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@mbselections00 wrote:

Your comments just reminded me of something else I have complained to eBay about.  Yep, I buy too (from Chinese Sellers) and it would appear several of them somehow have a programme whereby, the instant you pay they leave you positive Feedback (I get that can be automatic) BUT ALSO your item is posted at the very same time - REALLY !!  Another load of BS the protected ones get away with.  I have never had a response from eBay regarding this matter - no doubt still in the too hard basket - in other words - there's no cut and paste response !! Hahahaha

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You are absolutely right about the being marked as posted thing. I bought some mineral specimens from China last week and 2 days after the order was marked as posted, the seller contacted me and said one of them had accidentally been listed twice. They asked if I would be happy with a similar one, which they sent me a photo, or they would cancel if I wasn't happy to have a similar one. I said I'd be happy with the similar one as it was just as nice as the one I'd bought.

I wondered after how they could mark the order as posted, then message me 2 days later about an item! I thought at first maybe they had in fact posted and would send the other one separately, but then it dawned on me that it hadn't actually been sent, despite already having a tracking number. Very sneaky!