On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:38:58 +0100, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that's common sense... however as the buyer, twice I've had the > seller refund the money to me, and then the item has shown up. In one > case > I shipped the item back because it ended up being not as expected. In > the > other case I tore up the check. > > It can be just as likely that the seller never shipped the item and took > the > buyer's money... the tracking info, in itself, only shows that the box > was > shipped, not that te item was shipped.
Yes, but we are not talking about people sending boxes full of potatoes. In this case, there is evidence that a box was sent. It simply hasn't arrived. What was in the box is immaterial. Why the idiot insured it for less than its full value is a mystery. By "idiot", I mean the buyer, though the seller should of course have insisted on insuring for full value. John > > I guess this is one of the hazards of dealing with complete strangers as > opposed to mail order or retail establishments. > > Tom C. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: ebay woes > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:14:18 -0400 > > Never issue a buyer a refund for lost items until you > Get the claim paid. He may be fraudulant or the item > Could show up late and then as a seller you are screwed. > I don't think that's being unfair to the buyer. > joc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
