I makes me wonder how many buyers/sellers do this once in a wile? Only Ebay knows for sure as It happened to me about 5 years ago and I went through channels and they sent me duplicate. This 2nd time it was a one of a kind, in a flimsy envelope covered with shipping tape where it didn't belong and was made out of recycled paper so when I pulled the wrap and note out of the envelope it was like new years with all the ocnfetti. Why someone would send 36g of Gold bracelet that measured 9 inches when the the envelope only measured 9 inches with no box inside and no room for anything more that what was allready in there was baffeling. It is really between the thief and his maker. Since it was USPS I am going to see if I can bring it to the post office and if they can weigh it to see if the item was pulled out in transit and then retaped. Those of you selling that think your buyers are crooks and vise versa need to think and really look at the possibilities of what could of happened. When I worked for a major Laptop manufacturer a major shipper lost almost half of our orders for a few months. It had to be an inside job. I was told there was a witness to this last one and then was told the only thing that was witnessed was a closed package that was a heavy recycled fragil envelope. Being that the item only was 36 g's I wonder if I can do what was discribed allready and have them add it up. The seller went from Gentelmen to absolute krazy. I approached it from the angle of contacting the Police in case it was stolen locally and they try to Pawn and or contacting the Post Office when they re-open. This made the seller even more mad. This happened after about 300 transactions or so and I did not use ebay for years. People try to get away with the most flimsy packaging and then insure it so it look like something worth stealing. Take the high road and always insure what you can't afford to loose and avoid USPS if at all possible. I have had over 500 trans and they have made the most mistakes. I really hate thiefs! They have ruined my holliday with all the funky email and slures I got from the seller that was so cool before I went through channels as instructed and even though I told them "just stop" they thought they were Trump himself and using the "I know soneone in the Post Office" gag. When I asked "how small is your town and are they ready to purger themselfs" they relly went bolistic. I would be hurt not mad, disapointed no adjitated. If someone asks me to stop sending email I stop. When the tried to say I was commiting deformation of cariciture I belly laughed then wrote 1st amend? I don't know anyone in nuckle drag, fly over so how could I be making a personal statment. It got real personal, real fast, which only means one thing and when people coraspond regaurding the same item they can't sell for over three months as a real gentalmen and ebayer then their head almost spins off it's axes when something goes wrong they are either bipolar or a crook. Take the high road and stay there, Once you hit send, it is in there forever and Ebay may not always get it right everytime but with PayPal, insurance and good packaging this should never happen to you where it costs more than insurance which if the buyer is not willing to pay for, could be built into the price. Don't let one time turn you off. It is far and few inbetween as more honest Ebayers watch out for each other and new crooked ones don't get to 50 feedbacks. People don't give negitive feedback like they did in the begining and Ebay dose not allow it as a revenge tool when you get your money back. There never will be a perfect system and even buying the stickers for USPS from a kiosk dose not mean it was ever put in the box. Only if it is caught on film which can be checked upon request at most facilities. good luck
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