I think I was scammed | Selling

movie_galaxy · 2025-09-03T22:48:42.665000Z

Last week, I bought Canada Post stamps from a seller who was supposedly located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. On the listing, the item location actually showed - Ottawa, Canada. But this Monday - 2 days ago - when my order was marked as SHIPPED, the supposed tracking showed the package originated out of China. I instantly sensed something was wrong and I started to worry. Also, the supposed tracking showed a super fast movement of my order - this was another red flag that worried me. I know packages can move quickly sometimes, but Canadian stamps being sent from China that move more than 10,000 km in just 2 days is very suspicious. Today, Wednesday Sept 3rd, the order showed as DELIVERED. I opened my front door to check if I had received a package, but nothing was there. I checked my mailbox, asked my neighbours and nothing. I tried to reach the seller, but all his listings have vanished and I am not able to contact him about the listing I purchased from him/her. This is a bad feeling for me. I didn't know that sellers could list in one region of the world and send from a different region of the world. I thought an item shown as being located in Canada had to be sent from Canada. I didn't know a seller could show their location as Canada, but send the item from China or somewhere else. And as it turned out, the seller didn't even send me anything. They uploaded some type of tracking number, but the movement of the package seems way too suspicious to be accurate and since i didn't receive the package, I am guessing the tracking was never genuine in the first place. Just now, I filed a report with Ebay about my suspicions regarding the listing and the seller. I tried to file an INR but it says I have to wait until tomorrow to do that - so I will. I don't know how Ebay will decide things because DHL tracking supposedly shows a DELIVERED status for my order. I have never experienced such an occurance, so I posted this to ask other sellers the question - is it possible to list in one region of the world and send from a different region AND I posted this as a warning to sellers because we are also buyers on the platform.

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