{"id":15618,"date":"2024-06-04T17:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potbanks.wordpress.com\/?p=15618"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:22:26","slug":"how-to-pick-up-a-parcel-from-an-ebay-locker-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/2024\/06\/04\/how-to-pick-up-a-parcel-from-an-ebay-locker-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pick up a parcel from an eBay ‘locker’ in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

I swore I wouldn’t use eBay again, due to sellers lying about sending by normal second-class mail (they rarely do except on tiny items, and sending ‘signed for’ or by courier can cause huge complications and hassle). But a nice hardback copy of The Journeys of Frodo<\/em> map-book for The Lord of the Rings<\/em> for just \u00a315 was too much temptation. I thought that sending the parcel 2nd Class Royal Mail (as stated) to an eBay locker would solve the problem. Turns out that it was actually sent “Signed For” (grrr<\/em>, but that didn’t matter in the end) not proper normal 2nd class, and that the local ‘locker’ I could see on Google Street View… wasn’t real!<\/em><\/p>\n

ADVICE FOR FIRST TIME eBAY ‘LOCKER’ PICK-UP USERS: <\/p>\n

eBay lockers seem to be just a sort of metal ‘advertising hoarding’ made to look similar to Amazon lockers. These pseudo-lockers don’t have instructions to first-time users fixed on them (at least, mine didn’t). Lack of instructions will confuse the heck out of 80% of the first-time users.<\/p>\n

This is what those instructions should say, if they were fixed to the front of the supposed ‘lockers’: <\/p>\n

1. Forget about this ‘locker’. It looks very real but has no screen, is not functional for pick-up and doesn’t work like an Amazon locker. Your parcel is not in here. The InPost screen adjacent has no connection with eBay deliveries.<\/p>\n

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2. What you actually need to do is go into<\/strong> the shop or petrol station, wait in a queue, and then ask at the checkout.<\/p>\n

3. The assistant will have a loose pile of parcels somewhere behind the counter. <\/p>\n

4. Let him scan the barcode and\/or show him the pickup code.<\/p>\n

5. He will then ask you your surname, and (hopefully) fish out and hand you your parcel.<\/p>\n

Note also that:<\/p>\n

1) The barcode image is only<\/em> present in the email notification that the order is ready. Not in the website notification page. The notification page only has the pickup code. Simply showing a pickup code alone may not be enough, in some shops, according to forum chatter.<\/p>\n

2) Cable transfer of the barcode image to a phone may be impossible from a desktop computer’s email software due to security. You may need to copy it to a tablet instead. <\/p>\n

3) Also, to get the barcode in the first place you may need to access your email via Web mail, rather than a desktop email software — if the desktop security software blocks certain types of images (e.g. .PNG or .WebP) from displaying in email. <\/p>\n

Finally, bear in mind that it may be impossible to send an International parcel to a pick-up, as eBay may only allow a home address delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I swore I wouldn’t use eBay again, due to sellers lying about sending by normal second-class mail (they rarely do except on tiny items, and sending ‘signed for’ or by courier can cause huge complications and hassle). But a nice hardback copy of The Journeys of Frodo map-book for The Lord of the Rings for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tolkien-gleanings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/spyders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}