Package stolen in post :-/

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I bought an item from ebay.com & it was shipped via International Post. Seller sent it via normal post & now the item has been stolen. It was an iPhone 4 accessory. I am sure seller has sent it because of his feedback.

So I think the thieves are either customs or Indian Post. I trust my post man, so it must be stolen while transporting it to my city or in customs. When I enquired at Post Office they told that it was sent via normal post & there is no way they can track it.

What shall I do ?

Have sent message to the seller, waiting for his response.
 
Now soon we will have a post for lost iPhone too and your accessories are responsible for it. Their hunt must be in full swing now ;)

Jokes apart, please tell the item value and date of shipping. Sometime it takes more time.

Also if the cost is low, the seller can ship another item without additional cost.

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@avi

This happened to me also earlier. You can open a PP dispute. You'll get the refund since there is no proof of delivery. In future always ask the seller to ship using registered airmail, if from Hong Kong they'll charge you 3$ extra. Your package will arrive safely.
 
^^ I dont think it is fair to file a paypal dispute as most likely seller sent it. He would have mentioned the shipping mode in his post and the buyer should have bought it after reading it.

Best is to talk to seller and see if he can send another one on good will.
 
^^ I was in similar situation some time back with a hongkong seller. I told him my issue, he asked me to wait for 2 weeks. I contacted him after a month that I have still not received the item and he refunded all mu money "simply asked for 5* rating" which I hapily provided considering the experience I had with him.

Though after this I decided to not get anything by normal post; because if it continue to happen; they will eventually block shipping/selling to India.
 
normally it takes 21-30 days for a parcel from HK to arrive via Airmail, its generally customs or india post who cause the delay, have patience you might just get your parcel by 10th or 11th oct, I have recvd more than 30 items ranging from $0.01 to $25 without any stealing incidents.

BTW many sellers on ebay.com have excluded India from thier listing
 
Same thing happened with me , but from deal extreme. 2 items were missing out of 4 items. It was registered post. Sometimes, packets are opened by customs and are just stapled back , then the post people have a field day....
 
One of the accessories I ordered was also sliced with a knife, the person who did it did not bother even sealing it again properly. On the back of the package, it was mentioned that the package was received opened. :(

Losing all faith in the Indian post/customs now! :@
 
Similar thing happened to me when i lost S:Flo player which i bought from MP4Nation but i at least received a pack of tea leaves :@
 
same thing happened with me with wire testing hooks from deal extreme. It was without any tracking number so deal extreme agreed to reship it. Seriously who would steal wire testing hooks.

I had a jelly case shipped from ebay.com via hong kong post and it came superfast 5 days flat.
 
Even for me it is a hit a miss. Recently had bought a watch strap with no tracking no from Singapore. Seller shipped it. But lost in transit. Another shipment from HongKong sent through registered airmail reached within 7 days. Its usually small packages without tracking no that go missing.
 
Lost a package bought via ebay (UK) but seller was kind enough to refund the money the same day I asked for help with tracking, left him a perfect rating.

Hong Kong package delivered through normal post got delivered after 6 weeks. After that I swore not to buy anything shipped from there.
 
Planning on getting some EL wire through DX, is there anything i should ask DX to do specifically about the tracking number?
 
vivek.krishnan said:
Planning on getting some EL wire through DX, is there anything i should ask DX to do specifically about the tracking number?
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just check the option for tracking code costs a dollar or two i guess. you can easily compensate for that by looking for coupons on their twitter account or googling
 
Its because of this pathetic indian post+ indians filing PP dispute(eventhough they know that the product was sent by seller) that many sellers are now blocking india as shipping option on ebay.com
 
That's why I always contact the seller on ebay who offer shipping by normal post and ask them to ship by registered airmail. It cost 2-3$ extra and I pay them directly through PP that amount (outside ebay)
 
@all - Thank you very much for replying :)

I had bought iPhone Switch Easy case, duplicate one, which costs 9 USD & yes, it was shipped from HK.

I have received the envelope & bastids had taken out the case. After that only I opened this thread.

I have contacted the seller & he asked me to send pics of envelope & said he will reship or refund. WOW ! That's really good if he does :)

Only one thing I didn't understood was that, there was no seal / signature on the envelope from the Indian Customs. They sign / put seal when package arrives at customs right ?
 
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