Just got a defect for an item sold back in Sept last year

[outback_blends]

Just wondering if anyone else has had this. 

Sold an item last Sept. Buyer says didnt get it (Small item no tracking) and I refunded. I just got an email saying I have been hit today with a defect for out of stock for that transaction. 

 I refunded using paypal (not ebay) ...again only a few dollars so  no big deal. I now have my first defect. I am never out of stock for this item ....its one of my best sellers and even if I had refunded using ebay I know better than to pick out of stock as a result.

Anyhoo I am off to chat with ebay about this but wanted to know if anyone else has been pinged by ebay 7 months after a sale ? 

[*tippy*toes*]

That sounds ridiculous! There have been a few glitches of late, hopefully this is just another to add to the list. Please let us know what happens!

[outback_blends]

Just downloaded the report ...makes interesting reading hehehe

Transaction date and time 15 Sep, 2017 07:11:59 AEST

Payment cleared date and time  31 Dec, 1969 17:00:00 AEST

[the_wondering_turtle]

Same thing just happend to me with an item I sold in September as well.

[joztamps]

Ditto me with one in March; I refunded through paypal, not ebay, and by arrangement with the buyer marked it as sent (I gave him one of the 4 items, plus a refund of the payment for all 4, because I damaged the other 3 while packing them).
So ebay actually has no way of knowing there was a problem UNLESS it is robotically treating paypal refunds as proof of seller-initiated cancellation.

[whiznumber6]

Same here - a breathless e-mail urging me to check out my defects.

 

There's two - one in June last year, one in Feb this years. 0.35%, still top-rated.

[raregamesandtechau]

I got two emails. One titled "<Name>, you’ve received your first transaction defect" and the other "<Name>, you’ve received a number of transaction defects" two minutes apart. Except I have no defects at all in my dashboard. 

The last ones I had were well over one year ago for items sent overseas that arrived late, and were all resolved amicably. So no idea what triggered it or what's going on.

[collect247]

Hahahaha lol I just received my defects notice as well and they're from 3 years ago and I don't even sell anymore.

Ebay might have been hijacked again lol

[enigmabear]

Buyers have up to 30 days to open a dispute .............................................

Ebay has an infinite amount of time to make up cocky c**p

[whiznumber6]

(sigh) And on another thread, there's already someone claiming it's a "spoof" e-mail because there's nothing in their "Messages" folder...