7 Sep
2012
7 Sep
'12
12:39 a.m.
--- On Fri, 9/7/12, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
40 days?!?!! At most auctions, live or internet,
buyers
forfeit their
goods if not collected or formally arranged for pickup after
a week or
so - even if paid for. Adrian, sounds like your own fault
for
dillydallying.
I have been screwed in the past a time or two by taking a line of excuses from a seller
until the eBay/Paypal clock ran out. These were situations where the seller had been paid
both for the goods and shipping, and had simply failed to ship as promised. One seller
claimed he had been out of town volunteering with relief efforts for hurricane Katrina,
which sounded like a noble excuse until the seller vanished after having allegedly
returned home and assuring me the goods were on their way. These days, regardless of what
they say, I open a case with eBay if I don't have the stuff in my hands after a
reasonable allowance for shipping delay. It doesn't hurt their ratings, so I am told,
if the case is later closed by the buyer as resolved satisfactorily. If I think the
seller is acting in good faith, I'll say as much, that I'm just covering my butt
after having a few crooks abuse my patience in the past.
--Bill