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| Written by Nicole Hines, The Shorthorn staff | ||||
| Thursday, 29 October 2009 06:45 PM | ||||
InformationEBay’s policyIf someone does not receive payment from the buyer, the seller should contact the buyer and send them a payment reminder. Then, it’s OK to turn the case over to eBay’s Resolution Center, which will try to resolve the problem. Source: www.ebay.com The student said he shipped the laptop to the buyer but did not receive payment, according to the police report. Police assistant chief Rick Gomez said this is a particularly unusual report. “Usually, it’s where they pay but don’t receive the goods,” Gomez said. “This is the first time I’ve seen where this guy is saying that he sent the item but did not receive payment.” Gomez said this case might have to be turned over to the U.S. Postal Service or United Parcel Service because it involves mail. Stephen Seewoester, Postal Service communications specialist, said the service has no way to police whether an item is stolen. “We ship things on good faith,” Seewoester said. “Once you’ve given it to the post office, we deliver it to the sender’s address.” Seewoester said the post office can’t recover goods that are stolen through Internet shopping and fraud, but the U.S. Postal Inspection Service was created to investigate such cases. He said the inspection service might become involved in this situation to help track down the fraudulent shopper. He also had advice for online sellers. “One thing that would be important to do is to use a service that has some kind of tracking device,” Seewoester said. “That way they have to at least sign for the package.” Lt. Yvonne Roque, UTA Police head of criminal investigations, will lead the investigation. Views: 425 | E-mail
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