Attn eBay sellers:

Bob Loblaw · Mar 28, 2012

When you ship a $90 card... buy delivery confirmation.

...received one yesterday in a simple bubble envelope w/ no confirmation. I have to believe that at least 20% of the eBayers I come across would open a Paypal claim immediately as "not received"...

jbhofmann · Mar 28, 2012

Attn eBay buyers: Don't send cash in an envelope. I had a buyer do this for a +$50 card last week.

bigpops65 · Mar 28, 2012

Bob Loblaw said:
When you ship a $90 card... buy delivery confirmation.

...received one yesterday in a simple bubble envelope w/ no confirmation. I have to believe that at least 20% of the eBayers I come across would open a Paypal claim immediately as "not received"...

If you are an eBay seller and not using DC on everything, you are nuts. Too many bad people out there. Especially when it is such a minimal cost when printing your own labels.

Bob Loblaw · Mar 28, 2012

The "dad" side of me wants to teach this guy a lesson, open a claim, then close it a few hours later and advise him that if I was unethical, I'd get my money back. From now on, use DC!

cmnkb8 · Mar 28, 2012

bigpops65 said:
Bob Loblaw said:

When you ship a $90 card... buy delivery confirmation.

...received one yesterday in a simple bubble envelope w/ no confirmation. I have to believe that at least 20% of the eBayers I come across would open a Paypal claim immediately as "not received"...

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If you are an eBay seller and not using DC on everything, you are nuts. Too many bad people out there. Especially when it is such a minimal cost when printing your own labels.

I use DC on everything as a seller (even $1 cards, just for peace of mind for both parties), but as a buyer I'm surprised by the amount of sellers that DON'T use DC, even for mid-high end sales ($50-$80). Some will even insure the packages, but not buy tracking. Go figure.

BowmanChromeAddict · Mar 28, 2012

Call me lazy, or call me smart, but no matter what the card, I always ship with DC. Even the cheap stuff. I'd rather not write out a label or stick on stamps and I certainly have no desire to actually set foot in a Post Office, it's just so much easier to print out a label through ebay/paypal.

gt2590 · Mar 28, 2012

BowmanChromeAddict said:
Call me lazy, or call me smart, but no matter what the card, I always ship with DC. Even the cheap stuff. I'd rather not write out a label or stick on stamps and I certainly have no desire to actually set foot in a Post Office, it's just so much easier to print out a label through ebay/paypal.

But Sadsburyville is SOOOOO efficient... :lol:

and yeah, I preach so much about PP shipping I feel I should get a cut from them. :lol:

Pine Tar · Mar 28, 2012

ATTN EBAY BUYERS:

You got what you bought. But I'm sure some of them would love to claim they did not. :benson:

PeteD · Mar 28, 2012

jbhofmann said:
Attn eBay buyers: Don't send cash in an envelope. I had a buyer do this for a +$50 card last week.

hahaha...aw the good 'ole days when i started on Ebay, and 1/3 of my payments came in the mail in the form of cash. I think the most was in the $40-$50 range if i remember right. You'd also get those coins, hopefully taped to something not loose.

FrostyCollects · Mar 28, 2012

Because I collect uniquely-numbered cards, I always ask the seller to use delivery confirmation both in Paypal payment and eBay messages. Such cards can't be replaced.

One seller chose to ignore my request and sent me the 09 Americana Hollywood Legends Super Stars jumbo swatch of Edward G Robinson #ed 1/1 unprotected in a bubble mailer...no top loader...no reinforcement of any kind...and she did not use delivery confirmation. I paid $275 for it...can you believe that? Miraculously, it arrived damage-free.

Some sellers just don't...care. ::facepalm::

thefatguy · Mar 28, 2012

I can't
I live in Canada

WaxPax · Mar 28, 2012

Some sellers just want to do things on the cheap and not pay the DC fee...Could be a tough lesson to be learned....Not only do I DC everything as well, anything +$25 gets insured up to the top of the insurance fee tier. Meaning a $25 card cost the same as a $49.99 card to insure, so I insure it for the $49.99 amount...

agentjak · Mar 28, 2012

Bob Loblaw said:
When you ship a $90 card... buy delivery confirmation.

...received one yesterday in a simple bubble envelope w/ no confirmation. I have to believe that at least 20% of the eBayers I come across would open a Paypal claim immediately as "not received"...

...............I can top this one just recently as well..Got one about 3 weeks ago that I got for alittle over $3 bills, couldnt believe it when it arrived with no DC#, no signature confirmation, no insurance..Nothing..just cant believe any seller wouldnt protect themselves in someway..For me, what a complete idiot for him doing so!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

vwnut13 · Mar 28, 2012

WaxPax said:
Some sellers just want to do things on the cheap and not pay the DC fee...Could be a tough lesson to be learned....Not only do I DC everything as well, anything +$25 gets insured up to the top of the insurance fee tier. Meaning a $25 card cost the same as a $49.99 card to insure, so I insure it for the $49.99 amount...

The problem is, people that use bubble mailers but don't use DC may be paying MORE than those that do!

If you go to the Post Office, you will pay $1.95 for a three ounce bubble mailer, and $0.75 for DC. Paypal Shipping with DC is $1.64

$1.64 > $2.70

thefatguy · Mar 28, 2012

vwnut13 said:
WaxPax said:

Some sellers just want to do things on the cheap and not pay the DC fee...Could be a tough lesson to be learned....Not only do I DC everything as well, anything +$25 gets insured up to the top of the insurance fee tier. Meaning a $25 card cost the same as a $49.99 card to insure, so I insure it for the $49.99 amount...

Click to expand...

The problem is, people that use bubble mailers but don't use DC may be paying MORE than those that do!

If you go to the Post Office, you will pay $1.95 for a three ounce bubble mailer, and $0.75 for DC. Paypal Shipping with DC is $1.64

$1.64 > $2.70

Really
I think $1.64 < $2.70

loftlife · Mar 28, 2012

To this may I add, seller it is best to buy insurance on cards at $100 or more... seems those sent w/o ins tend to have damage claims and other assorted issues that w/ insurance (for what ever reason) seems to eliminate.

trolea1234 · Mar 28, 2012

A while back, I got a card in, was mailed with DC, but weeks later and even later then that, if you checked to see if it had been delivered, it still said it was leaving so an so. I could've filed a claim if I was shady, but I left feedback. I started to msg the seller and tell him he was lucky the card went to someone honest.

goldenegg1 · Mar 28, 2012

I once had a guy send 4 $100 bills in an envelope from Japan.

ChasHawk · Mar 28, 2012

WaxPax said:
Some sellers just want to do things on the cheap and not pay the DC fee...Could be a tough lesson to be learned....Not only do I DC everything as well, anything +$25 gets insured up to the top of the insurance fee tier. Meaning a $25 card cost the same as a $49.99 card to insure, so I insure it for the $49.99 amount...

It's free... ::facepalm:: :lol:

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