Trading on forum. Potentially scammed? Can Canada Post hold/return a package?

[nobb]

I did a trade on the head-fi.org forums for a set of in ear monitors (expensive ones). The other guy is a newbie, and so am I. I have good feedback from other forums and my eBay. The other guy has positive feedback as well, but only a few. Im in Canada, he is in Texas.

Since I am more of a newb than he is on the forum, he initially wanted me to ship mine out first. Then when he received it, he would ship his. Im not comfortable with that kind of wait time, so instead we came to an agreement that I would ship mine out, scan in the receipt + tracking, and he would ship his out. Both of us agreed to use a shipping method that has tracking and insurance. I hold up my end of the bargain, then he proceeds to tell me that he has shipped out on his end as well but did not get tracking (and as a result, probably no insurance) because it would cost $25 more through USPS. Maybe Im just overcautious, but I've had similar sized shipments from US to Canada that had tracking and insurance....the total cost was less than $20. I only had to pay $16 for my package to be shipped to the US, with tracking and insurance.

This could be an honest mistake, but it could also be a scam. Most likely not, but I'd just rather be safe than sorry. I wouldn't care if the package was something inexpensive, but these are $200-$300 earphones.

I'm kind of iffy on this and was just wondering what you guys would do in my shoes. Canada Post is closed right now (Ill call tomorrow), but Im just wondering if anyone knows if they will hold or return a package back to the sender upon request? What about if the package has already left Canada and is in the hands of USPS?

[jayisthebest88]

why would you buy expensive ear-phones when they sell perfectly good adequate in ear ear phones at the dollar store. I bought a pair and they are just as good if not BETTER then my 10 dollar sony ear phones that I bought from walmart. I don't understand people like you who spends i dunno....30 dollars on headphones when I can listen to my taylor swift tunes on my "buds" as I like to call them on my ipod mini, which BTW still work after all of these years. you suckers can keep buying new ipods and expensive 30 dollar headphones every year and I can keep laughing it all the way to the bank, chhh ching!

[Shaner]

If the package has left Canada, you're out of luck. If it hasn't, you can request Canada Post return it to you.

[MkmBandit]

why would you buy expensive ear-phones when they sell perfectly good adequate in ear ear phones at the dollar store. I bought a pair and they are just as good if not BETTER then my 10 dollar sony ear phones that I bought from walmart. I don't understand people like you who spends i dunno....30 dollars on headphones when I can listen to my taylor swift tunes on my "buds" as I like to call them on my ipod mini, which BTW still work after all of these years. you suckers can keep buying new ipods and expensive 30 dollar headphones every year and I can keep laughing it all the way to the bank, chhh ching!

L.M.F.A.O.

Theres a difference between buds and in-ear monitors. Let me put it to you like this; ALL the music you listen to would sound like garbage, regardless of how much you spent on speakers/headphones, if the producers used dollar store buds. Maybe Nobb is a producer.

[nobb]

why would you buy expensive ear-phones when they sell perfectly good adequate in ear ear phones at the dollar store. I bought a pair and they are just as good if not BETTER then my 10 dollar sony ear phones that I bought from walmart. I don't understand people like you who spends i dunno....30 dollars on headphones when I can listen to my taylor swift tunes on my "buds" as I like to call them on my ipod mini, which BTW still work after all of these years. you suckers can keep buying new ipods and expensive 30 dollar headphones every year and I can keep laughing it all the way to the bank, chhh ching!

AHHAHAHA I hope that was a joke. Very funny!

No I'm not a producer, I just like good sounding audio. It's a hobby. Same reason why some people buy $100+ jeans or RC cars.

[GuiltySpark]

Same reason why some people buy $100+ jeans or RC cars.

Sweet combo. wicked jeans and a rad RC car. Nothing oozes cool like $100 RC cars.