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myntik1:
I'm posting this here because I'm sure someone in the biz has come across a shady person when dealing with greedbay and payfoe and can give me some advice.

about 3 months ago I purchased an Archos Gmini from someone on EBAY for $105.  I pay through PayPal and wait to see what brown can do for me.  A couple days after I made my payment I got a message from PayPal instructing me not pay this person there is a problem with their account. PayPal stopped the transfer and put the money back in my account. The seller (supposedly a woman in NY) sends me a message stating that due to the high activity on her account EBAY and PayPal had suspended her priviliedges.  Her ad said she had the machine for about a yr and upgraded to the camcorder version.  When I checked her history I found out that she bought it from some online wholesaler who sells things 'as is' about 2 weeks before I bought it off her.
So anyway I get the item from someone from some guy in Ohio.  I would have bought the item from whoever, but now I'm convinced I'm getting scammed.  of course the item doesn't work.  I sit on the item for about a month waiting on the seller to send me a meesage so  I can tell them I'll send it back to them, but I'm not paying out of my pocket to ship a defective item.
Week 4, I send the unit to Archos and pay a $100 to have the unit fixed.  Now the seller is threatening to send me to PayPal collections if I don't pay.  I sent PayPal a message earlier and I'm waiting on their reply.

So what are my options in this case?  If I have to, I'm willing to pay them half of what they bought the item for.  But my natural response is to say 'f ' ' the seller for being a scam artist.
ChadTower:

Regardless of what happened, I say 'f' your English teacher.
shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 04, 2006, 03:00:56 pm ---
Regardless of what happened, I say 'f' your English teacher.

--- End quote ---

15k posts and still as helpful as ever. :laugh2:
ChadTower:

I guess you don't read the threads I do help in?  Like this one?  Or this one? Those were just in the last couple of days.  Any time someone has a pinball issue, I'm one of the few around here that gives in depth assistance.

I have just as much right to conversation as anyone else around here.  If you're not looking in the places where I do help, that's not my problem.



SirPeale:
So you received a non-working item and haven't paid for it, is that correct?  I say F the "seller" if it's not as advertised.  They can file a claim with Paypal, but since there's no transaction, what can they do?
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