Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT: Ebay advice needed

[Jim Brown (barchetta]

To add, I've seen things sent Parcel post through the USPS that have taken this 
long in the past.... Did he have negative feedback for not delivering items? If 
so that would give me cause for concern.
   
  

Jim and Cheryl Brown <barchetta [at] verizon.net> wrote:
  they call it snail mail for a reason.... i'd give it a week more then 
escalate.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fellippe Galletta" 
To: "JB" 
Cc: "The FerrariList" 
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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