So I bought a pair of car subwoofers on ebay. Advertised as new, unopened, never used, etc. I paid in full via Paypal, and got the UPS shipping notifications (two of them) in my email. I guess they were shipped separately, which is fine.
Anyways, here is the problem...I saw that the total ship weight for each box is listed on the shipping notifications as 8.0 lbs. I thought this seemed a bit light for the caliber of speakers that I bought... so, I looked up the subwoofer spec sheet on the manufacturer's website. Sure enough, the gross weight for each speaker is listed there on the spec sheet as 14.4 lbs each!? And that isn't even including packaging materials!! WTF? :|
The thing is, the ship notifications only say "Billing Information Received" - it's too soon to check on their actual progress. Could this mean that the seller supplied the information to UPS about the packages and they haven't verified the weight of each yet? Should I wait and see if this is just an honest mistake that hasn't yet been corrected, or contact the seller and ask what's up?
I don't really want to contact him yet, as I'd rather not tip my hand and give him a chance to empty his paypal and bail with my money. Reason being, I think the evidence I would have that I was shipped the wrong item is pretty damning to him in the event it comes down to an Ebay / Paypal dispute.
What do you all think?
Anyways, here is the problem...I saw that the total ship weight for each box is listed on the shipping notifications as 8.0 lbs. I thought this seemed a bit light for the caliber of speakers that I bought... so, I looked up the subwoofer spec sheet on the manufacturer's website. Sure enough, the gross weight for each speaker is listed there on the spec sheet as 14.4 lbs each!? And that isn't even including packaging materials!! WTF? :|
The thing is, the ship notifications only say "Billing Information Received" - it's too soon to check on their actual progress. Could this mean that the seller supplied the information to UPS about the packages and they haven't verified the weight of each yet? Should I wait and see if this is just an honest mistake that hasn't yet been corrected, or contact the seller and ask what's up?
I don't really want to contact him yet, as I'd rather not tip my hand and give him a chance to empty his paypal and bail with my money. Reason being, I think the evidence I would have that I was shipped the wrong item is pretty damning to him in the event it comes down to an Ebay / Paypal dispute.
What do you all think?
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