[ForSale-Swap] Re: PayPal

[Jim Shorney]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:38:29 -0500, Tim wrote:

>I know everyone has different experiences.
>
>Since March of 2003 I have had three instances of goods not being 
>received where I had made my payment through the PayPal service. Two 
>were private transactions and one was an eBay auction. In all three 
>cases I followed the PayPal dispute resolution procedure and received 
>my money back.

Since Dec. 1997:
(user ID nu0c, 100% positive feedback, no neutral)

167 transactions
107 purchases, 10+ sales
one item lost in shipping (seller promptly refunded)
one item DOA, seller got ticked that I didn't return the item or post any
feedback (I told him it wasn't worth my time for 15 bucks).
Ripped off once (also for only $15) by, of all things, a Christian Web Radio
broadcaster.
One item had a bad AC adapter, seller promptly sent a replacement (from Hong
Kong!).
One seller never shipped because he claimed he discovered the item was
"damaged" - I had to hound him, but got a refund.
No deadbeat byuers.

I don't see what all the fuss is about.  It's an _AUCTION_.  I go to a fair
amount of surplus auctions and the occasional estate or farm auction around
here.  The auctioneers tell you at least 47 times that all items are
purchased "as is, where is", and all sales are final.  It's part of the
agreement you enter into by bidding.  I've gotten way more bad stuff at
"real" auctions than through eBay, and you stand a much greater chance of
getting your money back for an eBay purchase than you do at a "live" auction.
If you anyone doesn't like the terms of an auction, whether online or "live",
don't participate.





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