Item not Received-buyer won appeal, what now?

Hi guys, your advice gratefully received on this one

item sent, tracking uploaded, all good until buyer said INR as item was left outside a non-existent house number by Evri. Buyer Opened INR which eBay found in my favour as I’d followed their processes. Buyer then appealed and I heard yesterday eBay reversed their decision and refunded buyer the £39.99 from my account. 

what should I do now? 

Thank you

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Item not Received-buyer won appeal, what now?

Can you make a claim for the item through Evri?

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Should I go through the appeal process first or straight to EVRI
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arkwebus
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There's nothing you can do through eBay.  All you can do is pursue evri.  They have a poor reputation and had practically non existent customer service.  

 

[Normally if a seller can show delivery "to anywhere" by the tracking - as happened initially here - then they win the case.  From the buyer's perspective - and natural justice if you will - the final outcome was encouraging]. Please let us know if you get any money back from evri.

@splash1038 

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Call CS. Tell them that the case was initially in your favour. If you bought a postage label on Ebay, also tell them that too.

They may decide to refund you as well as the buyer.

eBay Customer Service

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You say natural justice - but we know nothing about the actuality of the case. 99% of the time these 'OMG WHERE IS MY ITEM SAYS DELIVERED BUT IT ISNT I WANT INTERPOL AND THE UNITED NATIONS NOW' buyers 'find' the item at a neighbours or similar a few days later - I know I have (though can assure you I never demanded UN intervention). Now the buyer may very well have the item and a refund.

 

It is also, very unlike eBay...

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This is why ( imo) the system does NOT work. 

Once " simple delivery/ managed shipping"  AND " funds held until AFTER delivery" comes into play Sellers are at the mercy of x...y...z...!  

 

I am so sorry for both buyer and seller in scenarios like this, it is unfair, unscrupulous and daylight robbery! 

 

One of the reasons I have never used Evri and never will. Plus for the above reasons and some, will not continue on this platform. It is becoming a liability, stressful and lacks integrity on so many levels. 

 

I would fight this and claim from Evri but also put in a complaint to eBay as they are now removing goalposts again! 

 

 

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rjwilmsi
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@splash1038 

What I would do here depends on what you think the tracking really shows: does the tracking look accurate i.e. GPS location is close to buyer's address, does the photo shows the correct parcel, the photo doesn't have clear evidence of delivery to wrong address (e.g. a photo outside a door of completely different colour to buyer's - check on Google street view etc.), the item was delivered on time or not excessively late? If it all looks good then you can't claim for loss from Evri, so you appeal to eBay to be covered by their seller protection - you should not be out of pocket for INR if tracking is all good.

 

If the tracking looks problematic e.g. GPS location is not very close, or photo clearly shows delivery to wrong address/wrong street, then you have evidence of misdelivery so claim from courier. If you purchased label via eBay then you have to claim from Packlink and not Evri. Bear in mind: 1) Packlink are utterly useless and will be as unhelpful as possible 2) the compensation limit is normally £20 and the excluded items list is very long. So before any claim to Packlink check if your item is actually covered and decide how much time you are willing to spend on a claim.

 

In my view, in future, if you want a courier who provides a working claim process then don't use Packlink or Evri (or Yodel).

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If you used eBay labels for postage - go to eBay...as Evri will not help as the postage went through eBay. 

If Evri direct - yes, claim from Evri. 

 

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Had the same thing happen to me, well was delivered to the place, pictures match evri & google maps though ( door was even open for gods sake with hand holding parcel ) and GPS to prove it as well

 

They try luck at INR and lose, then appeal decision and win.

I was fuming to say the least, thought try the appeal first, then if that failed CS call early morning to get ( hopefully ) through to ireland.

My appeal was found in my favour and the money was taken from the dishonest buyer

So might be worth you trying the samething

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