Everyday a school day.
I had contact from Amazon today, and now I know what and how this has all come about.
Have you ever bought something from eBay or other seller and the find your order arrives from Amazon ?
Well it so happens that say for example an eBay seller offers something at price £x , some one buys it through the Ebay system and pays the seller.
If fact the seller doesn't physically have the item but has the time ( and usually Prime membership to cover delivery costs) to find and purchase the said item at price £<x and then has it sent direct from Amazon to the eBay purchaser.
So Amazon dispatch to the address given by the eBay seller, simple yes ? No , not when the eBay seller pastes
my details into the Amazon delivery address field ( because he is a unfamiliar with his software or other reason )
Amazon now tell me that they have contacted the eBay merchant , but, and a big but , I may still receive shipments. I have the option to contact the eBay merchant and return the goods ,but and I am sure this will amuse some of you.
Amazon cannot pass on the details of the eBay merchant , nor my details to the eBayer (methinks he may have them anyway ) "due to data protection regulations"
And if you think I am going to waste my valuable retirement trying to work out the identity of the unfortunate eBayer ...............
Looks like Christmas is sorted