Sold on Ebay, buyer is round the corner.. can I hand deliver?

Scam · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:19

Stupid question, but I sold a phone case on Ebay and turns out the buyer is about a 5min walk away. I put £2.99 for 1st class signed for post, but can I just hand deliver it? My trust in Ebay/buyers is pretty much zero so I don't want to leave myself open to claims of it "wasn't delivered" etc. At the same time I can save a couple quid and he is actually closer than the Post Office.

Take multiple pics of his front door with the parcel sticking out? lol.. :confused:

Diddums · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:20

Just do it the correct way, the risk of it biting you in the arse is far too real.

teenwolf · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:23

take a deck chair just incase he is not in, then just sit on his lawn and wait for him, any issues just flash him your gucci belt only way to be sure.

bainbridge · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:25

Message the buyer saying you'll refund postage and hand deliver because he's just around the corner?

I assume this isn't a Gucci phone case.

darael · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:40

As pathetic as it sounds, I'd just stick to the book and post it. That way you have no come back on you.

Nevakonaza · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:40

Diddums said:
Just do it the correct way, the risk of it biting you in the arse is far too real.

^^^ , At least you'll have receipt for postage so he cant just turn around and say it was never delivered.

Uther · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:41

Unfortunately chances are he would say it never arrived. What a world.

MatsyLR · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:42

Can you not just get the buyer to cancel the order then just do the deal outside of eBays ecosystem (cash)?

Sirrel Squirrel · 4 Jul 2022 at 12:51

Not sure if it'll work since they've paid for the postage but with a collection, you get given a code that you enter into the eBay app to say you've collected.

Martynt74 · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:05

I'd just hand deliver it. I would say that 99% of buyers are genuine and would be happy for you to do that.

Plus worst case, it's a phone case so if he does shout scam (pun intended

), it's not a big loss.

MatsyLR · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:06

Suppose it comes down to if you are willing to loose the value of the item over £2.99.
Is it an expensive case?

200sols · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:07

Uther said:
Unfortunately chances are he would say it never arrived. What a world.

I mean... the actual odds on chances are that he wouldn't do that but there is a small risk.

BananaDunka · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:12

Scam said:
I put £2.99 for 1st class signed for post

Deliver it by hand, get him to sign for it. Your 5 mins of walking is calculated at a labour rate of £2.99. You have a signature proving it was delivered, you can also take a photo.

It doesn't get any more "!st class" than personalised delivery. The buyer need not know you are only 5 mins away.

nantucket66 · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:13

I'd hand deliver it and get him to sign a eBay printout of the sale. Send him a message via eBay asking him to agree it's OK to do this before you do it, so there is a record that eBay can see, then when you deliver it, take a few images like a lot of the couriers do these days and and upload them into the message thread.

Craterloads · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:25

Just hand deliver, knock on door and hand over or if no one is home just post it through letter box.

You will be fine, most people are decent.

dlockers · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:38

Craterloads said:
Just hand deliver, knock on door and hand over or if no one is home just post it through letter box.

You will be fine, most people are decent.

He lives in London

Vince · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:48

Click the button that creates a qr code that the buyer scans when you deliver. It's very simple.

Ebay has this to prevent exactly the issues that could happen. Done this plenty and it works well.

Mrwong · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:54

Go to his house get the cash give him a smal lpercent of what you save from ebay. refund him on ebay job done.

Deleted member 77746 · 4 Jul 2022 at 13:55

The question is here - how much is the phone case worth? Can you lose the value of the phone case if it goes bugger up.

What's the difference you delivering it over a postman delivering it?

Take multiple pics of his front door with the parcel sticking out? lol..

Do this. There's no harm in doing it. Make sure you do a map of your postage though for tracking purposes.

BUDFORCE · 4 Jul 2022 at 14:01

Assuming the buyer doesn't know what you look like?

How would the buyer not know you are a courier, turn up, hand the parcel saying you need a photo for delivery (loads of couriers do this) and leave.

He doesn't have to know you are the seller.