@rocket2retro wrote:
The majority of sellers will have extended their handling time.
From the buyer's perspective, when deciding to buy something on eBay, the delivery times now appear a lot slower than they were in the past for this very reason.
Personally I would prefer that eBay require sellers to post an item within a certain timeframe (rather than asking sellers to guarantee something that is totally out off their hands).
I think you are exactly right. It would make a lot more sense to ask sellers to opt into a system where all they had to do was guarantee an item was sent by registered post within a certain time frame. That would be in the seller's control.
And I think it would be a winner with buyers too. The ads would only need to say something along the lines of guaranteed postage and on its way to you within 48 hours.
I buy occasionally from ebay and have found postage times aren't generally an issue, most Australian purchases arrive fairly quickly so most sellers are already sending things off promptly.
