Hi All,
I'm fairly new to Mumsnet but since I've joined I've been a heavy duty lurker on this forum - love it! I've been an ebayer for the past 7 years but dip in and out of it, usually capitalising on the free listing weekends because I begrudge paying listing fees when I get hammered with final value and paypal, it makes a time consuming exercise selling for peanuts.
Early April I managed to sell a few of my nicer dresses including a stunning one that I wanted to keep but thought the money would be far more useful at the moment. I sent it recorded and it's still in the system (i.e. lost) 15 days later. I feel really fed up with RM because they lost some framed prints of my children I sent to family at Christmas and I had to jump through so many hoops to get a refund, nor were they concerned that images of children were unaccounted for. I can't help but feel something shifty is going on at my post office for me to have been so "unlucky." I'd like to vote with my feet and go with a different carrier but in my experience couriers have been dearer and though I have used myhermes for larger items, when you factor in insurance for £40+ items and a signature, it would be a lot more expensive than Royal Mail.
For those who post regularly have you had similar issues or do you use any other carriers?
FBB x