Ebay Horrors

Started by bilzin
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Ebay Horrors

Looks like an abandoned project of an all wood kit. The hull may have been plastic but must have been lost at some time.
The seller should have described correctly and as E-Bay found in your favour this clearly wasn't the case.
I agree Pay-pal makes the process much safer from the buyers position and thankfully there are not that many who abuse the selling process.
Live long and prosper

Dave
#2

Ebay Horrors

I can only agree with your advice. I have had similar experiences and would like to add, always pay using PayPal. I know Paypal's fees to a seller are high but this shouldn't effect you. Anyway, I'm glad it worked out for you. Edward
#1

Ebay Horrors

I saw an ad on Ebay listing a now discontinued Graupner kit of the
Leanne Tön 12 shrimper and thought as it was no longer available I'd give it a try............mistake number one !
WHEN it finally arrived the box (water damaged) contained what the president of our model boat club described as 'a bag of bits' with about 40% of the parts missing and those that weren't were damaged in some way ie water damaged and warped.
To cut a long story short, the seller was quite rude when I contacted him/her and refused point blank to refund my payment or accept a return. Furthermore I was accused of not sending true photographs of the contents of the package and denying other potential buyers the opportunity of bidding on this item.
Finally, Ebay have considered this case and have ruled that not only is the item not as it was described , but that a refund must be made including the original postage fee.
I realise that many unscrupulous sellers are of the mistaken belief that "NO RETURNS ACCEPTED" in their listing means just that, and that any old tat can be auctioned, but unfortunately for this seller that is not the case. I sincerely hope that this person has learnt the lesson that is not wise to attempt to " bullshit a bullshitter!"

Lesson over !

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