Thread: SIEG KX3 on ebay ending today

Originally Posted by neksmerj

A few years back, I committed a cardinal sin, I bid on an almost new iphone from a female seller in Sydney.

My kids always label me with being an old fuddy duddy, so this time I'll show them who's got the latest gadget.

The seller had zero feedback which should have rung alarm bells from here to the Eastern Suburbs.
Zero feedback is somewhere all new sellers have to start at. My reasoning.

I made the purchase via PayPal, at least some sort of sense kicked in.

Waiting, waiting, waiting, nothing. A check with PayPal revealed my payment had been made to the seller's bank account. Where's the goods?

By now the seller was long gone, no replies from my emails. I'd been skun. Nice feeling.

eBay and PayPal were pretty good about it, and offered to reimburse me a percentage of what I had lost. So, a lesson was learned.

Ken

Yup, you have to be diligent about filing non-delivery claims before the expiry date. That way you get 100% reimbursement (maybe minus shipping) It's funny that 2 out of 3 problems I've had have been with local sellers. Being 6'6" tall usually makes those problems go away quickly

Repeat after me: "PayPal, ShmayPal...I'm taking your liver". It works great.

6' 6" tall, I thought you were taller to reach the liqueur cupboard up above the wall oven?

I've always had to get the step ladder out to pour myself a drink.

Sorry, just ignore me, I'm having a bad day.

Ken

lol
The only problems I have had have been fixed by the seller. Broken DRO scale, a set of 1,2,3 blocks that weren't quite 1,2,3 a light with a broken fluoro other stuff that didn't turn up replacements were sent no questions asked, in once case the package was returned to the seller, the seller emailed me, I said I was happy that I had received everything I had ordered but they sent it anyway so now I have two. Except one and paypal was useless, the registered return postage was twice what the item cost. No big deal, it cost me about $20, still I have saved far far far more than that.
Stuart