True on most of what you said. The seller never replaced the original bad tube (as you interpreted) or any of the others. Bad Taste for the seller? - I didn't make the claim until long after he stopped responding. Also, my claim was for ONE tube (partial claim) (not the entire transaction); however, HE decided to refund the entire auction if I shipped back - This was not my doing. Also, I later had to prove return shipping. You could also argue that claiming 95% good was false advertising on the original 6 since 1 of 6 is only 85%. Still deciding on small claims. I would have been fine with 5 or even 10 being bad; however, it was twenty-eight (28). He did NOT want to use the FLW kit (as he knew there was issues), and many of the tubes were "obviously" cracked.
There is more to the story. (Specifically that there was no way for me to identify which ones he shipped between the private and the ebay transaction as they were batched up for shipping back since he agreed to replace them at the beginning. The fact that he wanted me to file false claims with the USPS as damaged in shipping and having poorly shipped them with zero space between tubes and the box, etc etc.) The sneaky thing is that he is having a friend sell off the bad ones again which is the ONLY reason I decided to post the warning. (I didn't say anything two months ago in the forums when this all happened until this auction came up.) Michail In a message dated 8/31/2012 5:41:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: So let me see if I understand this correctly. Out of the original 6 tubes, one was bad, and the seller replaced it. Then in another, non-ebay, non-paypal transaction, a high percentage of the tubes were bad. Yet somehow you managed to file a claim with ebay and paypal and get a refund on the original 6 tube transaction. I'm not saying you didn't get ripped off, but you didn't get ripped off on the original transaction. The seller made good on that. I'm just not sure it's ethical to get a refund on some of the bad tubes from the second transaction by claiming that the tubes in the original, ebay/paypal/covered transaction were the bad ones. Just thinking out loud here. Sorry you got stuck with a bunch of bad tubes... maybe your interactions with ebay/paypal left a bad taste in the sellers mouth and he decided not to make it right for you. After all, this transaction by certified check - outside of ebay/paypal - technically leaves him with no contractual obligation to do so.... you're buying used, unwarranted merchandise in a private party transaction. Of course we've all done it. In fact you and I have had a few perfectly fine non-ebay transactions. All went well, even when one of my tubes arrived broken at your doorstep. I promptly refunded your money, the USPS promptly refunded my money, and everyone came out OK. But clearly it's a buyer beware situation in every such transaction, and we all need to behave civilly in order to make these things work. A tough lesson learned, I guess.... one to chalk up to experience. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
