Hello Phono-Friends! Hope all are well. I just wanted to let you know to never get complacent when buying on ebay. I have been an ebay seller for 10 years, and a buyer longer than that. Several weeks ago I bidded on and won the bid on an item. I really forgot about the item until something reminded me of it. After about three weeks, I went into 'my ebay' and went to the item that I had bought. To my surprise, the seller had gone from a 96% feedback rate to a rating of 54%! Needless to say, I still have not received my item and the seller will not respond to emails. Just yesterday I went in to give the proper negative feedback and was denied access due to the fact that ebay removes a seller once the seller receives a negative 4 rating. The feedbacks that were posted are very nasty about the seller.
I paid by Paypal and the investigation is underway. Paypal sent me a letter informing me that they will make all efforts to get the money back, but they make no guarantees. I thought ebay and Paypal will get your money back up to a certain amount. This is evidently not the case. Again, buyers beware! The point of this story is this... Only buy from reputable sellers. Never take that 100% feedback for granted. I guess I have done pretty well as this is the first time that I have ever been taken by a seller. Beware, there are robbers out there and they are not just lurking in the banks! Have a wonderful weekend. Brantley </HTML>
