How long?

[kroogur]

I am having a great deal of difficulty finding an Atari 2600 at a reasonable price, back on Dec 20 i won one on ebay and never received it, the seller does not answer his emails reliably and when i did get in touch he said "they" forgot to ship it and he would personally send it out last monday and it would arrive by wed/thur (Wisconsin to Pennsylvania) it never showed so i waited till saturday and sent one last message...no reply so last night i opened my first paypal dispute.

Question is how long should i wait if i get no reply from him till i escalate to a claim? And do i start one with Ebay too or is Paypal enough?

Edited January 23, 2008 by kroogur

[Shawn]

I am having a great deal of difficulty finding an Atari 2600 at a reasonable price, back on Dec 20 i won one on ebay and never received it, the seller does not answer his emails reliably and when i did get in touch he said "they" forgot to ship it and he would personally send it out last monday and it would arrive by wed/thur (Wisconsin to Pennsylvania) it never showed so i waited till saturday and sent one last message...no reply so last night i opened my first paypal dispute.

Question is how long should i wait if i get no reply from him till i escalate to a claim? And do i start one with Ebay too or is Paypal enough?

 

This is clearly a case where the seller is trying to fuck you over. Make it a claim right now so you can hope to freeze the money he owes you in his account.

[Recycled]

File a claim with ebay as well. Get on that right now.

[kroogur]

Thanks for the input i will start the claim on my lunch break!

[RickHarrisMaine]

Boy do I feel silly....I thought this topic was about something else, and I went looking for a ruler......

 

 

Seriously, good luck with this ass-man seller. By the way, be sure and let us know who he is, and we can put him on our "do not deal with" list.

[Recycled]

Boy do I feel silly....I thought this topic was about something else, and I went looking for a ruler......

 

 

HAR HAR!!!

[kroogur]

Once i get things resolved one way or the other i will let you all know who it is so you can add him to your blocked ebay lists.

[kroogur]

*update* After escalating the Paypal dispute to a claim it still took a couple days before anything happened and i just received an email from Paypal stating the seller has informed them it has been shipped as of 1/26/2008 and he included a track number which did confirm it was sent this morning.

I can't wait to see what condition this system will arrive in

 

This seller has been unresponsive to e-mails and has lied to me, so to let you all know his ebay ID is: darwin8288

 

Up until now he has 100% positive feedback and doesn't seem to have had any issues up until now, for dragging this out to the point where i had to file a claim i will of course leave a negative feedback and i'm sure i'll get a retaliatory negative but i don't care, as some of you have pointed out the only way for the feedback system to properly work we have to leave those negatives.

[Shawn]

*update* After escalating the Paypal dispute to a claim it still took a couple days before anything happened and i just received an email from Paypal stating the seller has informed them it has been shipped as of 1/26/2008 and he included a track number which did confirm it was sent this morning.

I can't wait to see what condition this system will arrive in

 

This seller has been unresponsive to e-mails and has lied to me, so to let you all know his ebay ID is: darwin8288

 

Up until now he has 100% positive feedback and doesn't seem to have had any issues up until now, for dragging this out to the point where i had to file a claim i will of course leave a negative feedback and i'm sure i'll get a retaliatory negative but i don't care, as some of you have pointed out the only way for the feedback system to properly work we have to leave those negatives.

 

 

All he gave is a tracker. For all you know untill it shows it could be a hunk of poo bubble wrapped in a box.

[kroogur]

True thats why i'm waiting until it arrives before i call off the Paypal claim.

[kroogur]

The seller finally contacted me directly and it's rather confusing:

 

"so sorry during shiping one game got broke but i had already put in three extra i will send the names today or tomorrow but the lady said it sould be there monday or tuesday i sent it usps (priority mail & the confirmation # is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx think you for understanding and i hope you love your games call if any thing gose wrong and let me know when you recieave it thank you again...."

 

So if i read that right he somehow shipped them but one game broke and he knew that somehow? (psychic maybe?)and was able to get the package back even though it had already shipped? (remember i never received this package) The lady at the post office said monday or tuesday from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania for priority mail? according to the track number it's still sitting in Milwaukee as i type this and he says call if anything goes wrong.....he never supplied a phone number

 

I dunno should i still neg this person? something seems a bit off with them? or should i send a message explaining in detail without being mean or condescending why i am leaving them a negative?

[Shawn]

The seller finally contacted me directly and it's rather confusing:

 

"so sorry during shiping one game got broke but i had already put in three extra i will send the names today or tomorrow but the lady said it sould be there monday or tuesday i sent it usps (priority mail & the confirmation # is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx think you for understanding and i hope you love your games call if any thing gose wrong and let me know when you recieave it thank you again...."

 

So if i read that right he somehow shipped them but one game broke and he knew that somehow? (psychic maybe?)and was able to get the package back even though it had already shipped? (remember i never received this package) The lady at the post office said monday or tuesday from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania for priority mail? according to the track number it's still sitting in Milwaukee as i type this and he says call if anything goes wrong.....he never supplied a phone number

 

I dunno should i still neg this person? something seems a bit off with them? or should i send a message explaining in detail without being mean or condescending why i am leaving them a negative?

 

If your willing to take a neg in return I would neg this ass for sure. He's giving you the run around and treating your business and money like it doesn't matter.

[Recycled]

The seller finally contacted me directly and it's rather confusing:

 

"so sorry during shiping one game got broke but i had already put in three extra i will send the names today or tomorrow but the lady said it sould be there monday or tuesday i sent it usps (priority mail & the confirmation # is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx think you for understanding and i hope you love your games call if any thing gose wrong and let me know when you recieave it thank you again...."

 

So if i read that right he somehow shipped them but one game broke and he knew that somehow? (psychic maybe?)and was able to get the package back even though it had already shipped? (remember i never received this package) The lady at the post office said monday or tuesday from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania for priority mail? according to the track number it's still sitting in Milwaukee as i type this and he says call if anything goes wrong.....he never supplied a phone number

 

I dunno should i still neg this person? something seems a bit off with them? or should i send a message explaining in detail without being mean or condescending why i am leaving them a negative?

 

You don't have to explain anything to the idiot.

 

If the goods do not arrive....and I assume they will not...make sure you mention in the negative how they gave you the run around.

[kroogur]

Okay the Atari actually arrived today, no negs were left for either of us, we finally got the communication going and he was good to his word he did throw in extra games (including a couple i didn't have) and the claim is resolved.

[Recycled]

Good news!!!