what to do when buyer supplies incomplete address

Australia Post returned a package to me and it said that I needed a business name. The address given by the buyer didn't supply this and it is a massive building/transit centre. 

 

I have contacted the buyer asking for a business name and they just gave me the same address details and nothing else. 

 

If I go to cancel the sale I have to refund the entire amount with the original postage cost. If I decide to resend I have to pay the postage again. 

 

What do others do in this situation? To be honest I don't even want to deal with them anymore. Australia Post could have also charged me the return fee but didn't. 

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I'd send them a PayPal invoice for the postage (which you will have to pay again if you post it). In the notes I'd mention that further address details will need to be provided or risk having the parcel returned (again).

At this stage they may not even pay. If you refund their monies in total you'll earn yourself an eBay defect and you'll be out of pocket

Whatever happens you have proof of original postage  I'd photograph the parcel with the address & the scribbles for the return to use as evidence if they get nasty & leave a neg or refuse to pay postage.

 

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i'd have thought you would put

 

to joe bloggs

C/O the adress you were given.

the place should have an office of some kind that recieves mail.

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or, if you have the address try googling it see what business is at that address

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If it was sent with tracking then I wouldn't do anything for now other than supply the buyer with the information given to you by AP. If it has the reason for return on the parcel or in a note send them a pic so they can clearly see what is required.

 

If they don't sort it out and pay for another lot of posting I would waiit and see if they open a dispute, if they do so through ebay then I would ring using the call back service and explain what has happened and ask ebaywhat you should do as you do not think you should have to refund in full because the seller has given an undeliverable address.

 

If they don't open a dispute I would wait a while (until the ebay route times out) and then just refund them the item price less any fees.  As long as you sent with tracking you should be alright if they open a belated Paypal dispute.

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If you wanted to try and complete the transaction... I'd message them once, clarify that the address provided is identical to the original, which Australia Post have deemed incomplete and undeliverable, request the specific details required (eg floor / level, name of the business trading at that location, just in case they misunderstood the phrase "business name"), notify that an invoice for the postage to resend the package will be sent to the email address used for the original payment, then say that unless both payment and these details are supplied by X date, unfortunately you won't have the necessary information etc to ensure successful delivery so will have to cancel the order and issue a refund (less expenses thus far incurred). 

 

It puts the ball in their court plus provides a time limit for a clear action to take if they don't supply what is required for successful delivery - the main problems would be is they only provided one or the other, i.e complete address but no payment, or vice versa. 

 

If you didn't want to complete the transaction, I'd leave out the attempts to do so and just explain that unfortunately, the transaction can not be completed due to lack of information provided, and a refund (less expenses incurred) will be issued. (The reality is, it's not that different to a change of mind return, so I would essentially treat it in a similar way). 

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thanks everyone for the advice. 

 

 

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Am I late to the party?

 

Why can't you cancel and refund because there was a problem with

the buyers address?

 

No defect there

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There's always one person that's late to the party. I never expected that person to be you! run for the hills.gif

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