>What do I do? Forget the whole thing, and spend the 160$ on women and booze? sounds like a plan...
On 3/13/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As some of you might know, I just won an eBay auction. A Tamron 200-500/6,9. > > When trying to pay the invoice by PayPal, something odd happenes. I am > directed to a "Transaction Cancelled" page telling me "This seller cannot > currently receive payments." > > When noting the seller, I get a message in rather broken english telling me > "what happened is that im sign with ebay so you have to pay ebay. I had > little problem wint pay pal". > > I retry paying via the PayPal link in the invoice. Same result. > > After a bit back and forth, the seller sends this message " im the guy from > ebay i've sent ebay a message about the payment problem and they will send > you or me a message telling us about whats going on ok." Waiting for a mail > from eBay does not sound like a speedy solution. Is it likely it will solve > anything at all? > > The seller is in US, and responds very slowly on mails. It is now a week > since auction closed. > What do I do? Forget the whole thing, and spend the 160$ on women and booze? > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > >
