Shipments from China

[bobendoh]

I have not received 8 of 23 items I have ordered from China, thats 30% no shows. Has anyone seen a rise in no show shipments from China?

[ypdc_dennis]

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@bobendoh wrote:

I have not received 8 of 23 items I have ordered from China, thats 30% no shows. Has anyone seen a rise in no show shipments from China?

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http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Buyer-Central/Shipping-from-china-takes-forever/m-p/369041#M33580

[momcqueen]

It's a chronic problem as of late. There have been dozens of threads about this on ebay Canada Community. Simply Google the search term 'Chinese Mail Fentanyl' and you'll see the cause.

Lettermail from China now has to be inspected by incoming Canadian Customs for toxic illicit drugs being smuggled into Canada by Chinese drug cookers. Fentanyl is killing Canadian habitual and recreational drug users in record numbers. Two grains the size of table salt granules is enough to kill people and it's making its way into even street pot. First responders run the risk of dying when they are accidentally exposed to it while answering crisis calls.

It's a major, major problem that supersedes the inconvenience of online shopping package delivery delays. I would suggest that until this problem is fixed, you shop from sellers in North America. 

Here's two articles to get you started: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-fentanyl-is-getting-through-canadas-border/article2... and a piece in greater detail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/a-killer-high-how-canada-got-addicted-tofentanyl/...

[momcqueen]

But to answer the practical problem this creates for you, go to Paypal. Open each trasnaction in your Account Activity (Classic View) and take note of the line at the top of the page that tells you that 'You have until XXX day to resolve a problem with this order'. That time and date is the point at which your Paypal Buyer Protection of 180 days from moment of purchase runs out or expires. 

Note those times and products on a calendar. 

Open cases a week or so before your 180-day time limit runs out. 

Don't accept offers to replace; that will likely just end with you in the same boat but past your buyer protection time. Take your refund any try again.