I had the sell for £1 offer over last weekend ( Friday to Monday) but I couldn't bring myself to list anything. I have a lot of Lego and Lego "style" stuff to sell at the mo.
Royal Mail parcels is up the chute , or rather , it's stuck in a bin somewhere, and no signature reqd means it's a scammers paradise out there if you use UPS or whatever.
Ebay will always side with the buyer if proof of delivery can't be provided so I'm waiting it out.
Such a shame that there are people out there who get their kicks trying it on in the current climate and I personally can't be arrised dealing with them.
As a postman, I can understand your concerns. And that's why I'm not selling anything.
I live and delivery at a nice area next to Cambridge, but the unwanted troublemakers from Cambridge have been housed around here, just few, but enough to cause trouble. The only customer, from my 700+ customers who tried their luck denying receipt of one item, that luckily, was challenged as I recorded the moment the item was scanned and posted through the letter box. Now, they are on a buying spree, 3 or 4 special deliveries per week, and every day few recorded deliveries (expensive clothing and footwear) every day. Quite uncommon, as before the whole lockdown, they would get a parcel once few weeks.
So my advice is avoid, if you can.
eBay and similar will always side with the scammer buyer or the bad seller.
As staff honest, for the last few years, Royal Mail doesn't seem to choose the best employees (or a lack of honest willing to work people available, who knows), but once someone is caught doing anything wrong, out the door. The problem is that the union, with the company's blessing, chooses to allow the criminal to resign, instead taking the expensive legal action approach.
The result: every single criminal that I'm aware got "sacked" from Royal Mail is now working for another courier company. Even the ones that were taken to court and hold a criminal record for stealing.
