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Made an eBay Purchase, Seller got Booted (SOLVED)
The Crowing One
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So I recently made the decision to get "into" Pokemon.
Long story short, I purchased both Diamond and Pearl from an eBay seller at a pretty cheap (but consistent for the item) price. I make my payment and sit back to relax and await the games arrival.
No rest, it seems. The seller was removed from eBay for an unspecified breach of conduct shortly after (one day) I made my purchase and sent my money via Paypal. Now I received an email from the seller after the account was removed asking not to open a Paypal dispute and that my order would be there in 18 days. In addition they sent a link for a new, non-eBay store which seems up and running and I can't find any scam reports (www.ex-audio.com.) So now I have a purchase with no tracking number, no proof of shipping or anything. I sent an email to eBay asking for advise and they replied that I should go ahead and open a dispute with Paypal to recover my money.
I then sent an email to the seller advising that if I was not furnished with a tracking number or other proof of shipping I would be opening a dispute within 24 hours.
Any advise? I suspect the smart thing is to open the dispute and get the ball rolling there. The only suspect part of the transaction was the 1) lack of tracking/shipping proof and 2) the removal of the eBay account.
Anything else I should be doing? Should I say "screw them" and just open the dispute?
Long story short, I purchased both Diamond and Pearl from an eBay seller at a pretty cheap (but consistent for the item) price. I make my payment and sit back to relax and await the games arrival.
No rest, it seems. The seller was removed from eBay for an unspecified breach of conduct shortly after (one day) I made my purchase and sent my money via Paypal. Now I received an email from the seller after the account was removed asking not to open a Paypal dispute and that my order would be there in 18 days. In addition they sent a link for a new, non-eBay store which seems up and running and I can't find any scam reports (www.ex-audio.com.) So now I have a purchase with no tracking number, no proof of shipping or anything. I sent an email to eBay asking for advise and they replied that I should go ahead and open a dispute with Paypal to recover my money.
I then sent an email to the seller advising that if I was not furnished with a tracking number or other proof of shipping I would be opening a dispute within 24 hours.
Any advise? I suspect the smart thing is to open the dispute and get the ball rolling there. The only suspect part of the transaction was the 1) lack of tracking/shipping proof and 2) the removal of the eBay account.
Anything else I should be doing? Should I say "screw them" and just open the dispute?
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This is my fear, but I figure giving them 24 hours to make things right isn't going to hurt me in the long run. I'm only about 5 days out from purchase, so there's plenty of time if things get really sketchy.
I mean, I'm not as concerned about being scammed, here. It was eBay that removed the seller not them. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt but opening a dispute seems cautious and smart. My hope is that a package will arrive this week and I'll be fine.
The fact that they pointed you to some "newly opened e-bay like site" should be a massive red flag.
Even if it somehow is legit, better to be careful.
You have another 25 days by your own admission, so give him a week if you like - it will make no difference (as I understand it) to pay pal returning your money?
On the other hand, you equally lose nothing by pressing 'ctrl-z' and undoing the whole thing with a quick dispute and buying elsewhere.
This is my basic line of thinking. Even so...
I never even considered this. I'm going to open a dispute soon and see if I can pick these up from EB. I mean, playing tonight would be wicked cool.
It's 45 days from the payment date (regardless of when the purchase was, its the payment date).
I have copies on hold at my local EB.
From http://www.ex-audio.net/shop/about.html
Established in Vancouver Canada (1992) and headquartered in Hong Kong (2003)...
You are almost certain to get a game, but it is also almost certain to be a bootleg.
I'd file that dispute right now.
I no longer want these games from this seller. I'll be picking them up at EB on my way home from work.
Thanks, everyone.