EBAY/Post Office problem

[Wahoowa]

Relatively new to vintage card collecting and I'm having my first mailing issue, hoping for some advice. Recently bought a T206 WaJo (PSA 4) on ebay and it was processed through the sorting facility the day before Thanksgiving. Hasn't been updated since.

The seller has been fairly good about updating me on his interactions with the post office but for the last week it's been the same "they're working on it". So after 2 and a half weeks should I continue to be patient or ask for a refund?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Wahoowa

Relatively new to vintage card collecting and I'm having my first mailing issue, hoping for some advice. Recently bought a T206 WaJo (PSA 4) on ebay and it was processed through the sorting facility the day before Thanksgiving. Hasn't been updated since.

The seller has been fairly good about updating me on his interactions with the post office but for the last week it's been the same "they're working on it". So after 2 and a half weeks should I continue to be patient or ask for a refund?

Post Office is usually very erratic this time of year. If you feel comfortable with the seller and he has good feedback I'd give it a bit more time.

If it's been processed through a sort facility already, you know it should be out there somewhere in USPS land. Sometimes all it takes is letting them know at USPS that you're looking for the package, and more times then not it mysteriously appears out of thin air. Hidden in some back room, or sitting and waiting for a signature at the local office without a note being left for the receiver.

I've had a couple checks lately take two weeks to get to me from buyers, based on the original postmark. Had a Media Mail package take a month to get to me recently.

[Leon]

About a year ago we sold a couple cards in a B-L auction. They got lost in the USPS delivery and had the required signature confirmation. We filed the +/- $1100 claim and got reimbursed. We use CIA Insurance and they were pretty good about it. About a week ago we saw the cards being sold on ebay. I called the Insurance Agency and told them. Several days later I got another call from someone at the insurance agency following up on it. I got a call today from a USPS Special Agent. He told me that a USPS employee sold them to the ebay consignment company. I am not sure you can have more smoke coming from the gun. Who said criminals are smart?


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[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Leon

About a year ago we sold a couple cards in a B-L auction. They got lost in the USPS delivery and had the required signature confirmation. We filed the +/- $1100 claim and got reimbursed. We use CIA Insurance and they were pretty good about it. About a week ago we saw the cards being sold on ebay. I called the Insurance Agency and told them. Several days later I got another call from someone at the insurance agency following up on it. I got a call today from a USPS Special Agent. He told me that a USPS employee sold them to the ebay consignment company. I am not sure you can have more smoke coming from the gun. Who said criminals are smart?


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WOW!

[drc]

USPO shipping can sometimes be delayed (then arrive), so a small delay isn't a big worry. Though 2-1/2 weeks is a pretty long time.

I once had card arrive two months later, as the package evidentially got caught in a sorting machine (card was fine, package mangled). Though that's my extreme case from several years ago.

[bh3443]

Originally Posted by Leon

About a year ago we sold a couple cards in a B-L auction. They got lost in the USPS delivery and had the required signature confirmation. We filed the +/- $1100 claim and got reimbursed. We use CIA Insurance and they were pretty good about it. About a week ago we saw the cards being sold on ebay. I called the Insurance Agency and told them. Several days later I got another call from someone at the insurance agency following up on it. I got a call today from a USPS Special Agent. He told me that a USPS employee sold them to the ebay consignment company. I am not sure you can have more smoke coming from the gun. Who said criminals are smart?


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I really enjoyed reading your post Leon!

[lloydchristmas]

Originally Posted by bh3443

I really enjoyed reading your post Leon!

I'll echo this, love when the bad guys get taken down.

[vintagechris]

Originally Posted by Wahoowa

Relatively new to vintage card collecting and I'm having my first mailing issue, hoping for some advice. Recently bought a T206 WaJo (PSA 4) on ebay and it was processed through the sorting facility the day before Thanksgiving. Hasn't been updated since.

The seller has been fairly good about updating me on his interactions with the post office but for the last week it's been the same "they're working on it". So after 2 and a half weeks should I continue to be patient or ask for a refund?

I would be patient. Just in the last three months I have had packages takes 18 days, 32 days and 38 days. I had refunded two of them and the buyers paid again after they received it.

Seems as though the service at the Post Office has been a little shaky lately.

[Wahoowa]

Thanks for the input. Crazy story Leon.

Had decided to wait another week and it showed up at my post office this morning. I guess patience is key.