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Apr. 26th, 2017 03:52 am (UTC)
I'm seconding the beware, but here's my take on the tracking number.

I don't know how it is overseas (maybe a member overseas can help out?) but I know that with USPS you are automatically given a tracking number.
That being said, if the artist told you they were going to give you a tracking number for said mailed thing and have failed to do so, clearly they haven't mailed it and are making another excuse for themselves thinking you'll just dismiss it.

Now, if they DO give you a tracking number, I encourage you to check it every few days. There's been people on here who were given tracking numbers that the artist purchased solely so that they would stop asking about the materials and never actually mailed anything out. It's a thing!
Apr. 26th, 2017 03:59 am (UTC)
How does that work if I may ask? I thought tracking numbers could only be given when an ITEM is shipped but you can buy them without shipping anything?
Apr. 26th, 2017 10:14 am (UTC)
When you purchase a label online it will generate a tracking number. If they just never send it, then it will remain in "label generated" status and never gain an origin scan.
Apr. 26th, 2017 05:06 pm (UTC)
Now, I've never looked into it as I don't see a reason to lie to my clients about the status of their commission or what they purchased from me but I do know people who have been sent false tracking numbers or been scammed from sellers online.

There's a few ways people go about doing it. As Celestinaketzia mentioned the most frequent way sellers go about doing it is buying a label online to have a number that does go through the postal service's tracking system but doesn't actually equate to a physical item.
There are online generators for fake tracking numbers, there's generators for MANY false inputs (ex, to win free things on online video games or to get a code so you don't have to pay for a software) but they generally do not work and can give person generating said number a virus, makes for good karma.

I've actually experienced the fake tracking number three times through sellers on Etsy/Ebay and have twice been mailed things I didn't pay for: a very tiny box with nothing in it (was supposed to be a badge) and cockroaches (the last AB I published on here).

It's incredibly risky and makes people not want to conduct business with you so why people do it is beyond me.
Apr. 26th, 2017 05:52 pm (UTC)
Oh I won't be doing this as I don't do art myself since I have a severe lack of talent, I'm wholly a commissioner and all the stuff I've gotten never had tracking numbers on or such and it mystified me, so my apologies!
Apr. 27th, 2017 12:10 am (UTC)
The artist told me they were going to give me a track and trace (I assume tracking) number, but they never have, and it's been almost 3 months. I'm starting to think she's never intended to mail it, keeping both the furs and my money
Apr. 27th, 2017 11:05 pm (UTC)
Definitely try recontacting your bank about it.
Apr. 27th, 2017 11:14 pm (UTC)
When I contacted the bank the first time they told me they can only access banking records that go back a year from the date I called, so they wouldn't be able to access records from 2015. I can try calling again but I don't know if I'll get a different answer than the first.
Apr. 28th, 2017 01:00 am (UTC)
Wow, so they must delete the records for space, that's bad :/ You could try asking for someone higher to see if there's anything to do.
Apr. 29th, 2017 02:07 am (UTC)




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