Twice sold microwave turntables, delivered to old addresses

When something happens once, you might consider it random. If it happens twice, it's already a pattern...

I occasionally sell glass turntables from microwaves that I scrap. Works reasonably well through eBay. But twice already I had buyers report those undelivered only to discover that the delivery addresses they gave me through eBay were out of date. If you think it about it makes sense:
1. People move
2. In the process of packing/unpacking they drop the turntable and it breaks
3. They go to eBay and buy a new one, but in the craziness of the move they forgot to update they delivery address in their eBay settings, so the thing gets shipped to the old address.
4. Hopefully their did address forwarding with USPS and USPS actually forwards the package properly. If FedEx or UPS, I imagine rerouting might be more complicated

So the bottom line is: when selling glass turntables it might make sense to double check with the buyer if their address is correct before shipping. Does not hurt to do it with every item you sell, but in this case more likely to actually prevent problems.

Good point!! Never have had that experience before but I haven't sold any micro glass turntables either.

I still love this! How much per pound for a microwave glass turntable? When the husband breaks it he would pay good money to fix it!

Is it bed put appliance parts as buy in now or bids? I've been putting a starting bid and a buy it now price but no luck

Originally Posted by kcscrapper

Is it bed put appliance parts as buy in now or bids? I've been putting a starting bid and a buy it now price but no luck

I just sell as fixed price. I know what it costs to ship and they take up little space. Plates are slow right now, people buy a lot of microwaves during Christmas. Plates will break over the year and demand will pick back up.

Sold my first mirco glass platter today on ebay from a free CL machine I picked up in my bedroom town. Not much but better than just putting it in my recycling bin...