WhyNotZoidberg | 585 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Good day, A seller agreed to my offer and sent the invoice which I promptly paid. Now I won't lie, I noticed the total was cheaper than I expected with shipping and customs and all that (chances are they forgot to charge me shipping). Regardless, I paid from ebay's website using Paypal. Both ebay and Paypal have my shipping adress. Now the seller wrote me, asking to confirm my shipping address to them. What could be going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugfish | 652 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 If the seller has much feedback, I would see nothing nefarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, WhyNotZoidberg said: Good day, A seller agreed to my offer and sent the invoice which I promptly paid. Now I won't lie, I noticed the total was cheaper than I expected with shipping and customs and all that (chances are they forgot to charge me shipping). Regardless, I paid from ebay's website using Paypal. Both ebay and Paypal have my shipping adress. Now the seller wrote me, asking to confirm my shipping address to them. What could be going on here? Sometimes people have outdated addresses on PayPal. If an incorrect address is used, an international shipment will not get returned to it's origin, so the item will be undeliverable. The buyer is probably trying to confirm and protect himself. Edited November 15, 2019 by DoctorEncore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap123 | 112 Subscriber T1 · Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I've asked for address confirmation from buyers in the past. It causes big problems if their PayPal address is out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyNotZoidberg | 585 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Ok so the seller wasn't super experienced it seems. Basically printing his shipping label gave the GSP's address instead of mine and that's what was getting him confused. Hopefully I get my games. It's been a while since I managed to score a lot of 3DO games in good shape at a decent price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 1:31 AM, DoctorEncore said: Sometimes people have outdated addresses on PayPal. If an incorrect address is used, an international shipment will not get returned to it's origin, so the item will be undeliverable. The buyer is probably trying to confirm and protect himself. I'm not sure that this is correct. On the customs forms, one has a choice to either return to sender or abandon. I've had several packages take holidays around the world and back to me due to wrong addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 4 hours ago, fcgamer said: I'm not sure that this is correct. On the customs forms, one has a choice to either return to sender or abandon. I've had several packages take holidays around the world and back to me due to wrong addresses. Interesting. I figured there was no way that postal services would eat the cost of a return trip home. So maybe it's literally just an effort to make the shipping process go well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: Interesting. I figured there was no way that postal services would eat the cost of a return trip home. So maybe it's literally just an effort to make the shipping process go well? Interestingly enough there is mention of agreeing to pay charges, but I've never had to experience it with any of the parcels returned to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,096 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I do the same thing when I buy/sell stuff even on old NA, just want to make sure I have the persons right address it’s an an easy thing to do to avoid a huge hassle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Yup better to confirm than run risk of trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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