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Hi,
I'm just seeking feedback, comparative views from other OzBers. I've been a long time Ebay buyer & often bought from overseas and Chinese sellers. In all these years very rarely had an item I bought not arrive from the seller (whether the reason for this was it not being sent or lost by the postal service etc).
However over the past year I've noticed a massive increase in the low price (sub $AUD10) items that I've purchased from China based sellers not arriving. It's hard to be precise but from something that used to very rarely occur it's now seeming like 10-20% of all items are not arriving.
Has anyone else noticed a significant increase in the lower priced (and generally sent via non-tracked postage) items not arriving after you purchase them?
It's purely a theory but I suspect that many sellers are not sending a % of their sale items. Worst case scenario for them they refund the monies if & when (and this is the key thing) the buyer complains enough to get a refund made. So there's actually no net cost for the seller do do this - if anything its almost an 'interest free loan' for seller funds that they refund after a month or so.
I'd like to think I'm completely wrong and there's no systematic practice to defraud Ebay and buyers but I'm puzzled why so many items are not arriving compared to in the quite recent past.
Thanks, Nick :-)
Surprisingly all of mine have arrived and I've ordered around 10 things this year haha.