Chinapost Tracking won't work!!!!

[hyunjaenaru]

I ordered an Item last week and the seller said they shipped it out Monday and gave me this tracking number

RA323671356CN

So i tried it on Chinapost ever since Monday and I keep getting

"No Result! Please tracking number is correct, then try again"

It's been almost a week and I asked the seller what postal service they shipped with and I haven't gotten a reply.
(I assume there's no reply because a few days back when I asked about the item the Seller apologized for the late response and that their computer was being fixed so I think their computer may be broken again but I really don't know!!)

I don't know what to do and why won't this tracking number work?!!!

[swankytown]

I've been ordering Ebay items from China for more than 10 years now.  Seldom had delivery problems until last year or two.  I bought items with paypal, waited 3 to 4 weeks, and it would arrive.  Problem with (maybe) one in 20 orders.

Now I order items the same way, but half the time nothing arrives.  I contact the seller and he is anxious to give a refund, but I really wanted the item after waiting so long. I am disappointed, and once contacted Ebay about possible mischief of seller.  They get back to me in 3 days telling me they have "good news"...... they're giving me a refund, duh.

I don't want to waste time shopping and giving seller money for an item, but I expect a shipment not a refund 2 months later so often as it happens now.  I suspect the sellers are shipping items only if in stock (or on some other condition), notifying of shipment sent whether it was or not, and then keeping the money for cash flow unless or until the buyer asks for a refund.

I find that Ebay wants as little to do with buyers as they can get away with.  I've had the odd problem before, and when I involved Ebay to help, they always dropped the ball and walked away.  I've lost faith in the system, not so much from sellers but from Ebay.

[sillywilly99999]

I totally agree with you swankytown! I think that another reason for such a long wait could be because they wait until their shipping containers get full before shipping out.....which could be weeks. I agree that doing it that way is just good business sense, but this information should be included in their listings! There are dishonest sellers, no question about it. I am so tired of the back and forth emails where you can tell that they're clearly stalling for time asking me if this is my correct address, etc, or another thing they try to pull off is pretending NOT to fully understand what you're saying, so their reply is not always applicable to the question(s) asked. Why eBay lets them get away with this kind of stuff is beyond me. They've been told many, many, many times over the last several years what has been going on with the shipping, and they do nothing about it. Perhaps it's time for eBay to rewrite the policies and procedures, for overseas sellers, especially Mainland China, and clamp down on ALL of the offenders. There should be only one set of rules and regulations, and ALL eBay sellers should have to obey the rules, NO exceptions!!! By not trying to stop the dishonesty, they're basically condoning it and allowing it to perpetuate!!! The lying, the stalling and the giving invalid tracking numbers, and many more infractions should be stopped!! I've received many refunds, and only twice did I ever get the original item after receiving the refund. I'm positive that this happens to many more people than myself, so I wonder.....where are all of these items???