im no racist.
question should be "fact or coinkydink?"
answer is....i dont know. either ebay requires customer service reps in the Philippines to chose from a list of American sounding names...and kathy seems popular....or theres a lot of kathy filipino women werking for ebay. or i get the same female over and over - that would be a coinkydink.
happy new year
ok - first off - mint qsd-1 never showed up. tied up $615 - but i got it all back.
i also "won" a sansui g8 receiver from the guy - never bothered paying. nothing became of that.
spoke with ebay and paypal recently about a lot of things.
first off - they are splitting up - not sure exactly why - but i do know that they have different return policies - and that if you start a claim on ebay....you can never open a claim with paypal - which is foolish. i have 3 life insurance policies on me - if i die tomorrow they all 3 will pay. i should have dual protection by using paypal thru ebay - i take it a step further....i use a third party credit card to fund ebay transactions so if i need to i can usually dispute a claim and get an immediate temporary funds reimbursement so that i can continue to use the card until things get sorted out - however....when ebay finds out you did a chargeback to paypal to get immediate funds availability....they close the "item not received" case or whatever type resolution center case there may be.
my street is old - the houses are not numbered logically. a property houses away and across the street is numbered 219.....it is assumed by both fedex and UPS that my house - 220 - is across the street - but it is not.
check this out - i had to get cozy with that homeowner because this happened...and continues to -
i dont get my ups package - tracks as delivered to front door
i inform seller
i inform ups
seller opens claim with ups
seller refunds me
i buy another
2 weeks later neighbor brings me my package. now i have 2 of the same item.
i inform seller as to what to do - seller sez to keep it because he got his money back from ups.
this also happened
K&N cold air intake - $375
ordered from site - shipped and tracked as delivered - but its not on my front porch - i went to suspect neighbors home....not on his front porch either.
i called paypal - told them i ordered a package....it tracks as delivered....but its not at my home or visible on surrounding porches - paypal credited my money WHILE ON THE PHONE - they said that purchases over $350 MUST be signed for at delivery. seller did not pay for this so there is no seller protection. some time later the package was at my front door - almost 3 weeks later - i dont know if a neighbor - or the seller or fedex brought it to me. i put it in the basement to see about it later. forgot. thats been a year now.
paypal now makes shipper use signature delivery confirmation for items over $750.
paypal now offers a 180 day no questions asked dispute resolution service for buyers. thats bad news for sellers.
ebay is also moving to a no questions asked return policy.
both ebay and paypal require buyer to pay for return shipping - but you do get original shipping fees returned. SELLER pays/eats those original return shipping fees !
only on ebay - if you decide not to return an item and pay return shipping - then you ESCALATE the item return request to ebay - more than likely the buyer wins favor in the resolution center and must return the item....but ebay MIGHT send via email a prepaid shipping label - where seller eats all shipping fees both directions and loses the sale of course and ebay records the transaction as a seller blemish - too many of those and that increases the seller fees....so they will often allow a buyer to return an item rather than risk the resolution center.
so ebay and paypal are really putting the screw to vintage electronics sellers - in 180 days a lot of buyers remorse can happen....or gear go bad. if buyer wants to pay return shipping....its a hassle free return.
hassle free....unless you are the seller of - lets say - a pioneer sx1250 for $1200.
im sorry......but 180 days later i do not have your $1200......and i dont want the receiver....thats why i sold it.
the things i sell on ebay must be light weight....just in case. and i guess i dont worry about hitting the buttons on ebay....it seems like there are more ways to rip off the seller than vice versa.
cheer to all
w.a.r.
@: This is really getting to be a real soap opera. I always pay with Paypal, for the protection. I didn't know we had options anymore. When I started buying on ePay I would use money orders or concealed cash. I am lucky it never came back to bite me. Cash in foreign currencies could prove cheaper for me sometimes and benefit the seller too. Nowadays Paypal is your only protection, unless your credit card also has protection. Hope this gets better real fast!
