Re: Advice sought re: Untrustworthy Seller

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:15:22 GMT, "Kris Baker"
<kris.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> pulled no punches:


"Robert Feigel" <akabob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:kl4c82lm4m90pf6mlqornqhauihuj52tgd@xxxxxxxxxx
I'm a buyer. Not a big buyer, but I've purchased around seven items on
Ebay and this is the first time I've run into this sort of thing and
would appreciate some advice on how to take it from here.
(snip long story without giving item number)

The procedures are clearly stated on PayPal and eBay. The mistake you made
was in getting into an email argument with a dropshitting seller who cheated
you....and THEN you left feedback *before* anything was resolved. The
feedback you left included a personal attack (bad form and waste of precious
feedback space).

I've learned from this one.

Go file an "item not as described" complaint...but you'll have to return the
cheap thing to this seller who specializes in dropshipped "God bless",
"haunted", "lucky" and "religious" jewelry. Was the item really shipped
from Italy, as they said it would be? Are the emails you're receiving
really from Italy or from Florida where they claim to be? (Check the IP
address, and their contact info - you might have another issue there.)

The package was sent from "PALERMO ITALY" which is apparently the name
of the seller's house in Palermo, Argentina. The address on the
receipt is in Miami, Florida and all but one of her emails all come
through Ebay. The exception had a hotmail address and was sent via a
web address in Argentina (where I suspect the cheap replicas are
manufactured).

Feedback is the last thing you do, when everything else has failed. You did
nothing but exchange emails with a nutjob.

Mea culpa. But her auction page asked that buyers correspond directly
with her via her email address and that's what I did. Next time I'll
be less gullible - I hope.

There's so many red flags in this thing, I can't imagine why anyone would
have bid:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6277276687

I can't make this one out. Red flags? I took what she wrote at face
value. Were there some obvious signs that she was misrepresenting the
item?

Kris

Thanks for your comments and advice.



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