Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007

How I loathe thee eBay..



A warning about eBay dealer guyzanddollz4auction link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5648438134&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:ITWith the Christmas money I had left after I bought the Digital Camera I payed half towards my dream Pullip, and got a nice deal on a Street on eBay. Street was the first Pullip I ever wanted, so naturally when I saw her up for $30 I had to have a go at getting her. Someone tried to outbid me and my sniping of love in the last minute but I am unbeatable in eBay sniping, he he he.I was a little worried being as how the auction page is pretty cheap itself, but my real worries came after we paid the seller. After three or four days I hear nothing from the seller of it being shipped or my tracking # (since it is being sent UPS a tracking # is included). So, I sent him an e-mail requesting my tracking #. Another couple of days.. nothing. So I sent another e-mail. Finally he responds, asking for my address so I can get my tracking #.I think "how unproffessional.." but I know we are all human, so I kindly send the address. Another three or more days pass.. nothing.. it has been a week and a half. So I e-mail him again, and finally get a tracking # out of him. What does it say?01/04/2006 9:19 A.M. A CORRECT STREET NAME IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION;PACKAGE RETURNED TO SENDER12/27/2005 7:16 P.M. A CORRECT STREET NAME IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION12/27/2005 1:25 P.M. A CORRECT STREET NAME IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION12/27/2005 5:40 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERYObviously something happenned with the address. We used our standard PayPal address in the payment. Finally I knew what happenned, so I was relieved. I e-mailed the seller telling him that someone over there or UPS must have put down the incorrect address. What does he respond with?"HI JOHN yes this package came back to us. we shipped it to the address you had with paypalso please send $7 to reship this doll again. thankstommy"(No I'm not John, but I wouldn't care if he called me Miss Kitty as long as I get my doll.)...Ok, maybe he just doesn't understand. After I talked to my mother about it she wrote a long letter to him about how it was his fault for not sending it to the right address. I stopped her from sending it though so I could add "Niceness Level 1" to it. I didn't want anything bad to come out of this transaction. I sent him the now polite letter from my mother, and waited for a response from him. He responds with.."hi john actually we did receive your note from paypal and the address we did ship to was 5592 main street they are saying NO SUCH NUMBER to this address. so please advise and send payment for reshipment. thankstommy"I talked to my mother about it and she decides to call up UPS with the tracking # in hand to find out what he shipped it to. Ha.. ha.. ha.. he had ended up shipping it to a zipcode with one number differant than our zipcode. I then e-mailed him again telling him what happenned to the package, and he.. responds.. with.."hi really if you look at your paypal addy it is incorrect. thankstommy"I e-mailed him AGAIN explaining that it is not OUR fault and that the zipcode was off by one number, so he sent to the wrong town. *bangs head* Now.. I wait on a response. What really upsets me is this could have been easilly resolved while it was in shipment, because all they needed was a correct street address. If I had the tracking # in time I could have just had it sent to me a while ago and this whole thing would have been resolved.I'll keep you guys updated on what happens, I'm also talking to a girl on Bad Dolly Deals who is also having trouble with the same seller. Let's hope I get my poor girl..EDIT: I got her eventually, by sticking to my guns. Maybe not scammers, but not the best sellers either.