Post by: Bogie on July 23, 2007, 06:47:34 PM
What the guy sent was the educational version, with the stickers peeled off the box. Now he says "send it back, and he'll issue a refund."
I trust him as far as I can throw my Residential Security Container, which at the moment is full...
Ideas?
Options?
His first offer was to refund over 50% of my purchase price.
Post by: Nick1911 on July 23, 2007, 06:54:46 PM
You have to be in a position where you and the seller are basically calling each other lier's (or no communication) before you can invoke the big hammer (aka. PayPal)
Post by: Thor on July 23, 2007, 06:56:14 PM
Post by: Gewehr98 on July 23, 2007, 07:31:21 PM
Post by: Bogie on July 23, 2007, 07:32:20 PM
Post by: Gewehr98 on July 23, 2007, 07:41:47 PM
PayPal was the one that did the investigative footwork for me after the complaint was filed with their parent eBay.
I was absolved of wrongdoing, because I had purchased delivery confirmation and insurance for the item I shipped, and provided that info to PayPal.
I would imagine eBay and PayPal (if you used the latter) would open a case for you fairly quickly, once you let them know that the deal was fraudulent. PayPal has the means of refunding your full purchase price, too.
The allegedly non-receiving winner of my auction tried to use that feature until my delivery confirmation paperwork showed that the box made it to his or his neighbor's door, and a real person signed for it. Then PayPal shut him down cold.
Post by: Bogie on July 24, 2007, 07:02:23 AM
Should I mail it back to him? If so, I'm going to take photos first, and send it registered/tracked... He offered to send another set, but I'm not sure just how far I trust him... If he's selling enough of these that way, and getting enough gullible people, he's making about $350/transaction, so he can likely afford a few "fixes."
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 24, 2007, 02:46:03 PM