I just wanted to give averyone a heads up about this E-Bay seller named "www-kidsplaythings-cc ". Two weeks ago I asked them to give me a quote for a 3" trackball, an orange button (just one), and a mounting plate for the trackball.
Their quote was pretty good, so I told them that I"ll place the order. They asked me what color track ball I wanted and sent me a list. I chose blue transluscent, and sent payment, $86.80 total including shipping.
Two days went by and I asked if my order had shipped and that I'd like to have it for the weekend (this was Monday night that I asked). They said that they didn't have any blue translucent trackballs in stock but they have a USB version for $24 more in blue, but the harness version won't be in stock for 4 days.
I replied back to cancel my order and refund my PayPal payment. Well, all of a sudden she says that they picked my order ealier that day and it is in packaging and will be shipped that night. I figured OK, at least it's shipping tonight, I'll have it on Friday the latest, perfect to install during the weekend.
Well, 7 days go by and I'm sondering where my order is so I e-mail them again, remember they told me it was going to ship that other Monday night. I get a form letter response from Stamps.com saying that my order has just shipped, and will take 2 - 9 days because it went out media mail!
I was upset and e-mailed them back asking why it wasn't shipped out when they said it was going to be, etc etc. They send back a repsonse saying that all their auctions state shipping will take 5 - 7 days to ship or something to that fact.
First off, my order wasn't even an e-bay auction, second they mention saving money as the reason to ship via Media mail...and that media mail takes 3 - 5 days, another LIE. Right on the message that STAMPS.COM sent me stated that media mail takes 2 - 9 days to arrive!
Well, to make a long story short (I know too late) I'm still waiting for my order. Since placing that order with kidsplaythings, I've placed an order with Ultimarc and receive that 3 days after placing the order.... and Ultimarc is in the United Kingdome!
So, the moral of the story is, if you want your items to arrive within normal shipping times, DO NOT ORDER from kidsplaythings on E-bay or their website....
If my track ball arrives damaged Its going to be heck to pay for www-kidsplaythings-cc .....shipping media mail and 7 days after promissed is just totally unacceptable to me. I wish it was an auction so I could leave them negative feedback.
Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted to give everyone a warning about them, hopefully my trackball will arrive in one piece. Even if it does I certainly will never recommend them nor order from them again.
I should have ordered the trackball from HAPP and paid the $90 for the darned thing... I'd have it by now!
Mike B
Edit note: had their name slightly wrong, made change to reflect actual name