Seller on the razor's edge | Buying on eBay

lele.995 · 2024-05-28T08:47:18.840000Z

Hello everyone:I’m pointing out a somewhat odd behavior from a seller to ask what you think.The “shop” in question is physically a shop, but not on eBay, where it appears as a private seller.It is definitely a brick-and-mortar bookstore (given the sheer number of books for sale, 95% of them new), and its name includes that of a city in northern Italy (I’m giving you these details because it might remind you of someone you’ve bought from...).In its listings, it ships only with ordinary book mail (obviously to keep costs down given the competition) and lists the shipping time as 35 days.That is, if you buy today, May 28, the window eBay shows for receiving the package is from July 4 to July 14.As if that weren’t enough, right after the purchase it sends an eBay message confirming receipt of payment and reiterating both the shipping times and the method (ordinary book mail), inviting you to confirm the order by accepting the above.So: if I buy something, have I already accepted the shipping times and methods by authorizing payment, or do I have to “sign off” on everything again?Because the very fact that you’re a business and present yourself as a “private individual” already bothers me a bit (okay, then you’ll deal with DAC7, but that’s your problem...) but asking to confirm in order to fulfill the order seems a little bit presumptuous to me.What do you think?Thanks everyone and have a good day!

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