What can i do about a seller who has shipped my item by sea mail instead of airmail for which i paid

[1954terrymilitaria]

I recently bought an item from the Czech republic and paid for what i believe was airmail. I have been waiting nearly 1 month for the item so i contacted Aust post with the tracking number and was informed that the item had been shipped via sea mail and that this could take up to 4 months to arrive. As this time is outside the 45 days limit to which i can start a paypal dispute (and the would know this) I feel i have been decieved and ripped off. What if the parcel fails to arrive? What redress to i have?If seller had stated in his site that he only ships by sea mail, I never would have bid on the item.

                                                                                                                Terry

[jerryman12a]

Have you contacted the seller to confirm the method of pastage ? 

If you were led to believe postage was via airmail then you would have enough reason to start a PP claim when appropriate and escalate it as late as possible giving more time for the item to arrive but not outside the claim period etc , should you get the claim refunded and the item still arrives you can pay the seller back.

[jerryman12a]

'postage' 

[1954terrymilitaria]

Yes, I contacted the seller on this issue and his bizzare reply was: " If the parcel misses the last plane then itt is shipped via sea mail" Has anyone ever heard of such a practice????

[putney32]

BS  absolutley rubbish.   there is no ''last plane'' if it misses today, it goes tomorrow.  there are very very few ships leaving Europe with freight to Australia so 4months + is most likely.

[zelly888]

If it misses the last plane? So what do they do over there,fill up a plane with mail once a year and then send it off?

[i-once-was-bump]

Isn't the Czech Republic land-locked?

If so, I wonder where the parcel gets on a ship and how does it get to a ship?

[phorum_junkie*]

If it is still less than 45 days just open a Paypal dispute and tell the seller you will wait a couple of weeks to escalate to a claim.

[putney32]

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@i-once-was-bump wrote:

Isn't the Czech Republic land-locked?

If so, I wonder where the parcel gets on a ship and how does it get to a ship?

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it would go by road to a port in Poland or Slovenia, or even perhaps Hamburg in Germany.  ... and then by ship, so 4 months would be quite quick actaully