[ARC5] Beware of ebay seller 'trustingbuy'

[Brian Clarke]

I tried filing a 'Not as described' claim with eBay over a deal with 
'trustingbuy', aka 'TJ SPY'. This was for a Pace soldering station that he 
had packed so poorly, it got damaged in transit. The fellow delayed so long 
that eBay was no longer willing to do diddly squat. Trustingbuy also claimed 
to have sent a replacement on 15th February and gave a tracking number but 
kept hedging when I asked with whom the tracking number had been generated, 
ie, the name of the shipper. The replacement is still not here two months 
after his claim of sending it.

I have sent a message to eBay about their time limitation clause and its 
unworkability when sending overseas. But have I received a response from 
eBay? You guess!

So, I have warned 'trustingbuy' that I will describe his behaviour on every 
list to which I belong. He threatened slander and defamation. If you look at 
his feedback, you see positives when there are no problems, but negatives 
and complaints of huge delays when there is a problem. Here is my last 
message to him - to which he has not responded after ten days:

> If I start telling people on other lists how you have behaved in this
> matter, I will only be telling the facts - like:
> * the lack of response for 7 weeks,
> * the need for me to threaten you before you respond,
> * the lack of receipt of goods after 8 weeks.
>
> I accept that you do not control the mail - but you are responsible for 
> the
> address you put on items and for the time you take to respond. You have
> taken so long to respond that I cannot use either the eBay or PayPal 
> methods
> of redress for my non-receipt. So, either you start to behave like a
> responsible vendor or I start to spread the word about your awful vending
> behaviour. You may try to use the law of slander or defamation of
> character - but please observe that I am in a different jurisdiction from
> you and there is no extradition for my calling what I experience. However,
> email lists are international.

73 de Brian, VK2GCE.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Gottlieb" <hpnpilot at verizon.net>
To: <TekScopes at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] O/T: Beware of ebay seller


> File a "not as described" complaint with eBay and tell them the seller
> is not working with you.
>