[time-nuts] When buying, watch for scammers

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sat Jun 25 19:25:54 UTC 2011


I don't think Sellers can leave negative FB any more. They can give
"non-payment strikes".

-John

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> Strongly suggest that you not only leave negative feedback but also send a
> note to ebay, stating the circumstances.  I had the same experience a year
> or so ago, did both those things, and got an email back from ebay stating
> that "they would communicate with the seller."  I anticipated he would
> give
> ME negative feedback but he did not.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Will Matney <xformer at citynet.net> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I thought I would share this, as it could save you some hard earned
>> cash.
>>
>> I just won a piece of equipment off ebay, and I knew what it weighed,
>> and
>> it's size, when I bought it. It was to be shipped from Colorado to here
>> in
>> Ohio. When the auction was over, I sent in the payment, but the next
>> day, I
>> get an e-mail saying that UPS wanted more to ship it, than they had
>> figured, at $16.00, and that they required $9.95 more. Well, the first
>> thing I did was go to the UPS Stores website, and there, you can put in
>> both city names, and zips, along with the package size, and weight. I
>> did
>> this, and the total came to $16.14, as I first thought, and was what the
>> auction listed it at $16 even. I sent a message back, and stated that
>> no, I
>> would not pay it, and that that was against ebay rules, and if they
>> didn't
>> want to abide by the auction, they should refund my money, and that I
>> would
>> leave appropriate feedback.
>>
>> Two or three days passed by, with no reply from the seller, and just
>> yesterday, I receive the package via the mail, or USPS, which I know it
>> costed less to ship the package with. They may have saved $5 to $6
>> dollars,
>> but not the $9.99 they wanted, and I still got it as quick as UPS ground
>> estimated, but the point is, it didn't cost the $9.99 more to ship it,
>> and
>> it did not arrive by the requested shipper, with insurance. I didn't
>> check
>> with USPS to see what rate it would be, but that's what the seller
>> pulled.
>>
>> I have only had this happen two or three times out of around 500
>> purchases
>> from ebay, but you will run into this with some. At any rate, if they
>> request extra money, look into it, and I can assure you, ebay don't
>> allow
>> this. It could possibly be true, that the seller did indeed mess up, but
>> in
>> this case, nope, they just wanted extra cash for what they sold.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
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