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@englishrosegardens wrote:

If people put the tracking numbers on ebay it'd deter a lot of scammers because they can see it and know it's in the system.  Yes, it takes time to do it but I'd much rather spend a few seconds entering the number in the system than waste hours trying to defend a case later on.  Tracking numbers are a deterrent and insurance, but only if used properly. 

 

I also believe entering the tracking number as soon as an item is posted creates goodwill between the seller and buyer, and I'd do it for that reason alone.  I get annoyed when sellers leave me wondering what's going on and I'm not likely to leave as good a feedback as I otherwise would have when the goods arrive.

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I disagree.

I don't add any tracking numbers to ebay or paypal for a few reasons.

1 it's too time consuming
2. because it cuts down on scammers.

As we sellers know sometimes australia post are a bit slack it updating their tracking. I have in cases checked on items and found they never update as delivered. (have a few at the moment) so if buyer was a scammer and was to be tracking this they could very well say the item is not received when in fact it most probably has been. I do keep all the receipts so if there is ever a problem I then track it myself first and then supply the buyer the number.