Ever hand delivered an item?

[Deux]

One of my Amazon sales was from a customer who lived in a town about 10
miles away. I thought it would make sense, since I was sort of going
in that direction to make a small detour and hand deliver it. I also
wanted to see the perplexed look on the face of someone being
delivered something they ordered a few hours ago.

They weren't in but a neighbour took the delivery. I did get a message
from the buyer the next day about how surprised they were at getting
the item the same day. I couldn't get them to leave me feedback though
which was frustrating.

What was even more frustrating than that was that during that journey I
hit an animal of the avian variety that caused £80 of damage to my car.
So much for saving a few quid on delivery costs.

[The Older Gentleman]

I've done it a few times. Generally with bulky and/or really expensive
items, and the buyer has been less than 20 miles away.

Not really good practice as regards PayPal protection, but the response
I've received has invariably been ecstatic.



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[Roland Perry]

In message <EPKdnXnfpuR6WIzN...@supernews.com>, at 17:34:15
on Thu, 26 Jul 2012, Deux <de...@none.none> remarked:

>One of my Amazon sales was from a customer who lived in a town about 10
>miles away. I thought it would make sense, since I was sort of going
>in that direction to make a small detour and hand deliver it.

Yes, a small second-hand item whose buyer was co-incidentally less than
a mile away. Another similar item the buyer was co-incidentally about
two streets away and walked round to collect.
--
Roland Perry

[Humbug]

I did it once. I saw that the buyer's address was on my way home from
work.

She was happy for me to deliver it in person, but was puzzled that I
had refunded her Paypal payment.
I had to explain why she didn't need to pay the delivery charge.

COD was fine, makes no difference to the eBay fees, and I saved on
packing.

--
Humbug

[cupra]

>"Deux" wrote in message
>news:EPKdnXnfpuR6WIzN...@supernews.com...

Done it a few times, first one was a snowboard - buyer was 100 miles away
but coincided with where my job was taking me that week, and the buyer was a
shift worker who would be in while I was passing! Was doubly beneficial as
it was one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
feedback received so I could make sure he was happy with it. Also posted a
few CD/DVDs to local addresses and some cable reels on my work travels too.

[Niel Humphreys]

"Humbug" <hum...@tofee.net> wrote in message
news:20291815dqkf074ee...@4ax.com...

On the flip side I would always ask first if the buyer was a female.

A friend of mine was stalked by an ex to the point where she had a breakdown
(and he got thrown in jail - twice - for breaking into her house to steal
her laptop so she'd have to meet him to get it back and a second time for
breaking the restaining order). She once bought something on Ebay and was
very un-nerved when the seller, a young man, turned up on her doorstep
unannounced to hand deliver it. She did understand he was just being helpful
but has never used Ebay since. Until then I would have probably done the
same if someone local made a purchase as I'd never consider anything other
than I was doing the buyer a favour.
--

Cheers
Niel H

[The Older Gentleman]

cupra <cup...@gmail.com> wrote:

> one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
> feedback received

Never heard of those....

[Roland Perry]

In message <jv2qjo$6c9$1...@dont-email.me>, at 09:00:58 on Sun, 29 Jul
2012, Niel Humphreys <a...@a.com> remarked:

>> She was happy for me to deliver it in person, but was puzzled that I
>> had refunded her Paypal payment.
>> I had to explain why she didn't need to pay the delivery charge.
>
>On the flip side I would always ask first if the buyer was a female.
>
>A friend of mine was stalked by an ex to the point where she had a breakdown
>(and he got thrown in jail - twice - for breaking into her house to steal
>her laptop so she'd have to meet him to get it back and a second time for
>breaking the restaining order). She once bought something on Ebay and was
>very un-nerved when the seller, a young man, turned up on her doorstep
>unannounced to hand deliver it. She did understand he was just being helpful
>but has never used Ebay since. Until then I would have probably done the
>same if someone local made a purchase as I'd never consider anything other
>than I was doing the buyer a favour.

I wouldn't make the trip unannounced, especially if the item was too big
fit in a letterbox, or to check if the buyer lived in some kind of block
of flats with complex entry requirements. So I'd always ask first to see
if they were in and whether delivery was going to be possible if they
were out.
--
Roland Perry

[Roland Perry]

In message <1knzlgv.6u2ody70lpyeN%totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk>, at
09:10:21 on Sun, 29 Jul 2012, The Older Gentleman
<totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> remarked:

>> one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
>> feedback received
>
>Never heard of those....

Escrow!

