Questions about shipping and tracking as a vendor

I saw this in recent post about how to being scammed by your buyers.

When a buyer claim the package is a no-show, make sure you do either of the following to prevent this. Place tracking on all of your items that you ship. For security, try not to give it out unless it is necessary. This is great proof to show staff that you did indeed ship out the item. If you do not use tracking, make sure it is known in your profile that this is the case and you cannot give refunds on lost packages. It would be to the buyers discretion whether or not to order.

I don't really see the point in tracking numbers. Does anyone else feel this way? A vendor can easily send a tracking number with an empty package to a nearby home or even the address you provided and win a dispute. The main reason tracking numbers are even used is to make sure vendors don't get scammed by buyers, not the other way around.

Why not just go sans tracking numbers?

If you only ship domestic, package correctly, and the buyer provides a legitimate address then the chances of the package not arriving at its destination is slim to none.

I think it's also safer for both buyer and vendor to go without tracking numbers.

First, it's a pain in the ass to get tracking labels. Secondly, you have to hold onto buyer info and tracking label info.

Sounds like bad opsec to me.


Comments


[3 Points] None:

Tracking also helps figure out what's going on if the package is stuck in usps limbo for an extra week. I personally think tracking is a great idea and have never ever had to ask a vendor to look it up


[1 Points] None:

I have had vendors submit "tracking numbers" to marketplace uhhh "runners" and have still won the dispute as they only delivered 1/4 of what they said they would.


[1 Points] AlexSosa1KG:

First, it's a pain in the ass to get tracking labels.

Not really. I don't know why people make it that big of a deal. I've gotten stacks of tracking labels no questions asked. And if they even wondered I would just say I do eBay from home and then it's all good. Even if you order off their website, it comes from an offsite printing company that they use. You think they know all the tracking numbers in that pack that some guy just picks from a pick slot in the warehouse and puts in the mail to you? Nope.