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TheHistorian
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:57 pm

Thank you all for the suggestions. Much appreciated. I'll let you know what happens.

Obviously, at this point I don't really want the phone from him... but he deserves some hassle. :twisted:

Hmm, does anyone have experience with calling ebay to file a complaint versus entering it online?

BNagata
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:25 pm

July 2, 8:25am- I think I know what's happening, but I send payment even without the invoice, as I'm confident that there's little financial risk
July 2, 10:46am - Payment refunded (*see below)
July 2, 10:48am - Unpaid item case opened by seller
July 2, 12:48pm - I respond to case, indicating that I will pay
July 2, 12:51pm - Case closed by seller, giving me no chance to fully respond
July 2, 1:10pm - I appeal the unpaid item case/strike, and it is immediately reversed

I'm not 100% sure but at the point when the seller opened a unpaid item case, you should have resubmitted payment and then clicked that payment has been sent. This would have made him close the case and turn the tables where you could open a case against him if the product does not arrive. Once the case is opened, he would be forced to send the item (with tracking) or deal with his own strike.

modheaven
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:45 pm

<<YOUR PMT IS VERY LATE.
YOU HAD ONLY 7 DAYS TO PAY FOR THIS ITEM.
YOU PAID AFTER OVER 22 DAYS - UNACCEPTABLE >>

Wow. Assholes have their own language, assholese.
I never thought it was true until now.

FormCritic
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:32 am

The damage to this guy's star ratings is pretty bad...enough to give the lie to his overall feedback percentage.

If you scroll down his feedback far enough you start to hit mutually withdrawn feedback...which is a klaxon going off when I look at a seller's feedback.

Also, this guy has a history of nasty responses to negative feedback.

Instead of "Sorry you were dissatisfied - please contact us" this guy snaps back at his customers.

IF I give anything less than all five stars to a seller I give all one star ratings. Thing is, in RPG purchases I seldom to never encounter a dishonest seller. Everyone is usually really nice and quite reliable.

Electronics strikes me as a category destined to be dotted with scam artists...like that link to the Judge Judy case on the Acaeum a while back. The thief had hidden the words "picture only" in her listing and felt justified in ripping off customers.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

TheHistorian
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:31 pm

Negative feedback and DSRs left. Opened a case under ebay's seller non-performance policy. Not sure if much will happen, but no reason not to try and burn this jerk.

As for electronics on ebay, it's probably more of a crap shoot than some other items (let's face it, at least some of it is gray market, because a lot of electronics are small and valuable). But there certainly are some good sellers out there. The laptop I'm typing on right now arrived a couple weeks and it was brand new in the box, at a great price. *shrug*

deimos3428
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:31 pm

You were wise not to send this individual any money. Hit him with negatives, and move on.

Prufrock
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:50 pm

If possible, I recommend violence. No, I'm not kidding.

(neg him til the cows come home)

Martin

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