jckl1957
Experienced Mentor

To be honest, yours is quite an unusual complaint - normally, it's another carrier who gets a lot of flak for delivering damaged items.

So, first of all, have a think about how you package items.  Be honest with yourself and ask if any of the fault lies with you.

I always think that, if a parcel is going to stand being thrown into a sack, have mulltiple heavy items piled on top before being chucked into a van, squashed by multiple other sacks full of parcels, and then unloaded onto a hard floor before moving at high speed along a mechanised belt, it should be so secure that I would happily throw it down the stairs before I sent it off.

Then, as advised, make sure if an item does arrive damaged, you make a claim against Royal Mail.

 

If buyers open a return, don't be so quick to replace or refund.  A lot of the stuff you sell looks as if it could still be used if the container arrived damaged.

Offer a partial refund.

Ask for a picture of the damage.

Royal Mail put seriously damaged packages in a plastic RM bag - ask the buyer if it was in one.

 

Hopefully (some of) my advice is useful.

Genuinely, good luck with your business and your health.

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)