ORIGINAL: SBS_Pilot
ORIGINAL: RCFlyerDan
#1. When I sell on EBay, I make it very clear that I am NOT responsible for ''other countries mail system''. Some aren't as good as the USA. So, your mail system messed up, you get the money from them.
#2. Yes, too drastic! After all, he was willing to ship the wing back to you at your shipping cost. The USA mail system got it to Sweden. Sweden's mail system mess up.
#3 He has offered to refund for the wing or send it. That is 100% reliability to me. Again! NOT his fault that YOUR mail system screwed up!
#4. You are the reason that a LOT of guys won't sell International from the USA. Belly up to the bar, take the shipping hit, and if you don't want the wing, take his refund of the wing minus shipping. He did his job by getting it to Sweden the first time! Again, YOUR Country screwed up!!
I am also sure that you wanted the cheapest shipping, due to not wanting to spend the extra to have it shipped by a commercial carrier, such as UPS, FedEX, DHL, and probably even on your own airline counter to counter.
And it is mot MY mail system, it is US Mail who chose to use them, it is US Mail who has accepted the delivery WITH a tracking number and sign-on-receipt, and I would say it is therefor US Mail who is responsible for refunding the seller when their service wasn't fulfilled. How they choose to charge the Swedish Post System really is out of my hands.
#3. No, it is not the sellers fault the package never arrived to me, but I still feel the seller should at least try to reclaim the shipping cost from US Mail
It is YOUR Governments' mail system and the system in which you live, so therefore it is your system. The package was shipped one government to another government's mail system. The USA mail system did get it to your mail system, so they DID provide the service. And, yes, it is not common practice to go back to the Post Office to ask for a refund. After all, they did do their job getting it to your country's government mail system. The Buyer always pays shipping, even from a retail store here in the USA. I know you will say, "Some ads advertise Free shipping"; Well, the buyer is still agreeing to the final price of the item, and the seller always figures it into the total price of the sale for what he needs for the item.
I also see that we are in the 1/2A stuff, so I am sure the wing wasn't expensive or the shipping. What do you think the seller is making on this wing for all of his efforts to fill out the extra forms? His time going to the P.O. to ship it twice? IF it had sold here in the States, the seller wouldn't even have this headache, and I am almost certain, even without knowing the seller, he will never sell outside the USA again.