| harleygjc |
| (regular) |
| Tue Jun 02 2009 01:28 PM |
Re: A mickey take, surely?
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Mouse, I think you were right to be cautious about giving any refunds in the first place! the fact that the buyer went huffy when you asked for the serial number was really odd. If that was me I wouldn't of taken any offence to that as your just double checking/being cautious, most of the sellers I've come across on ebay have been very nice and friendly! However I like alot of people have run into a total jerk, I recently bought a dvd box set for a high price albeit lower than the shop price and the day after I got a email saying your item has been dispatched when recieved leave good feedback etc and......5 days later nothing!!
Sent a email politely asking when item was sent as post is unreliable near me etc etc, days later no box and no reply!! by now I was getting worried, checked on his feedback and it had gone from 0 neg to 210 neg in a few days!!! AND he was no longer a registered user! by now I was crapping myself sent another email and few days later still no reply this was now 3wks waiting and no replies and no box set.
In the mean time Ebay sent me a mail saying about the seller and that he was suspended! and just to take the mick they said don't send any payment!! when I'd paid for set 3 weeks back!
Opened a claim through paypal and although I opened it as a complaint it got automatically escalated to a claim right away, which I thought was strange. They had the nerve to give the seller ten days to reply! when I told em that I'd sent several mails and got no reply, in the end I did get all my money back but I must admit I was worried I'd loose it all.
Since then I must say it has put me off using Ebay as I'm always thinking is this seller going to be a right idiot or not?
But going back to how you handled things Mouse I think I'd have done the exact same as you! it does get annoying when your polite and helpfull and all you get back is the exact opposite.