hi guys, well another day goes by and i still haven't got my 07 Exquisite box from a US ebay seller from early Dec....wanted to ask you guys what you reckon on my situation and what i should do...i know what i want to do but not sure if im doing the right thing...
first off the facts:
-seller has been on ebay since 27th Sept 07, 340+ feedback, 4 neutral and 1- feedback
-4 negatives have been mutually withdrawn in the last month(all were for the same thing im dealing with)
-won box on 28th Nov 07, paid 4th Dec coz i was waiting for a registered/insurance shipping price, seller told me he sent e-mail str8 away on the 30th with a price but checking my mail and he didn't...as soon as i got the price i paid 2 mins later...
-seller told me $18us for shipping which takes 7-10 working days but if i paid $25us it would be a day or 2 quicker, i picked $25us coz i wanted it in time for the xmas ozcard box breaking day
-2 days b4 xmas day i still hadn't got my box and i sent him a message asking whats up and if there was a tracking number i could check out to the status where it is, got a reply back boxing day saying he has no tracking number but would be happy to 'fax' me his mailing receipts if i gave him my fax number...i declined saying why don't you just e-mail them to me and stated how upset i was that my box hadn't arrived in the time frame he gave me and why i don't have a tracking number....
-seller gets back to me just after the new year coz he said he was on holidays and not near his office which is fair enough, he said he was angry with USPS and was chasing up with them where it is, he then said if he doesn't have a answer or i still haven't got my box by the 4th Jan 08, then on the monday 7th Jan he was gonna send a second box out EMS mail...
-monday 7th Jan i get a message saying he has just sent out a 2nd box 'registered mail' and explained to me the whole process of having to sign for the box at the box office to ensure it gets to me safe blah blah blah...he was also thankful for me being so patient and understanding...
-well its been another 2 full weeks and still no sign of the 1st box and the 2nd box hasn't arrived either.....
now its coming up to the deadline to make a paypal dispute claim and im not sure what to do...do i make a claim before its too late or do i wait another few days for the 2nd box to arrive?
looking at the situation on paper it seems to me the guy might be stalling a bit, i think winning the box for under $450aus might raise some eyebrows as to if he sent it in the first place, he seems like a good guy and looking at his feedback tells me he is for real and not a scammer, but there still is some inconsistencies in some of the stuff he's told me like he was gonna send the second box express the first time then said he send it registered mail...plus the whole tracking number thing made me start to wonder, does registered mail from the US have tracking numbers? i thought it did but not sure...
what do u think?.....
first off the facts:
-seller has been on ebay since 27th Sept 07, 340+ feedback, 4 neutral and 1- feedback
-4 negatives have been mutually withdrawn in the last month(all were for the same thing im dealing with)
-won box on 28th Nov 07, paid 4th Dec coz i was waiting for a registered/insurance shipping price, seller told me he sent e-mail str8 away on the 30th with a price but checking my mail and he didn't...as soon as i got the price i paid 2 mins later...
-seller told me $18us for shipping which takes 7-10 working days but if i paid $25us it would be a day or 2 quicker, i picked $25us coz i wanted it in time for the xmas ozcard box breaking day
-2 days b4 xmas day i still hadn't got my box and i sent him a message asking whats up and if there was a tracking number i could check out to the status where it is, got a reply back boxing day saying he has no tracking number but would be happy to 'fax' me his mailing receipts if i gave him my fax number...i declined saying why don't you just e-mail them to me and stated how upset i was that my box hadn't arrived in the time frame he gave me and why i don't have a tracking number....
-seller gets back to me just after the new year coz he said he was on holidays and not near his office which is fair enough, he said he was angry with USPS and was chasing up with them where it is, he then said if he doesn't have a answer or i still haven't got my box by the 4th Jan 08, then on the monday 7th Jan he was gonna send a second box out EMS mail...
-monday 7th Jan i get a message saying he has just sent out a 2nd box 'registered mail' and explained to me the whole process of having to sign for the box at the box office to ensure it gets to me safe blah blah blah...he was also thankful for me being so patient and understanding...
-well its been another 2 full weeks and still no sign of the 1st box and the 2nd box hasn't arrived either.....
now its coming up to the deadline to make a paypal dispute claim and im not sure what to do...do i make a claim before its too late or do i wait another few days for the 2nd box to arrive?
looking at the situation on paper it seems to me the guy might be stalling a bit, i think winning the box for under $450aus might raise some eyebrows as to if he sent it in the first place, he seems like a good guy and looking at his feedback tells me he is for real and not a scammer, but there still is some inconsistencies in some of the stuff he's told me like he was gonna send the second box express the first time then said he send it registered mail...plus the whole tracking number thing made me start to wonder, does registered mail from the US have tracking numbers? i thought it did but not sure...
what do u think?.....
