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Post Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:24 pm 
 

I've come to the tentative conclusion the guy is on the level and I've forwarded payment to him.  I appreciate everyone's input very much, the Acaeum's collective experience with eBay is one of the reasons I love this place.

Anyway, I decided to take the chance.  I've never had a bad experience with eBay.  It seems almost everyone has had a bad experience with a seller or buyer; this may be mine.  

If the deal does go south, I will post full details of the transaction here.


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:27 am 
 

Minor update:  I won the auction FRI night (late), Monday morning there was an e-mail in my inbox asking why I had not paid yet.  I responded with a message that PayPal payment had been forwarded, conforming to his "requested" terms, and I have not yet received any acknowledgment of this e-mail or notification the order has been shipped (priority mail, as specified by the seller).

More as this develops.


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:49 am 
 

Sometimes Paypal holds a payment for a while.
I have had it happen to me (in both directions actually) on several occasions...


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:04 am 
 

I remember once buying about eight magazines from a guy who had a very similar inability to figure out how to use his PayPal account. It wasn't that he was a newbie, more like he'd signed up years ago and only used it once or twice a year. Anyway, after tooing and froing, maybe two weeks later, I just told the guy to forget it and file a dispute. I remeber leaving feedback saying "Three weeks on and he hasn't figured out how to work PayPal yet. What a muppet." This case sounds like it might be going down a similar route.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:50 am 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote:
"Three weeks on and he hasn't figured out how to work PayPal yet. What a muppet."


ROTFLMAO
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:17 pm 
 

I've just received notification the item has shipped.  Yay!


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:00 pm 
 

Excellent news.
Please update this when you get the shipment.
Hopefully this will end well...


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:24 pm 
 

Thanks!  And I will.


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Post Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:13 pm 
 

According to the USPS website, the package was delivered yesterday.  I'm out of town at the moment, so I won't pick it up until Monday.  I thought I would let everyone it was here. If the book isn't as described I will make a posting here but, for now, I will consider the matter closed.


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Post Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 3:40 am 
 

sounds cool then, glad to hear that Dubeers! :)


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Post Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:09 pm 
 

I just realized I never posted a follow-up to this thread.

Item was received, on time and as advertised. Thanks to all of you for your help!

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