Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT: Ebay advice needed

[Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxton]

If you are paying for shipping why does he care how much it costs?  And 
even UPS Ground is not two weeks slow.  I would get a tracking number or 
cancel payment.  Sounds like you are getting screwed and he is waiting 
long enough that you can't reverse the payment.

Brian



Jim and Cheryl Brown wrote:

> 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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