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YAEBR..Yet another Ebay rant...

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Lifer
So I buy a used video card on Ebay, seller charged $12 shipping "USPS priority", I check tracking # and he shipped it Fed-ex "smartpost" instead and I won't get it until the 16th. Item was shipped on the 4th. So I sent him a message on Ebay expressing my displeasure of having to wait 12 days to get a video card and told him he owes me a full refund on the shipping charges. He sends me a screen-shot showing Fed-ex's 2-7 days quote, I sent him back I care zero rat's ass's about what Fed-ex promised, YOU changed the delivery service and pocketed the extra $$, IMHO if he does not refund me the $12 he should get a negative feedback. Yea, it sounds harsh but you don't advertise a delivery service your going to use then opt to go the cheapest possible route and make me wait 12 friggin days!.
 
master_shake_ said:
seems like a clear cut case of bait and switch in terms of shipping to me.

he deserves the negative.
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Yup, thanks guys, I have yet to hear back from him regarding the refund, he answered the 1st message within 5 minutes then disappeared like a fart in the wind when I told him I would expect a refund.
 
I don't understand this kind of behavior, why risk the hassle and bad feedback. Oh well.. hopefully they sort this out quick.
 
zCypher said:
I don't understand this kind of behavior, why risk the hassle and bad feedback. Oh well.. hopefully they sort this out quick.
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The problem is you paid extra for a service and they clearly did not uphold it.

Personally I would get a refund through ebay for the purchase and have the person pay to have it shipped back and buy from someone else if you can.
 
Newbian said:
The problem is you paid extra for a service and they clearly did not uphold it.

Personally I would get a refund through ebay for the purchase and have the person pay to have it shipped back and buy from someone else if you can.
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I've thought about going that route, it's a fairly cheap HD 7790 I paid $60 BIN for. If he refuses to refund me the full shipping amount I will contact Ebay and the dim-wit attached a photo showing he did not ship using the method as in the listing. WTF is wrong with people these days, last week a guy from NJ listed the exact same card for the same $60. I paid him on a Fri. night but by Wednesday had no tracking# so I politely sent him a message asking for the #, no reply. Next day I sent a nasty-gram explaining it's not cool to take someone's $ and disappear like a fart in the fucking wind. He replies "no need for the language, I'll ship it out in the AM or refund if you want." I told him to just ship the thing, next day no message and no # so I then told him I will be starting a formal case against him, he cancelled the transaction and refunded, I still was able to ding him with a neg which brought him down to 55%.
 
John Connor said:
Never would I buy a GPU on ebay now a days. I go to EVGA's B-stock website and find something there. In fact I still use my GTX 560 TI that was B-stock.

http://www.evga.com/Products/ProductList.aspx?type=8
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They only sell Nvidia cards, at the $60 price point they offer the GTX 650 which gets hosed by the 7790 fairly badly. Seller left me a message offering me the $4 difference in shipping cost and he "understands my frustration" I have yet to respond back. I'm thinking I should weigh all my options before responding, he violated the terms of the contract and I will have to wait 14 days instead of 3-4 and he thinks $4 will make it all OK? fuck no, I think I deserve ALL of the shipping charges back since HE decided to break the contract.
 
XavierMace said:
If your one feedback brought him down to 55% it sounds like you picked a bad seller to begin with.
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Correct. He had just sold 2 other 7790's and both people who bought them returned positive's with no issues indicated. He has not re-listed the card so it must be "vaporware". Makes zero sense to me as to why he pulled that crap since he has 3 other listings active right now.
 
Well I spoke with Ebay today, they are going to force him to refund me the full $12.95 shipping charge. Used a little "social engineering" when I spoke with the Ebay rep when I told of the seller whining about Ebay fees. Dude shipped the card half-wrapped in bubble-wrap that was already popped, it was flopping around inside the box when I finally got it. As soon as I get my shipping $$ back he get's a neg.
 
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