Well, if the box was shipped you'd expect someone to receive an empty box, and you'd expect the mail tracking to reflect that. As is I expect that the item is still in transit.
Tom C 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. > >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 > > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

