Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT: Ebay advice needed

[Jeff Greenfield (coyote]

If it was sent parcel post, it could take as long as 4-6 weeks. 

So, I'd give it a bit more time. I've bought and sold a fair amount of stuff
on eBay over the years. Although it is not as kind and a warm place as it
was when it started, most people are honest. All but two transactions I've
had have been fine. Of those two, one never shipped the item and the other
claimed to have shipped it and that it was lost in the mail but could not
provide any proof of it. In both cases Paypal reversed the charges and gave
me a full refund.

Here is some Ferrari content speaking of ebay and its beginning ... I was
lucky enough to have gotten 100 shares of ebay at the IPO price of $18.00.
Sold it at the right time less than a year later, and that is how I happened
to buy the 308 :-)

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:05 AM
To: Jeff Greenfield
Cc: The FerrariList
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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