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?

[daro2096]

It seems I have touched some raw nerves here.

Maybes, this is just me but when someone pays me for something I don't hang about. Taking a week or more to post something feels wrong to me.

[jckl1957]

You seem surprised by the responses.

However, your opening post does say 'Why do some sellers on eBay take 2 or 3 days [to  post]?'

Now you say 'taking a week or more to post seems wrong ...'.

If you had put that in your opening post, my guess would be that most private sellers would say , 'Yes, that is unreasonable' because it is.

[susapric-68]

Very rare for anyone to take a week to post even if they have it set at that. I have 10 days dispatch but send every 24-48hrs. Like it or not people race the postie to open none received cases. I had an order Thurs evening and sent Fri 2nd class, Sunday evening they sent a message demanding to know why it was not with them and they would be opening a claim if not there in the next 2 days. I just cat and pasted back the est delivery time they had been given. Tracking shows it arrived the next day (Monday). If you're in a rush then check delivery dates before ordering or send a message to seller asking if they can get it out sooner. Maybe you have the time to send daily. PO on the way to the pub?

[moonlight-rhapsody]

"Let's face it we've all become a bit spoilt in recent years since online ordering & t'internet became a huge thing...I remember going back 30 years when you used to have to order videos/cassettes from Britannia music's catalogue by sending off a cheque,waiting for the cheque to clear etc etc...sometimes you'd be waiting 4 or 5 weeks for something to get delivered...crazy when you think about it now."

Indeed!  So why *shouldn't* we all expect to receive the parcel before it's been posted, as ebay now tells us private sellers are able to do - it's the logical progression!

[crn303]

Totally agree 100% with your comments.

[akemp1]

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@jckl1957 wrote:

However, your opening post does say 'Why do some sellers on eBay take 2 or 3 days [to  post]?'

Now you say 'taking a week or more to post seems wrong ...'.

If you had put that in your opening post, my guess would be that most private sellers would say , 'Yes, that is unreasonable' because it is.

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Yeah that was an attempt to change the goalposts of the debate.

Private sellers sometimes get busy as this is not their job and they can have other limitations in their lives they so sometimes so takes an extra day or two (especially when the order is placed just before midnight so are already on day 2 upon becoming aware of it).

There's no hitting a raw nerve it's just a fact of how life is for people so barely worth debating except to inform people that might not understand that as their life is so empty they never get busy. It's different for a business which should be planning/paying for people to be regularly available to respond to an anticipated rate of order flow. Private sellers don't get paid a wage and are not selling a service they only recover the residual value of the item (often at a loss) so have to fit things in where they can.

That's completely different to having to wait a week for dispatch which I think everyone would agree is unreasonable unless the seller is unexpectedly very ill or had an active holiday notification.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

why not?  That is why there is a facility for doing just that!

[kath3735_wxmjn]

just because it 'feels wrong to you' does not make it wrong to others.  It all depends on what the seller has stated as the despatch time.   I personally always had a two day despatch and kept to it (the one time i was a day late i sent it 1st class and e mailed the buyer to let them know).   Other people have longer, it is up to the buyer if they are willing to wait.  As a buyer i never even bother looking unless i need something within a couple of weeks.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

i bought something from Ama on yesterday and they said delivery would be saturday (i chose free postage of course!!!), i was happy with that, it is arriving today.   They just cover themselves in case their is a problem somewhere down the line, something most people do.

[fantailsforme]

When a seller lists a item on auction for 7 - 10 days there is no telling what can happen to that person during that time.

i.e.  A few years ago, I had the most awful pain deep in my back.  I went to A & E, had an x-ray, and was asked if I had ever fractured my spine before!  That was the last I saw of the outside world for 11 days.  On the day I went in I knew  an auction of mine was ending that evening with a bid and I was frantic because I have a desk top computer and my other half at the time did not know how to even switch it on let alone how to navigate towards eBay.  As soon as I got home, I was on that computer.  It was a magazine that I sold and the lady in America was luckily very understanding and she still wanted to proceed with the sale and when it did eventually arrive, she left positive feedback.

Thank heaven for people like her.