Brantley, By any chance, did you use a credit card via PayPal? If so, you can contact the CC company and dispute the charge.
Regards, Loran On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Kuglarb at wmconnect.com wrote: > 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
