i had also some problems, so it seemed. I bought an USB stick at eBay and just when my payment was deducted from my PayPal-account, the item was deleted from eBay! So i couldn’t track the status of my purchased item on delivery. But shortly before the deletion, i recieved an e-mail from eBay with a tracking number from the China Post.

At first i thought i was scammed but that i came upon this (forum) site and i felt encouraged to wait a while if my tracking number would come up with a response at the tracking site. After all, to start an get-back-payment-procedure with eBay or Paypal was still possible within 30 days of purchase or so.

So i waited for a couple of days (less than a week) and my tracking number got a status response from the trackingsite of China Post. Well i was relieved, something happened with the item: it was shipped. Altough it took almost 3 weeks, and got some other item tracking statussen, i recieved my item in the mail!

I have to say that when the item has left the ‘arrival at transit office of exchange’ (after that it left the country of China) which was my last status, the status wasn’t updated for a week when i finally recieved the item. I guess that status updates are difficult after the item has send off.

So everyone, when you got a tracking number from eBay, you can be asure that your item is in the mail and you don’t have to worry about it. It just takes long before you recieve it, just count on 4 weeks or so. And it’s always possible to start a money-get-back-procedure.

Laura x