(Although I've not seen a UK-based escrow service from Paypal itself).
--
Roland Perry

[The Older Gentleman]

Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:

> In message <1knzlgv.6u2ody70lpyeN%totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk>, at
> 09:10:21 on Sun, 29 Jul 2012, The Older Gentleman
> <totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> remarked:
> >> one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
> >> feedback received
> >
> >Never heard of those....
>
> Escrow!

Oh, right. Having them dependent on FB release is a a bit dodgy, I'd
have thought.

> (Although I've not seen a UK-based escrow service from Paypal itself).

Nor I.

[Niel Humphreys]

"Roland Perry" <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Bv9JZenO...@perry.co.uk...

This is standard Ebay/Paypal policy with new seller accounts selling in
certain categories is to hold the payment from the seller for 21 days or
until the buyer leaves feedback to indicate they have received the goods.
--

Cheers
Niel H

[Roland Perry]

In message <jv32ne$c8l$1...@dont-email.me>, at 11:17:23 on Sun, 29 Jul
2012, Niel Humphreys <a...@a.com> remarked:

>>>> one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
>>>> feedback received
>>>
>>>Never heard of those....
>>
>> Escrow!
>>
>> (Although I've not seen a UK-based escrow service from Paypal itself).
>
>This is standard Ebay/Paypal policy with new seller accounts selling in
>certain categories is to hold the payment from the seller for 21 days or
>until the buyer leaves feedback to indicate they have received the goods.

That rings a bell, thanks. I've been a member long enough not to have
suffered from this (as a seller).
--
Roland Perry

[cupra]

>"Roland Perry" wrote in message news:DkT57Fw3...@perry.co.uk...

Yep it was my first 'large' value sale (relative to all the other odds and
ends I'd sold up to then) so attracted this condition - took my by surprise
TBH at the time!

[Deux]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:16:31 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

> I wouldn't make the trip unannounced, especially if the item was too big
> fit in a letterbox, or to check if the buyer lived in some kind of block
> of flats with complex entry requirements.

The courier would make the trip unannounced though.

[Timmy]

Deux wrote ...

They can return - could you?

[Roland Perry]

In message <I-mdnYBnkZLlyojN...@supernews.com>, at 10:32:08
on Sun, 29 Jul 2012, Deux <de...@none.none> remarked:

>> I wouldn't make the trip unannounced, especially if the item was too big
>> fit in a letterbox, or to check if the buyer lived in some kind of block
>> of flats with complex entry requirements.
>
>The courier would make the trip unannounced though.

Not always, but most often, I agree.

Despite having a lot of sympathy for victims of domestic violence, and
given that many couriers these days use men, unmarked cars, and no
uniforms, how should one arrange to deliver a packet to such women?
--
Roland Perry

[The Older Gentleman]

Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:

> how should one arrange to deliver a packet to such women?

This is a euphemism, isn't it?

[The Older Gentleman]

Lordy.UK <sp...@recycle.bin> wrote:

> > > one of those paypal sales where funds were only released after
> > > feedback received
> >
> > Never heard of those....
>

> Standard eBay policy on new members these days...

Ah, right. Thanks.

[The Older Gentleman]

Lordy.UK <sp...@recycle.bin> wrote:

> > I wouldn't make the trip unannounced
>

> Yea, wouldn't want a buyer to be pleasantly surprised, that would never
> do.

More like: "I can't deliver unless I know he's in."

What is he going to do otherwise? Leave a card?

[Deux]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:06:15 +0100, The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Lordy.UK <sp...@recycle.bin> wrote:
>
>> > I wouldn't make the trip unannounced
>>
>> Yea, wouldn't want a buyer to be pleasantly surprised, that would never
>> do.
>
> More like: "I can't deliver unless I know he's in."
>
> What is he going to do otherwise? Leave a card?

Take it to the post office.

[Apellation Controlee]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:17:23 +0100, "Niel Humphreys" <a...@a.com> wrote:

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>This is standard Ebay/Paypal policy with new seller accounts selling in
>certain categories is to hold the payment from the seller for 21 days or
>until the buyer leaves feedback to indicate they have received the goods.

So, if a buyer doesn't leave feedback?

I'm only a sporadic seller, but the reason I bring it up is that there
have been three or four who haven't bothered (and I've always
considered it uncool to badger them).

[Niel Humphreys]

"Apellation Controlee" <enigm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:rj2d189h85soa3pa1...@4ax.com...

Then the funds are release after 21 days automatically. Once a seller has
over 100 feedbacks this stops being applied.