I used to sell, but eBay and Paypal has changed to not be a seller's friend. People are people, and even the best may miss something though.Īs far as eBay goes, I hope your friend's situation works out, but I've heard too many stories to feel hopeful. I'm lucky that my local PO office is very good on the issue (both incoming and outgoing). I think someone (just one) didn't scan it. It was scanned at the key points at least, although I think there was one more sorting point between NY and Columbus that was missed (was in limbo for few days). At least that's my own conclusion, watching tracking over time, but mostly within the US only. Some are diligent, and some are not and may miss one here and there. I think the tracking issue comes down to each individual usps employee who may handle the package (and is responsible for scanning it into the system). Let us know how it goes for your friend…. Biggest pain was filing the papers with USPS, waiting (weeks) for refund so I could refund buyer. This was before Paypal was quick to do chargebacks at the drop of a hat though. It was a package sent to France, and luckily I did insure it, or I would have been out $300. One sale (10 years ago by now) went badly. I used to sell, but eBay and Paypal has changed to not be a seller’s friend.

People are people, and even the best may miss something though.Īs far as eBay goes, I hope your friend’s situation works out, but I’ve heard too many stories to feel hopeful. I’m lucky that my local PO office is very good on the issue (both incoming and outgoing). I think someone (just one) didn’t scan it. My only experience with USPS international first class went smoothly, but I may have gotten lucky? You can see the tracking here: At least that’s my own conclusion, watching tracking over time, but mostly within the US only. So I would like to hear from more people and learn what your experience is! Thanks! So now my friend has over $1000 in his account frozen. The buyer is so worried that he suddenly opened a “not receive the item” paypal dispute case. The tracking record of the package is available online and shows the package is still in some postal office of our state (as showed in my previous experience, the tracking information may not be the most updated anyway). Less than 3 weeks later, the buyer started worrying about the package. Recently a friend sold a camera of over $1000 to an international buyer, who turned down the option of priority mail and insisted using first class mail international without insurance. What triggered me to think more of this and want to learn about other people’s experience is actually not about tea. So far in my experience it seems that it’s only the online tracking is not accurate, and international first class mail is generally safe. Basically none of my international packages shipped in the past month has their tracking information showed as “arrived”, even after they arrived. Similar situation for a package sent and arrived in Asia.Ĥ. a package sent to Canada and has arrived a few weeks ago still has its tracking information as at US port. a package I shipped 3 weeks ago still only has the tracking record at my local postal office but thank god I know it has arrived to the buyer.ģ. a bunch of international packages I shipped more than a week ago still only have the tracking record at my local postal office.Ģ. Equally amazingly, some packages to and from Canada could take more than 1-2 weeks.īut since now we have the tracking number in hands, I sometimes track them, and occasionally am shocked by the tracking information. But sometimes (not always though), amazingly, some lucky international packages could arrive in 1-2 weeks. Most of the times, I ship an international package and pretend forgetting it – sometimes the shipping speed of some international packages could drive you crazy. That’s really great, even though the online tracking record for first class mail is not updated as frequently as express mails. In recent years, USPS has improved their services and now the sender gets a copy of the shipping label with a tracking number. Whether in your sale or tea swap or mailing of other things, what’s your experience with USPS international first class mail? What's your experience with USPS international first class mail?

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