09-12-2019 11:53 AM
Has anyone else encountered the problem I have, which is that I was notified that my item was tracked and delivered to the nominated Collect+ shop but they appear to have "lost" the item. I went to collect it and they could not find it, at which time the manager was not helpful at all and said (quote) "I cannot explain why".
An 'item not received' case had previously been opened as the item did not arrive and there was no communication from the seller when I contacted them. When I opened the case I had requested 'Refund', but at the deadline for escalating the case the seller apparently sent out the item instead, and it was tracked/delivered to the collection point. I would have preferred a refund but decided to give the seller a chance, so I tried to collect the parcel but to no avail. I even went back to the shop a few days later to see if my item could be found (thinking it may have been tucked away underneath a larger package or something), but again the shop assistant searched and could not find it.
In the meantime of course, eBay had closed the case as the item was marked as delivered! But I wanted to know what I should do next as there does not seem to be any suitable Option to click when I tried to sort this out on the eBay Help pages. I am rather confused and frustrated, and don't know what to do or how I stand in this matter. I would appreciate any advice from the Community on this! Thank you 🙂
Why anyone uses this stupid risky scheme I don't know. If you can't be in for a delivery, all you need do is arrange for delivery to a Friend, Relative or Neighbour. It is simple enough, before paying you change the delivery address on the paypal payment.
Click & Collect involves far too many points at which Human error can occur. Seller sends to Store, Store tells Ebay it has been recived, Ebay sends you the buyer the Code to Collect. You then have 7 days to collect.
An innefficient and slow system with every day a number of buyers losing their money, and that is only based on those who come to the Answer Centre.