Sellers may get help from AusPost in INR cases.

[Anonymous]

I heard something totally creepy the other day which set the cogs turning.

A good friend of ours mentioned that she had to make excuses and leave a mothers club

meeting because of a particular topic of discussion.

Some of these creatures were talking about going through ebay listings looking for sellers that

didn't offer Signature on Delivery, with a view to snapping up free items.

Such a shame that C & S dropped the $1.50 SOD but they do have $100 insurance cover
for only $1.00

If a buyer hits me with an INR case then an AusPost investigation should sort them out.

It would be way to either officially confirm item delivery or for me to get my money back.

[harley_babes_hoard]

They are pretty stupid then if they buy up big on the assumption that just because SOD or rego is not mentioned in a listing they are going to get free goods. I select Australia post standard shipping for my listings but that doesn't mean I send goods that way.

[amalan11]

I suspect sellers will be a lot quicker to put buyers on a blocked list with the new changes and also comunicate bettween themselves who the serial non recievers are ect

[beautysecretfashion]

It is coming up to Christmas which may see a spike in INR... traditional shoplifting season!!!

I do wonder how some people sleep at night... do they not have a conscious??

[wilk1149]

scum is scum and thieves are thieves. I was in Grote st antique market listening to two dealers asking each other if they did dummy (shill) bidding and then both justifying it because "you get what you want then". Sellers and buyers are both still people and there are people that quite frankly would be doing the world a favour if they were to take a long walk off a short pier.

[letscleanupmycupboards]

Trouble is that after 30 days, if an item was sent without any tracking it would be near impossible to get any info out of Australia post. After this happened to me a few years ago and I lost the case and PayPal refunded. Since then everything, and I mean everything, no exceptions, that I sell on eBay is sent SOD and insured, this is factored into postal or item costs. Not had any complaints or INR since then, and if I ever do, I'm covered.

And it's not so much that buyers can't be trusted, more so that Australia post cannot be.

[cmcoins2000]

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@wilk1149 wrote:
scum is scum and thieves are thieves. I was in Grote st antique market listening to two dealers asking each other if they did dummy (shill) bidding and then both justifying it because "you get what you want then". Sellers and buyers are both still people and there are people that quite frankly would be doing the world a favour if they were to take a long walk off a short pier.

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Or a short walk off a long pier.

There are always going to be those that try to cheat - sadly this impacts on those that don't & won't.

Still having great difficulty in imagineing how this money back guarantee - from eBay's side is going to play out.

If especially the buyer does not have to submit any proof at all - it's a no brainer.

eBay's terms & conditions state - the interest of both Seller & Buyer - looking forward to the making of final decisions.

Could be a final decision for most small sellers to get together - find ourselves our very own

[Anonymous]

As much as I would like to believe this will pan out as a reasonably level playing field

the doesn't appear any good financial reason for ebay to side with any sellers.

From what I understand the FVF will not be credited if a buyer wins so what possible

reason would ebay have to side with sellers. 

[Anonymous]

Ebay's reasoning for introducing changes in rules has always been laughable in a non-funny way.

Remember the justification for removing a seller's right to leave negative feedback.

"Buyers have indicated...."

For all we know 3 buyers planet wide were curled up in a foetal position as a result of being negged.

Quantification has never been ebay's strong suit.

They have used skewed surveys to justify changes.

As a buyer would you.

A. Want my money back if an item is not as described.

B. Want my money back if I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

C. Not want any money back under any circumstances.

[i-love-my-sheep]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Ebay's reasoning for introducing changes in rules has always been laughable in a non-funny way.

Remember the justification for removing a seller's right to leave negative feedback.

"Buyers have indicated...."

For all we know 3 buyers planet wide were curled up in a foetal position as a result of being negged.

Quantification has never been ebay's strong suit.

They have used skewed surveys to justify changes.

As a buyer would you.

A. Want my money back if an item is not as described.

B. Want my money back if I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

C. Not want any money back under any circumstances.

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D. Want my money back because I'm a slimy askhole who likes to rip people off and get away with it.

E. Have no accountability because the buyer is always right