Selling on eBay - Something smells - Am I just paranoid?

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In this case it is really a hotel where you rent an apartment. So short term stays generally. Not a mixed address.
I see.
 
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Why sell/buy on Chrono24 or Ebay when You have Omegaforums.net ?

While you may have a point, you still need to have 200 posts in order to have access to the Sales Forum. And to be crystal clear, I approve of this policy even if in my case it means that I'll have to wait a while. I've registered in 2012, and this is only my 134th post here. And I'm not about to post nonsense just to boost my total. So in the meantime I use other forums where I've been a bit more active... or eBay!
 
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If you are that worried, my advice would just be to send the buyer a cancellation request with apology and say you just noticed your item was damaged.
The buyer will have to accept, and you wont be charged anything.

But you’re liable to get a negative feedback…
 
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Same here. It was understandably born of Covid but it continues to this day. If it’s still policy due to Covid I don’t know why they offer it. It’s not that much of an irritation to me as my area doesn’t get many porch pirates that I hear of but if they are asking you if you want signature and paying extra for it strikes me as a bit off.

But does anyone know if the seller is covered if the buyer said he didnt get it, seller paid for signature, and the courier dumped it on the front porch?
 
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But does anyone know if the seller is covered if the buyer said he didnt get it, seller paid for signature, and the courier dumped it on the front porch?
If the tracking says delivered and the buyer claims they did not receive it, eBay (same with PayPal G&S) will require the buyer to file and provide a police report. Several years ago I, as the buyer, had to do this. Both the seller and myself were protected by eBay as the seller fulfilled their obligated duties and I was the victim of theft.
 
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Just wanted to round this off by saying thank you to all the forum members here that took the time to respond.
Most welcomed and appreciate all the feedback received. 👍
 
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But does anyone know if the seller is covered if the buyer said he didnt get it, seller paid for signature, and the courier dumped it on the front porch?
The delivery driver just scribbles something in the signature box and when questioned Just answers “that’s what the person at the door wrote” and who is going to go through the trouble of proving otherwise? The delivery company? eBay? PayPal? I really doubt it.
 
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The delivery driver just scribbles something in the signature box and when questioned Just answers “that’s what the person at the door wrote” and who is going to go through the trouble of proving otherwise? The delivery company? eBay? PayPal? I really doubt it.

I sent a give to my Mother for Xmas... it did not arrive and the POD signature was a flat line. They have CCTV/we complained and advised it had not been delivered. A few days after Xmas a mystery person arrived at the door and handed her the parcel. They did not even ask for a signature....
Sometimes if you stick to your guns the lord does help those who look after themselves :0)