eBay delivery services

[the 'stache]

I did a search on this, and couldn’t find an answer (although the forum search on Taptalk is a bit wonky, so if this has been previously addressed, my apologies).

I’ve been buying on eBay for years. Today I saw something for the first time. I bought an ungraded ‘57 Topps Joe Adcock for the Braves team set I’m building-it’s not super expensive, only $26 with shipping.

Anyway, tracking says the card was delivered at 10:40 this morning. The rest of the mail was in the box, but Mr. Adcock was conspicuous in his absence.

For the tracking, it says “eBay delivery services”, and gives an alphanumeric code that is too short to be the USPS.

Is this just eBay partnering with the USPS to provide a less expensive form of shipping for flat collectibles?

I’m going to give it a couple days before submitting an inquiry in eBay, just to see if it comes in, as post office drivers sometimes mark a package as delivered before they get to it, but knowing definitively who handles the shipment locally would allow me to contact them directly. I’ve had a couple packages delivered to the wrong address, and the local USPS office was able to track them down via GPS technology. But that wouldn’t be applicable with reduced shipping, would it?

As I work on the ‘57 set, and get a lot of individual cards in the mail, it’s likely that this issue will present again. And, maybe someone in the same predicament can benefit from the answers here.

Is there anything you guys would recommend I do in the interim?

Thank you!




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