Thank you for the clarification.

I and several others I know have been having trouble with selling items.

Prior to Paypal we almost never lost an item.

Nowadays we are suffering 10% non paying buyers. (I an understand an ocasional mistake but 10 perent?????

With losses in postage it never used to happen. Then introduce paypal and all a dishonest buyer needs to do is make a claim, provide no proof and you stand a good chance of getting the item and a full refund of your money. Maybe I should start doing it as it is more profitable and easier than selling.

The reent show on A Current Affair showed items being scooped from couriers and Aussie Post even before the deliverer left the scene.

It opened my eyes even wider than what they were already.

As I have said elsewhere I have had $1,000 of goods "disappear in the system" despite tracking numbers. registration or lack of scanning through the system.

I still know of three registered items that are lost in the system since May and All aussie post offered was 36 dollars reimbursement for postage. It has closed one trader down who was turning over Three K a month.

And one of those items went to an employee of Australia Post and was not scanned at the postal centre where he works, not signed for as a registered item and is the third known "lost item" at that address.

A search of the images of his home shows his unit door is clearly visible from a very busy road and has no obvious place for a safe drop.

So yes he is blocked now, by me and six friends.

And regarding items left on doorsteps etc. most contractors do not scan them so they can "disappear into the ether. "

Or should we discuss the person who made five claims for one item not delivered despite the fact we had a copy of the run sheet with his distinctive signature from Aus Post contractor as this was the fourth time he had tried the same deal on ???????

Yes I use my rights to block bidders nowadays.