On 12/22/2010 8:11 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
Thanks, Boris. You're absolutely right. I let my generally benign view of retailers get the best of me. And as I said, I might eventually have proceeded with the transaction, just not at that time, under that offer.
It happens to me all too often as well, though somewhat less often as I "grow up".
Perhaps the lesson I should take from this is retailers, and business in general, are just not to be trusted: Read the fine print. Carefully. And they say "the market" doesn't need to be regulated? That we should just trust them?
Regulated market (believe me, I lived there for 20 years) does not immediately implies total honesty, you know...
As for shouting angrily, with the exception of following up on the suggestion that I send an email to the customer advocate at Adorama, I think I've gotten about what I can expect from it.
Shouting angrily would be local practice.
I have to say my dealings with individuals on eBay have been more principled than this.
IMO eBay is extremely dangerous, so don't let several positive transactions fool you into false sense of security.
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