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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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