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@janeababe wrote:
@padi*0409 wrote:To try and stop the eBay "shoplifting" that is becoming more and more prevalent on untracked mail. (Thanks to eBay's decisions on disputes nearly always siding with the buyer).
So, effectivly, you are saying its ok to trick your buyers into believeing they have a trackable item, when in fact, they dont?
I hope chameleon's buyers arent paying for trackable postage!
Not that we can check, since his feedback is private so all item listings are hidden!
appalling! just appaling!
Hi Janeababe, WOW I wasnt quite expecting that , but I guess its all part of the cut and thrust of forum discussion. No offence taken 
To set your mind at ease over some of the concerns you have raised.
1) I dont ever charge my buyers for tracking and then mail the items untracked. I always refund customers for combined post and dont profit from my postal charges.
2) I dont ever upload the fake tracking number to the ebay site or try to pass it off as a genuine tracking number to buyers.
3) I dont " trick my buyers into believing they are recieving tracked postage " . The first most buyers know about the stickers is when the they recieve their parcel.
4) Since using the stickers, I have had two buyers inform me they have not recieved their item. On both occasions the item arrived the next day, once I told them the item had a "scanned on delivery" barcode. Before using the stickers I recieved quite a number of item not recieved claims and it was escalating into a real problem.
5) I dont sell anything on the Chameleon 54 account. It is a posting ID I use to protect my selling accounts from unwanted attention.
6 ) The barcode stickers are legal. I have had several detailed converstations with my Post office manager about them. She is aware of the problems of ebay online shoplifters, with buyers falsely claiming item not recieved ( she regularly gets complaints from sellers over the issue ). I am lucky in that I have a good relationship with my local Australia Post office and the manager has offered her support for the stickers. I am aware that other sellers have had different experiences from their post office managers. The AP manager has informed all counter staff that the stickers I use have been discussed with her.
7) Over three selling accounts I currently have around 7500 feedbacks. All accounts are Powersellers, 100 % positive feedback and all have 4.9 stars for everything, although I did crack 5 stars on one account for a short period recently. Out of the 7500 feedbacks on 3 selling accounts I currently have no negs and one nuetral feedback with the comment " great " ?????. Not sure what that was all about. Basically my customers seem to be reasonably happy with my products and service and with 4.9,s across the board for postage costs, I must be keeping most of my customers happy, most of the time.
Online shoplifting is becoming a serious problem for many sellers. Dishonest buyers have worked out they can claim an item not recieved and ebay will give them their money back every time if an item is not tracked. This money is debited to the sellers paypal account, including the postage cost. The seller also recieves a defect if the claim is not settled by the seller, resulting in damage to their selling account.
I recently reported a buyer who had six consecutive feedbacks from different sellers stating INR claims. That buyer is still registered and active. Ebay seems to be reluctant to manage this problem, leaving sellers with little choice, but to protect themselves from theft as best they can.
Resulting in damage to their selling account.
Yes to the point where the selling account is no longer an account because of permanent suspension.
Wish I had posted with fake tracking then I might still have a selling account.
Well done chameleon54 
