disappearing vinyl

[Frantic]

As unlikely as I think this is, wouldnt this be the situation where bloody paypal could take a few pennies out of their vast wallet and foot the bill? There's proof of a registered package having been delivered, yet the buyer apparently did not receive his product. One could say: neither my nor his fault. But as expected, "after careful consideration" (yeah, right) today paypal took the (already frozen) 500 out of my account to refund the buyer. This hurts.

DON'T EVER SEND A PACKAGE BY REGISTERED MAIL! You have no protection. If you need a signature, Global Priority Express is the only service that offers that. It's expensive.

 

[chas_kit]

As unlikely as I think this is, wouldnt this be the situation where bloody paypal could take a few pennies out of their vast wallet and foot the bill? There's proof of a registered package having been delivered, yet the buyer apparently did not receive his product. One could say: neither my nor his fault. But as expected, "after careful consideration" (yeah, right) today paypal took the (already frozen) 500 out of my account to refund the buyer. This hurts.

Could the problem have come not in Japan but at your own post office, before it went to the distribution center? This seems likelier than someone at Japanese customs or post office stealing it.

 

[gregk25]

Could the problem have come not in Japan but at your own post office, before it went to the distribution center? This seems likelier than someone at Japanese customs or post office stealing it.

Of course it's a probability (of .4 per mill approximately). I'm far less interested in learning if it's a Japanese or German post clerk who might have taken the disc, but to hear if there's ever been a case of paypal's proverbial claim as a "save way to pay" has been financed by the company rather than the seller.

 

[chas_kit]

Of course it's a probability (of .4 per mill approximately). I'm far less interested in learning if it's a Japanese or German post clerk who might have taken the disc, but to hear if there's ever been a case of paypal's proverbial claim as a "save way to pay" has been financed by the company rather than the seller.

Right, I've never heard of them financing the refund.

Once I bought some expensive international postage through PayPal, but then voided the postage because it wouldn't print on my computer, unlike USPS and ebay's postage PDFs. After I voided it, the tracking number should have been discarded, but instead the USPS assigned it to some domestic shipment originating far away from me. USPS then refused to refund my postage cost through PayPal. I complained to PayPal, and they refunded my money "as a courtesy". I said, no, it's not a courtesy, I did not use that postage so I shouldn't have to pay for it. So at least they took the hit on that one.

Despite whatever assurances PayPal gives, there is no completely safe way to ship internationally.