Reasonable time to worry?

[icelazer]

I agreed to purchase a laptop on 10/30/05

Seller received cashier's check on 11/05

Seller got it verified by bank on 11/08

Says it will ship out by 11/10

Next I hear is on 11/13 saying there was a family emergency and he was out of town but left it at his office to ship and he'll find out on 11/14 and let me know what's up that day.

That's all I've heard since then (it's 11/20) now and I have no package nor money.

Trader has great heatware and ebay feedback. Am I being an ass here expecting either a) money b) laptop or at least c) communication? I get a family emergency but I'm starting to wonder if my money's gone...

 

[miri]

Shouldnt you use paypal or some other secure method for online purchases?

 

[quakefiend420]

are you sure it wasn't someone passing off someone else's feedback as his own?

 

[icelazer]

It doesn't appear that that's the case. There's a lot of correlation between the poster, heatware, and ebay. Perhaps I do deserve to learn my lesson about online purchases, but damnit I was hoping people didn't suck :|

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

When going by ebay feedback you should have them send you a message from their ebay account verifying its really their feedback. Good luck and I hope it works out.

 

[Sphexi]

I only deal with Paypal and the such, too easy for people to scam you with a CC or MO. If they're dealing online, they should take Paypal.

 

[brigden]

I think if I were trying to rip someone off, I would do it by pretending to sell a laptop.