Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT: Ebay advice needed

[Jim and Cheryl Brown (barchetta]

they call it snail mail for a reason.... i'd give it a week more then 
escalate.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fellippe Galletta" <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
To: "JB" <barchetta [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:04 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] OT: Ebay advice needed


> I know a lot of you out there are ebay gurus...wanted some quick advice
> here.
>
> On April 3rd, I won an ebay auction for a sweet vintage car audio 
> amplifier.
> I sent payment through paypal the next day and asked the buyer when he 
> would
> send it and he responded by saying he'll ship it on monday (it was a
> friday).
>
> Two weeks from that supposed monday, didn't get anything. I figure he's in
> LA, I'm in NYC....trying to give the benefit of the doubt as he had good
> feedback (but not perfect feedback as I'd later find out). I send emails 
> to
> contact him, get nothing back for the next few days.
>
> I decide to contact ebay and they said that I should take it up with 
> paypal
> to make a claim. So a day or two goes by and I write the guy an email
> telling him that if I don't get a response in a day or two, that I will
> contact paypal and void the entire transaction, blah blah blah.
>
> The next day he writes back the following:
>
> " Your amp is on it's way.   I can't send it priority because it costs too
> much to ship.  I sent it ground.  USPS.   I'm not trying to rip you off or
> anything.  I had my little girl in the hospital for a week with RSV.  I'm
> not trying to scam you or anything.  I have pretty good feedback.  And i
> know how paypal works.   Let me know when you get the amp and enjoy. 
> This
> amp is the best!  Sorry for the dealy but you will get your amp.  I 
> promise
> Thanks!"
>
> It's been 11 days since he wrote that email.
>
> How f**** long does it take worst case scenario to ship a 3 foot , 10-15 
> lb
> amp from LA to NYC??
>
> Of course I'm being very optimistic here and assuming it really was sent,
> etc. I spoke with USPS and they said they'll wait 14 days before
> investigating...so I guess that's the worst case scenario.
>
> Look, I'll be honest, I'm probably being naive here....totally blinded by
> the fact that this is a gem of an amp that's very rare and hard to find. 
> If
> it were any other commodity I would have just cancelled this long ago...
>
> I figure I have a few days left before it's time to write it off and void
> this transaction...
>
> Oh yeah, I just remembered that I never got any tracking # at all for this
> stuff and have asked for it too.
>
> It's hard to read this guy....the RSV thing seems sincere, but even then 
> why
> is it so hard to keep people in touch or have someone do this stuff for 
> you
> (and I've offered my phone # numerous times)?? What bothers me the most is
> that I don't get contact from him at all until he was 
> threatened......major
> pet peeve of mine. I really am in no rush to get it.....just hate the 
> doubt.
>
>
> Maybe I need others to tell me the obvious...it's hard to let go of the
> dream though.
>
> ;-)
>
> thanks,
>
> Fellippe
>
> ps - In case anyone is wondering what this 12 volt 250 GTO I'm hopefully
> getting...it's the Phoenix Gold MS1000...circa mid to late '90s. If anyone
> here has that and wants to sell, we have a deal. :-)
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