Ebay Fraud

[Davidbvintage]

I am not sure if UPS works like USPS or FEDEX with their labels but i assume they do something similar so this is what i would suggess. If the box was sent with a printed shipping label, check the weight of the shipment on the label. If it was not sent with a label ask the seller for a copy of the shipping receipt as it shouldl have the weight on it or contact UPS and see if they can tell you. Compair the weight to the actual package you received to the weight of the package sent and that will tell you if cards were actually included in the package. Good luck.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Davidbvintage

I am not sure if UPS works like USPS or FEDEX with their labels but i assume they do something similar so this is what i would suggess. If the box was sent with a printed shipping label, check the weight of the shipment on the label. If it was not sent with a label ask the seller for a copy of the shipping receipt as it shouldl have the weight on it or contact UPS and see if they can tell you. Compair the weight to the actual package you received to the weight of the package sent and that will tell you if cards were actually included in the package. Good luck.

UPS rounds up to the nearest lb., and the weights can easily be manipulated by the shipper.

Packages aren't re-weighed when they get back to the building like FedEx. Too much volume.

UPS, at least when I was there, trusted most shippers to be honest with the weights. Only heavy packages that were obviously under-weighed on the label were pulled off and re-weighed for billing purposes when a loader noticed an obvious discrepency. Usually, this only involved packages over 70 lb's.

Even on a scale, a couple a slabs can easily get lost in that 1 lb. round-up.

[drc]

I'm no shipping guru, but once shipped an expensive diamond ring where the buyer requested I use a specific UPS service. The person at UPS opened and closed the box to verify that the described item was inside-- she literally did the final packaging after she put the ring back inside. Now, she admitted she wasn't a jerweler, but officially verified that the item appeared to match what as listed on the forms.