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Request to put an order on hold due to absence during the holidays
Summary: havaneres expresses concern about an order placed on eBay and asks that the parcel not be sent immediately because of an absence. lingma85 advises either having someone else receive the parcel or canceling the transaction, stressing the importance of respecting the contractual terms from the moment of purchase. havaneres argues for an agreement between buyer and seller to delay shipping, pointing out that this is a common practice, and wants eBay to officially recognize this possibility. lingma85 responds by reaffirming that following the established rules remains essential to avoid future complications.
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lingma85
Mentor8 months agoHello @havaneres
You bought it knowing full well that you wouldn’t be able to receive the package on the dates indicated in the listing, whose terms you accepted when making the purchase...
You have 2 options----->
1) - ask someone around you to do what’s necessary to receive the package in your place...
2) - cancel the transaction so as not to harm your seller. Cancel an order as a buyer | eBay
but under no circumstances ask them to play storage unit at your whim..
The ideal would have been to agree on a later purchase with this seller and see with them how to make it happen.. before buying... and not put them in front of a fait accompli.
Best regards
havaneres
OP7 months agoThe solution, I have it, it is in relation to what you seem to be proposing in an injunctive way, placing on the poor buyer's shoulders the entire burden of guilt: a third way, that of exchange, trust, and cordiality between the two partners gathered around the same object. That is always the relationship I try to establish in this role as a seller and more rarely as a buyer. I am often contacted during my sales by bidders who ask me to postpone sending an invoice because they are following other lots not yet closed that can stretch over several weeks in order to make a grouped purchase. It's common practice on eBay and I don't see what there would be to criticize about it? Only, this forces the seller to mark the parcel as sent to avoid repeated eBay messages about an alleged delay that isn't one. What I ask of the community of sages is to put pressure on eBay so that it officially recognizes in some way these unofficial factual practices, and then if a buyer asks you, what do you do? Best regards
lingma85
Mentor7 months agoHello @havaneres
You do as you see fit... but don’t forget that "a third way, that of exchange, trust, cordiality between the two partners gathered around the same object." can quickly become an utopia that runs counter to respect for a contract...
- selling, whether in person or online, is a contract whose partners must respect the terms once the signature has been given...
If, when the ad is presented, one of the terms doesn’t suit you... it can be discussed BEFORE the purchase and not after...
The site has written rules to avoid misunderstandings... it would be good to read them and go along with them...
In these times, commerce, whether between individuals or with professionals, is not a game and you have to respect a bit of rigor otherwise you quickly become the "fall guy" and that’s how we see victims come here to find out how to get out of the mess they themselves created through laxity...
But, of course, you do as you want...
Best regards