Christopher - sorry to hear about your bad experience with this seller. I purchased a counter from them in December 2003. It wasn't a very good experience. They made a "mistake" on the shipping calculation (and increased it by $20 after the sale), which seemed legit for shipping a moderately heavy counter. The item was defective. It took them about a month and a half, and three increasingly strongly worded emails, before they issued a refund.
On the bright side, they *did* issue a refund eventually, but I won't purchase from them again, and would advise others to avoid them given a choice. I do suggest that you keep on them, since they did pay eventually. -Dave Christopher Hoover wrote: > Folks, > > Heads up on this eBay seller: Test Equipment Surplus, eBay id > <http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif> > <http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=jtsele&ii > d=7614062550&frm=284&ssPageName=VIP:feedback:1:us> jtsele, aka > [EMAIL PROTECTED] aka Joon Kyong. > > Although I have satisfactorily done business with him on eBay several > times, I got ripped off in my last transaction. > > I recommend you do not do business with him. To substantiate this > recommendation, here's the story. > > I bought an HP 5065A RUBIDIUM VAPOR FREQUENCY STANDARD, item > #7614062550, from the seller for $555 + s/h. The unit arrived in > great cosmetic shape but with a suspicious rattle. I popped the top > to find the physics package missing. The rattle was the bracket for the > package. > > I was annoyed but unworried. The item was advertised with the > following guarantee: > > "This item is in good working condition and is guaranteed to work. If > you receive the item and it does not function, please let us know and we > will give you a full refund including shipping." > > No physics package == not good working condition, right? > > I contacted the seller, and he agreed to take the item back. He gave me > his FedEx number. Great, I'm thinking, I don't have a working 5065A, > but at least I'll get my money back and I don't even have to spot him > the return shipping. > > It took me a few weeks to get the package back to him -- we had a baby > at that point -- but I sent it the week after we got back from the > hospital. I have confirmation that the item was received and signed > for. > > I have yet to see my refund, even after many messages asking him to pay. > It's been long enough that PayPal won't do squat about it. Short of a > small claims action, which I am seriously considering, I am out > $500. > ('though I understand I may be able to get $200 back from eBay ... > haven't looked into this in detail yet.) > > -ch > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
