What should i do???

[Yankees1218]

I sold something to someone on ebay and after they paid, i sent with DC, but someone in my family threw out the DC ### ::facepalm:: .

Its been 13 days and the buyer now says he never got it. I have no way of knowing for sure.

What should i do?

 

[Halonut]

the dc# should be listed on your receipt as well

 

[Yankees1218]

I know.... Lost it... ::facepalm:: ::facepalm:: ::facepalm:: ::facepalm:: ::facepalm::


Also went to the PO and they said they dont keep any records.

 

[jeffmu]

If your PO is like the one I frequent the DC's are consecutively numbered, if I recall correctly all #'s are the same except for the last 4 (I actually just checked a stack of 25 I have and that is accurate), not knowing how busy your PO is, it might be worth while to run down and grab one and start entering #'s , assuming you have the address to where it was sent still, you'll have 9999 possible combinations, but may be worth it, just a thought.

 

[Erich]

I sold something to someone on ebay and after they paid, i sent with DC, but someone in my family threw out the DC ### ::facepalm:: .

Its been 13 days and the buyer now says he never got it. I have no way of knowing for sure.

What should i do?

This is just another reason to use Ebay/Paypal shipping. It is all electronic and the buyer gets a email with the DC number. Plus DC is only 19 cents not the 75 or so you paid.

 

[ee10]

If your PO is like the one I frequent the DC's are consecutively numbered, if I recall correctly all #'s are the same except for the last 4 (I actually just checked a stack of 25 I have and that is accurate), not knowing how busy your PO is, it might be worth while to run down and grab one and start entering #'s , assuming you have the address to where it was sent still, you'll have 9999 possible combinations, but may be worth it, just a thought.

This is what I would do as well, especially if it's a high dollar item that's worth the hassle.

 

[Adamsince1981]

Edit the title of the thread to "What should I have done?".

Answer: Dont throw important stuff away!

 

[bigpapiMA32]

If you aren't using paypal shipping I'm pretty sure you can still add a tracking number on eBay.

As for this situation, how much money? You might just have to bite the bullet on this one.

 

[CollectorsCorner]

start using paypal shipping

 

[ThoseBackPages]

refund the buyer

 

[matchpenalty]

keep track of your DC slips

 

[blanning71]

refund the buyer

Unfortunately, this appears to be the only thing you can do unless you can work out another solution with the buyer. And as others have stated, PLEASE keep your receipts and DC#'s so you don't have this situation again.

 

[Yankees1218]

Yeah, i just told him that if he doesn't recieve it by friday, i will refund him the $$$.

 

[MacK]

If you can nearly completely pinpoint when you went to the Post Office, they might be nice enough to go through their records and print you off another copy of a receipt.

I'm good friends with the Post Office workers here, so they did it for me no problem, as I knew exactly when I came in, but they might not for you, I don't know. But if you know when you shipped them (the hour, too), it doesn't hurt to ask.

 

[Pine Tar]

If you go to the PO and send it out DC, you can come home and enter that number in the item you sold
that way you have it for situations like this. There is a spot on the listing at the end of the auction where it says
show this item shipped. and then you can add the tracking info.