eBay item didn't ship yet

[Grateful11]

tenders wrote:
Totally agree with being 100% by-the-book with sellers who have been paid and who aren't following prompt shipping procedures. Your obligation as a buyer is to PAY and then it is over. As the sellers, the onus is on them to get the goods to the buyer.

In my experience sellers who seem unresponsive and tardy turn out to be the sellers who won't ever ship, who come up with stupid excuses after multiple prods as to why they haven't already shipped but will need more time to do so, will ship you stuff with material flaws they didn't disclose in the description, etc. - and the sooner you get the ball rolling on those problems the sooner you'll have your money back so you can move on.

I've bought quite a bit of stuff on eBay and I've never had a seller to just not ship something at all. I've had
some that were slow, some that can't pack something worth a crap but never a complete no show.

If I have a problem I prefer to contact the seller before opening a case. Some seem to think that's the only
way to get something corrected. I know when there's the least little problem with a Lego my wife sells
the first thing 99% do is open a case when she could resolve 100% of these cases by simply contacting her.