Just got called a "scammer" over the tariffs on packages to the US... | Selling

sapphyres-designer-jewellery · 2026-01-01T23:03:01.396000Z

I sold an item a couple of days ago. It's actually a USA medallion, so no tariffs regardless. There's nothing in my title that says anything about tariffs or not, but the buyer got the idea when they bought there would be no tariffs on their order. At some point between payment and now, the buyer saw something on the listing that said tariffs would be due upon delivery. Also the buyer was told their item would be there by Jan 13th when they looked at the listing, and now eBay tells them they can't file an INR until January 28. So due to all of the above which eBay is doing, suddenly I'm a scammer and the buyer wants their money back and plans to leave negative feedback. FWIW, the order probably will arrive by Jan 13 since I ship with Stallion. Any shipments with Stallion or Canada post have tariffs prepaid (so the buyer doesn't pay), but regardless, it's a US medallion! So being manufactured in the US there's no tariffs. (I don't go there about where things are made relating to tariffs since Stallion is collecting those, so it's irrelevant for the discussion whether or not an item has tariffs, they have to be prepaid). Anyway I (as calmly as possible) explained to the buyer how I ship, that there are no tariffs, and eBay is giving a long delivery time because the item is coming from Canada, therefore it can take 2-3 weeks to clear US Customs (which is evident from posts made in December in this forum), but due to the fact I ship with Stallion they will clear the item across the border in 2-3 days, and then it goes USPS. I did not refund the buyer their money, I'm not going to go and give them a refund so they can leave negative feedback. But the time they can file an INR on the item it will have been delivered and they'll figure out (I hope) that I'm not scamming them (and that they didn't have to pay tariffs on delivery). No reply from the buyer yet, I would take that as a good sign.C.

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