The perils of honesty on eBay

From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Sat Mar 09 2002 - 00:17:25 PST


In mid January, I bought an item on eBay with Buy It Now and paid the seller
within a few days with a USPS Money Order. Seven weeks later, no item and no
response to emails. I called the seller and was told the item had been shipped,
but the seller would not give me the Tracking Number, either on the phone or by
email.

I then filed a complaint with eBay, since there is a 60 day limit on fraud
claims. A week later the item finally turned up. I posted POSITIVE FB with the
comment "very slow shipment" and "poor emails" and got a neutral FB for my
trouble.

Obviously, the eBay FB system is badly flawed. Obviously, HONESTY DOES NOT PAY
on eBay.
-John



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