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Hello Penny,
Thank you for your in-sights, I did not really know how this Carrier Late Shipment defect was generated, so thank you.
In my case where there have been so many shipment defects recently whilst i had holiday settings enabled,surely with just the click of a button ebay could easily cross reference this information and update it in-line with a sellerโs holiday settings to avoid this mess ? Or am I assuming too much here ?
As I stated, and as ebay requested, i submitted all the late shipment defect details to them so they could investigate and rectify these unfair defects before degrading my top seller rating.
This did not transpire, unfortunately for me.
However Penny, I do still hold AP as much to blame in this matter.
In my experience, AP is still the most inefficient and incompetent carrier.
I ALWAYS send SOD Registered Post within Australia,as per ebay requirements for tracking, and occasionally this tracking works.
BUT, have you ever checked your tracked items during and or after delivery ? The information listed is Spartan to say the least, and never shows the scanned in date after delivery.NO proof of postage for the seller if a problem arises.
I have had this problem with ebay many times in the past, AP tracking more often than not only shows the day before delivery and the day of delivery.
More often than not it does not show when an item was โscanned inโ, which is how ebay determines the day of posting.
One case where AP took three weeks to deliver a small parcel from Sydney to Melbourne, and the AP tracking only shows day before and day of delivery.As requested by ebay to prove date of postage, I provided ebay with the Post Office receipts clearly showing date of postage and payment, including the buyerโs postcode, etc. I also provided the official AP handwritten consignment note with the buyerโs name, address and date of posting with an official AP date stamp, and this still would not suffice. Ebayโs answer ? This was still NO proof of posting, they were only interested to know when it was scanned in. AND, they wanted ME to tell them when this was ? Huh ?? What am I , APโs yes man ?
Why do we even still bother, let the defects fall where they may is what is happening, and I am sorry to say they will continue to add up.
The point here is that AP does not really track an item efficiently, they scan items out, and then get signatures on delivery, they should not call it tracking unless they scan items in first, and make this information available to all that require it.
If they do scan an item in, it never shows after delivery (why not ?), and as you stated, this is how ebay determines the date of postage.
The fact that a buyer is allowed to be asked if their item was delivered on time is an arbitrary piece of information, as you will see from the case I stated in my first post. This is not an indication of anything really,(expect maybe the incompetence of the carrier) and often leads to more unjustified transaction defects.(for the record, I always tick yes for delivery on time on items I purchase. Why spoil another sellerโs day for no good reason ? We all live in an imperfect world, thankfully)
Efficient and Trackable Tracking is all that is required, yes?
Why doesnโt ebay assist us, canโt they see that we have serious concerns ? Do they care ? How hard can it be to fix this issue ?
We all have more important things to worry about.
If I was to allow myself to become cynical, I would surmise it was being done on purpose, but I wonโt go there 
Now, let me go back and count how many more late shipment defects I have received today, ha..
Honestly, I am at a loss to find some sense, let alone some justice in this flawed system of assessing a sellerโs performance standards.
