I think eBay has shot themselves in the foot with this postage defect thing. I believe over time more and more sellers will opt for an extended handling time and give up their precious badge due to defects. Call it self preservation.Tracking shows that 2 items arrived yesterday to interstate buyers. Both arrived 5 days before the first estimate date!
I don't generally check tracking numbers unless there's an issue, but My Post notified me that both had arrived. About 4 weeks ago I started adding the ETA's to my sold items as a "note", just as a short term, 3 month study to see what happens. Once a tracked item is showing as delivered, the ETA disappears, so no way of checking. So far everything has arrived before the first estimate date. I was quite happy with yesterdays deliveries arriving 5 days before the first date!
I saw someone the other day had a handling time of 20 days. Probably a bit excessive, but if that's what stops them being defected off eBay for something that is totally out of their control, good luck to them! Interestingly, their feedback were all saying similar things. How impressed the buyers were that their item arrived well before the estimate.
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