ebay purchase
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rgp
Well-known Member
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- Milford,OH
Contact them and ask for a return shipping label . They should be willing to mail you one.
Aunt Bea
SF VIP
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- Near Mount Pilot
Check with eBay but I believe that the blanket is yours, enjoy it!
Pappy
Living the Dream
I agree with Aunt Bea. Happened to me before and I for got about it.
ClassicRockr
Well-known Member
I think 99% of companies, including e-Bay sellers and Amazon, require you to pay for return shipping. Earlier this month, we ordered a nice winter coat for my wife, but ordered the wrong size. The hood to the coat was very big as well. Along with the coat, came a return address label. This return label is for faster delivery, processing and will cost us $9.99, that will be charged to the credit card we used. The return label did state that we didn't have to use the label, but would still have to pay out-of-pocket for returning the coat. We chose using their return label, even with the $9.99 charge, because it would get there faster with faster processing.
We are exchanging the coat for a smaller one, and, hopefully smaller hood.
I think companies were loosing money paying for returned items.
We are exchanging the coat for a smaller one, and, hopefully smaller hood.
I think companies were loosing money paying for returned items.
C'est Moi
Dishin' it out.
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- Houston Y'all
Contact the seller and ask for a return label. The seller will appreciate getting their merchandise back since you didn't actually pay for it.
Tommy
Senior Member
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- New Hampshire
I worked briefly as a senior manager for a company that manufactured blankets. By law, ALL returns of bedding could not be resold and had to be destroyed, whether or not the package appeared to have been opened. Our customers were mostly chains (Walmart, Penneys, Sears, Kohls, etc.) so most returns were made to the store. The merchants then shipped the returned blankets back to us at our expense, charged us an additional fee for the return, and left us with the cost of inspecting, destroying and disposing of the merchandise. As with all manufacturers, the cost of returns was built into our price structure, hence passed on to the customer. Think about that the next time you shop for bedding.
On a percentage basis, Walmart was by far the largest source of returns. The running joke upon receiving a new, unopened return was "Hmm, must not have matched the Laura Ashley curtains".
Happyflowerlady
Vagabond Flowerchild
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- Northern Alabama
It sounds like they didn’t even ship your blanket until Ebay had issued the refund, so they were probably just sending it to maintain their eBay rating, and knowing that your payment was returned.
I agree with Aunt Bea, that the blanket is yours to keep at this point.
After reading Tommy’s post about having to destroy any kind of bedding, then keeping it also makes the most sense.
We mostly shop on either Amazon or eBay, and Amazon has always either sent out a shipping label for free shipping, or told us to just keep/dispose of a product that didn’t work as expected.
I recently purchased a Nutri-Ninja blender, and it has been making a lot of noise when I use it, so I wrote to the seller and asked if they are normally this noisy.
They wrote back and said that they will replace it, and we do not have to send the old one in, but we have to cut the cord so that they can verify that it is unusable.
I agree with Aunt Bea, that the blanket is yours to keep at this point.
After reading Tommy’s post about having to destroy any kind of bedding, then keeping it also makes the most sense.
We mostly shop on either Amazon or eBay, and Amazon has always either sent out a shipping label for free shipping, or told us to just keep/dispose of a product that didn’t work as expected.
I recently purchased a Nutri-Ninja blender, and it has been making a lot of noise when I use it, so I wrote to the seller and asked if they are normally this noisy.
They wrote back and said that they will replace it, and we do not have to send the old one in, but we have to cut the cord so that they can verify that it is unusable.
I agree. It’s a free blanket. Enjoy.
Id still personally check with the seller first just to verify it.
Avon
Member
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- Yea Old Country
Still waiting for my item ordered 25th Dec, now started a refund case as normal. Ordered one item worth $300 and received one costing $600. Should I have sent it back?
Ebay have been kind enough to tell me that I have spent about $100,000 with them since joining, seems they keep long records and reminds me to pack it up.
Ebay have been kind enough to tell me that I have spent about $100,000 with them since joining, seems they keep long records and reminds me to pack it up.
C'est Moi
Dishin' it out.
- Location
- Houston Y'all
Fascinating, but most Ebay sellers are individuals, not retail stores.
Additionally, I have seen linens in several retail stores that appeared to have been returned merchandise, so obviously they aren't all being destroyed.