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| tom66:
--- Quote from: PlainName on February 28, 2023, 11:07:32 am ---I thought Ebay would be harder to fix since I'd have to prove the postage was short, and Royal Mail doesn't normally provide receipts or similar that would make it easy. We will no doubt find out soon :) --- End quote --- Pay by card (keeping the receipt) and keep the "overdue postage" notification card. Should be enough. |
| PlainName:
The problem is relating the card to the item. The package might have a sticker on, though, and that might be enough. |
| PlainName:
Turns out to be not a scam. Well, not aimed at me, anyway. Some time ago I ordered an Ebay item which was pretty flat. It never arrived and the vendor said they'd shipped it first class post as a large letter. I eventually got a refund and, surprise, this is what the item requiring a fee to be paid was. I asked what the problem was with it and the chap said it was too big. It's one of those grey plastic post bags and on returning home I measured it and found it to be exactly the right size for large letter. Not a surprise, really, since it's designed for Royal Mail's shipping sizes. Anyway, the postage was paid with a first class stamp, which I figure to be worth 68p instead of the £1.05 a large letter requires. I've now offered to ship it back to the vendor at their cost. (I had to replace it, of course, and found a different source at a fifth of the price, so it's no use to me now anyway.) |
| PlainName:
Duh! Vendor was rather passive aggressive in reply, making out I'd done him out of his money. If he'd just put the right postage on in the first place... Kind of making me feel I shouldn't've let him know why his item appeared lost, and quietly keep it instead of offering to send it back. |
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