I have no problem giving a grade, but I will make it clear that I canāt guarantee that CGC will agree with me.
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Iām sure youāre closer to the accurate grade than CGC is 
In fact, Iām sure most forum members are closer to a true grade than CGC is most of the time
I do this. Is people are willing to return it I will just give them the refund. A good idea because you have to pay return shipping and are out even more money.
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Exactly, I donāt need a wrecked comic sent back.
This is weird. I donāt have best offers and payment is to be immediate. yet somehow this sale went through without payment.
The good news is the sale is my asking price. But it seems as though they were able to combine the two and āpurchaseāā themā¦I have not had this happen in many yearsā¦usually people ask me why they canāt combine orders and when I looked into it I believe it was because thereās a setting that I had to be an eBay store or some other service that cost more. So i end up sendin partial refunds
I was able to send a combined invoice to this person, combining shipping plus an additional discount. Itās been years since Iāve been able to do that. In the past Iāve had to have them pay on full and had to issue partial refunds.
Wondering if something changed. How did this sale get around that?
Maybe it has something to do with the cart optionā¦
Maybe. In the past (and itās been a whileā¦years) when people ask about combined shipping I would ask them if this option showed up at checkoutā¦and they would say it didnāt.
But I did not get a request for an invoice. Shouldnāt I get a request if the person chose this?
Edit: never mind, I do have an email. Just missed it. But it would seem eBay āfixedā something recently as Iāve been told on multiple occasions this option wasnāt thereā¦and when I looked into it I didnāt have the abilityā¦had to upgrade to get it.
Wierd. Hopefully it goes throughā¦I donāt like it when payment isnāt automatic.
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Yeah. I kinda like when my payment is automatic. Guy who made the best offer finally paid. I wasnāt mad about it but if eBay says you will get automatic payment on a best offer the payment shouldnāt be 8 hours later.
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The guy never listed the defect and never showed the defect, but did show and list the minor ones. He also gave the whole āitās VG, but Iām not a professional graderā line. I think if you want a positive rating, then warrant it. I donāt think itās a good practice to list books as VG or better, so you can cover your self. In this case the only reason I bought the book was because itās very difficult to find.
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Sellers shouldnt be giving books grades to begin with. Im glad hes not a āprofessionalā grader, just an āunprofessionalā grader 
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So when the tracking shows ādeliveredā and to the correct address, and the buyer claims it has not arrivedā¦what is my responsibility here?
It was shipped ground advantage so itās insured. So Iām sure there a painful process involvedā¦But has anyone encountered this situation as either a buyer or seller?
Once it shows it is delivered you no longer have any responsibility. It is the buyerās responsibility to get in touch with the post office, as per how eBay does it.
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But you can make the buyer feel more comfortable if you take the time to check on the status as well by calling the post office. Your package shows delivered and the recipient claims it did not arrive. Helping out a little but trying to emphasize that thereās not much you can do since itās now a ālocalā issue, theyāre best action is to follow up with their local post office. If thereās no resolution after 2 weeks and the package still has not arrived, you both can resort to eBay for final resolution, they could likely reimburse the buyer since you did what you needed to track the package, etc.
If you just tell the buyer to bugger off, itās their problem, that could result in them contacting eBay, getting their money back from you and maybe a negative feedback.
Buyer found the package. He had it all along.
But other than calling his USPS and filing a missing package search there isnāt anything I can do.
It is the recipientās responsibility to provide a safe location from vandalism, and on the recipient to prove it was not actually delivered to the USPS.
I had suggested reaching out to USPS to get the gps location it was dropped off at, as I believe itās supposed to automatically record this when they scan it as delivered.
Yup, thereās really not a whole lot you can do. You didnāt deliver it yourself but showing that you care goes a long way. If you just tell them itās not your problem like Iām sure some sellers would, then you deserve some neutral or negative feedback.
I once refunded a guy on a package that got lost simply because I contacted the USPS office and he did as well. We did as they told us, wait 2 weeks before considering it was lost. After two weeks I followed up with him to ask if it ever showed up. He responded it didnāt and said no worries though, he picked up another one from another buyer since then. It wasnāt an expensive book, he was just filling holes in the collection. I looked up his feedback history and did see that he bought another one so since I got the honesty vibe from him, I made his day by just refunding him the entire cost which was like $18 total because that sucks when you buy something and it never arrives.
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Buyer is pissed at me. He bought a book last night. Paid. I printed the label and packaged up the book. Dropped it off to the post office on my way back from dropping off my son at school. Guy hits me up at lunch time asking if he could buy another book and have it packaged together to save on shipping. I said normally I would but the book already went out. He is mad that I wonāt give him free shipping on buying a second copy. I said after fees and taxes and then paying for shipping to him, I would be taking a loss. He said he doesnāt believe I shipped it already. He said it only shows that the label was created and not that it was picked up. I said my post office doesnāt scan until the end of the day (which is true)
Mind you it is a six hour difference between when he bought it and I shipped it.
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Immediately send a tracking number and thank you within seconds of the label printing.
I hand all daytime shipments directly to the counter person to get scanned in usually within minutes after that during daylight hours and that actually shows if you check the USPS website directly.
If itās a weighted/measured label you canāt add more weight anyway. Flat Rate you can.
If you havenāt had it beeped in at the Post Office you can void a label and print a new one but it can take days to weeks for the label to get credited back to your account. e-Bay doesnāt tell you when either. You have to go dig around and see if it made it back.
I would have to drive over and grab the package if they would even hand it back to me.
They wonāt. Itās already in a bin ready to get processed and shipped out.
Guy needs to put his big boy pants on and suck it up.
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