has been
However sellers are not responsible for what eBay do or don't allow buyers to put their address as
But sellers have the option of selecting what the will deliver to
