It's happened twice now, and PayPal has denied my claim each time. In both cases, I order an item (a Chinese vendor), and after the confirmation, no communication or tracking. Typically I'll email the vendor a couple times; no response. After some weeks pass, I contact PayPal and open a dispute. They contact the vendor, who quickly responds to them and provides a USPS (US Postal Service) tracking number. When tracked on the USPS site, the tracking number shows that the item has been delivered to my roadside PO box a few days earlier. My PO box is on a quiet street in a small town for thirty years - nothing has ever been stolen. Then, because the vendor has supplied this USPS tracking number to PayPal, PayPal closes my dispute in the vendor's favor. But, of course, I've never received the item in either case,. Anyone have similar issue? How does a vendor create the tracking number scam with the USPS? I'm going to close my PayPal account.
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