You know what I find annoying about some sellers?

[daro2096]

The fact they take several days to ship items I have bought from them. Me, when I sell something I drop it off at the post office the same day a buyer pays if there is time or I pay to have it collected by the postie the next morning. Why do some sellers on eBay take 2 or 3 days?

Even more annoying is the seller is on holiday and hasn't told eBay.

Do sellers not realise they can go to the Royal Mail's website and pay for postage and even have the postie turn up with the shipping label or that they can take the parcel to the post office with a QR code and the post office can print out the shipping label for you?

Why take so long? Especially private sellers where you don't get your money until 2 days after delivery?

[*devils.advocate*]

My interpretation of the OP's post is that he/she refers to all sellers - not just Private Sellers.

Yes, they put emphasis on Private Sellers (..... Why take so long? Especially private sellers .....) but not to the exclusion of all others.

So any comments, made in posts on this thread, are equally pertinent to both private and business sellers.

Simple Delivery is a watershed moment for eBay - this will either work or, as with other historical forays into postal arrangements, it'll be disastrous.

SD will affect all sellers because, IMHO, genuine private sellers/buyers will either disappear or if they do actually manage to sell anything, they'll take the money and spend it elsewhere - not on eBay as eBay thinks.

And it won't solve business sellers problems of competing against the pseudo-private chancers.

IMHO, SD will just make things worse for everyone.

[thesmi42]

What strikes me as a odd about this is that the feedback you have left for others does not seem to reflect the problems you have reported here.

Am I missing something?

[kath3735_wxmjn]

no mention i notice of all the complaints by sellers of buyers bad behaviours!   

[dch2112011]

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@kath3735_wxmjn wrote:

no mention i notice of all the complaints by sellers of buyers bad behaviours!   

This thread concerns a buyer posting that sellers dispatch late, do not notify of holiday periods and do not dispatch particularly private sellers 

Please explain why I need to post about poor buyers ?  This is completely irrelevant and off subject  

If you want to open a thread concerning poor buying practices I will happily contribute .

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[magpiecorner1]

I'm a longtime business seller and offer two day despatch - because eBay is mad!  I've seen second class postage being touted as arriving next day - when next day is a Sunday.

One has to work around a system that doesn't work well - we post same day or next day, if the item is paid after 2.30 pm, but we very often don't mark it as paid until the last day eBay states for despatch.

Crazy  - yes!  Protecting from defects - absolutely yes!

Add to that perhaps these people are working, or waiting for others to do the post office run for them?  

One of the great pleasures in life is the anticipation, the patient wait for things. 

[dch2112011]

As a business we post same day and the dispatch is updated by API - if the delivery is late because the API shows dispatched on time any defects are automatically removed - 

Do your defects stay because you manually update the dispatch time ?

With regards to buyers expectations of a quick dispatch this is the norm online for many reasons -

Not only quick delivery but reassurance that a buyer is going to get their goods.

[jefftopman]

I  paid for Royal Mail next day delivery at a premium price since that is what seller advertised. They then take 3 days to post. What is wrong with those sellers. By the way items were small parcels priced under £150 so tracked 48 for a third of the price, posted in a timely manner would have achieved the same result.

[dch2112011]

Apparently they have 'busy lives'  !

[daro2096]

If I send a message asking seller what is happening and I don't get a reply then yes I will open a not received case.

[daro2096]

I have shaky hands. I don't have the money to buy a better camera and I don't have the money for a proper photo related stuff. I am only a private seller. I haven't got several thousands of pounds spare to buy the latest SLR digital camera.

[daro2096]

Okay, I suppose that is your choice. I would have no intention of buying anything from you.

[daro2096]

I had that happen to me too in the past. Paid extra for faster delivery but seller took 4 days to post the item. Might as well have not bothered. And yes, I was in a hurry for that item as it was a birthday present for a family member. Had to buy something else as it wouldn't have arrived in time.