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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:44 am
Since there has been a lot posted that was not as accurate as most would hope, let me make one post to help with clarity.
Let me also say that I received notice about this "discussion" from someone that I do not even know and he suggested that having information from both sides might help clear the air. - Thanks Mike!
I send a Postal Money order the morning after the auction closed, to assure that Chuck got cash in the only reasonable way (put it in an envelope and if there is any problem, neither of us is happy).
Chuck sent an E-mail acknowledging receipt on the following Monday and added that he would "start looking for the stuff". HUH? An eBay seller that doesn't know where the item is? Oh well. About twenty minutes later (per the E-mail time stamp) a second E-mail that said "It must be your lucky day. I found everything. I'll ship it today. WAY COOL! Can't ask for more. Half hour later (once again from the E-mail time stamp) I get another E-mail that says "Sorry, didn't get there before they closed. I'll ship it tomorrow." Once again Cool.
The next afternoon I sent an E-mail and said "Chuck, where are we at? Did you get the TNC sent? As an aside here - the item is an AEA PK-900 with cables and manual. Selling price $175. Chuck asked for $10 to ship it. I checked with my local Post Office and got a quote of $12 and change to ship priority mail. I sent a Postal Money Order in the amount of $188 and asked for priority mail. - back to the discussion.
Chuck called me on the phone and said that he had not been able to ship the TNC on Tuesday and that it could take four or five days more. I replied "No, either ship it tomorrow or send me back my money order." Please notice neither profanity nor yelling. Chuck's reply was "Oh." and he hung up.
The next day I got an E-mail from chuck saying that he had sent the money order back. A second E-mail provided a tracking number. Cool.
The day after that I got some "strongly worded" communication from eBay wanting to know what happened. I checked at the eBay site and found that I have a "less than optimal" rating from Chuck with eBay. I supplied eBay with ALL of the E-mails exchanged and related my opinion.
I will say here that in my opinion, any eBay seller that doesn't have the item(s) in hand should probably spend some time getting ready - prior to the close of auction. I guess that makes me mean and nasty.
Oh well. With all of this, the only thing that disturbes me is that I now have a bad rating with eBay and they now want me to either pay them $5 or register with my credit card to be able to bid again.... Ain't gonna happen.
C Ya
Pat Lambert, W0IPL
Let me also say that I received notice about this "discussion" from someone that I do not even know and he suggested that having information from both sides might help clear the air. - Thanks Mike!
I send a Postal Money order the morning after the auction closed, to assure that Chuck got cash in the only reasonable way (put it in an envelope and if there is any problem, neither of us is happy).
Chuck sent an E-mail acknowledging receipt on the following Monday and added that he would "start looking for the stuff". HUH? An eBay seller that doesn't know where the item is? Oh well. About twenty minutes later (per the E-mail time stamp) a second E-mail that said "It must be your lucky day. I found everything. I'll ship it today. WAY COOL! Can't ask for more. Half hour later (once again from the E-mail time stamp) I get another E-mail that says "Sorry, didn't get there before they closed. I'll ship it tomorrow." Once again Cool.
The next afternoon I sent an E-mail and said "Chuck, where are we at? Did you get the TNC sent? As an aside here - the item is an AEA PK-900 with cables and manual. Selling price $175. Chuck asked for $10 to ship it. I checked with my local Post Office and got a quote of $12 and change to ship priority mail. I sent a Postal Money Order in the amount of $188 and asked for priority mail. - back to the discussion.
Chuck called me on the phone and said that he had not been able to ship the TNC on Tuesday and that it could take four or five days more. I replied "No, either ship it tomorrow or send me back my money order." Please notice neither profanity nor yelling. Chuck's reply was "Oh." and he hung up.
The next day I got an E-mail from chuck saying that he had sent the money order back. A second E-mail provided a tracking number. Cool.
The day after that I got some "strongly worded" communication from eBay wanting to know what happened. I checked at the eBay site and found that I have a "less than optimal" rating from Chuck with eBay. I supplied eBay with ALL of the E-mails exchanged and related my opinion.
I will say here that in my opinion, any eBay seller that doesn't have the item(s) in hand should probably spend some time getting ready - prior to the close of auction. I guess that makes me mean and nasty.
Oh well. With all of this, the only thing that disturbes me is that I now have a bad rating with eBay and they now want me to either pay them $5 or register with my credit card to be able to bid again.... Ain't gonna happen.
C Ya
Pat Lambert, W0IPL