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03-04-2012, 04:04 AM
bowspearer
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 169
Bought a
Captain Power Power Jet XT-7/Training tape gift set
from
gereur1
who ripped me off on handling charges.
The item arrived and was in decent condition, but I noticed that while he'd charged me $89.95 for shipping but had actually only paid $58.95 for the shipping.
When I contacted them, completely willing to factor in their actual expenses as opposed to thinly veiled profiteering and have them refund me the genuine excess; they were a complete d'bag about the entire thing.
Me:
Quote:
I received the item and while I'm happy with the condition of the item, I can't say the same for the difference in what you charged me for shipping and what the shipping actually cost.
You charged me $89.95 for the shipping but the actual shipping costs were only $58.85. That's a difference of over $30 in shipping costs. Granted $4.65 of that is ebay charging fees on postage. However that still leaves $26.45 of the $31.10 in excess.
I can accept a few dollars taken out for actual handling costs, but over $25 is ridiculous. I'm honestly a little disappointed that you weren't upfront with this about me when you discovered it and that I've had to chase you up about it.
I expect you to rectify this and the feedback I leave you will depend on whether you do so.
Them:
Quote:
Now you know why my adds say US shipping only. It takes too much time to fill out the papers , and I have to charge for that to make it worth while for me. I see what direction you are going now. If you feel right about the feedback issue by threatening me!!! Just go ahead and do it and don't snivel over a few dollars that I earned.
Me:
Quote:
Right so your dodgy attitude is the fault of international buyers? Filling out customs forms is worth $25 is it? Don't make me laugh! You got your profit in the item sale price, or did you forget it was a BIN auction?
The irony of this is had you turned around and said maybe $5 or $10 for the extra handling (although charging even that for a few filling out forms is outright profiteering and if the roles were reversed, I wouldn't have charged for it- then again, I actually understand the concept of customer service), I would have been more than reasonable about it.
The fact that you've decided to act so rudely and so unscrupulously about this though means that clearly I'm wasting my time trying to be reasonable with you here!
You've got one last chance to fix your attitude. Either change the tone, or not only will I be reporting you to eBay for excess shipping and filing a visa chargeback for the difference after filing a paypal dispute (meaning I WILL get the excess money back); I will warn everyone on every single action figure forum I'm on about how they can expect you to rip them off with handling charges and to avoid you like the plague.
Your move!
Quote:
One more thing- you have 24 hours to respond. Had you indicated that you were capable of being reasonable, I would have been more generous with the timeframe- but you've indicated that you'd rather play hardball than handle things reasonably, so hardball it is.
Them:
Quote:
Andy!!
Screw you
My final message:
Quote:
Then you've left me no choice. I would have preferred this could be sorted out reasonably, but since you have decided to be abusive, I'm left with no choice but to follow through with what I warned would happen. Feedback has been left and I am in the process of warning people on action figure forums I'm on to avoid you. I realise that you completely lack the ability to be accountable and will just blame this on "international sellers", however I hope for your own sake that you are able to recognise and deal with that attitude of yours one day or one day it will be your undoing.
UPDATE: As of about 30 mins ago (3:28am AEDST), they refunded the full discrepancy in response to a Paypal dispute I'd started. I'm skeptical about it being a genuine change of heart, so what I'd say is to tread carefully when dealing with them and if they try anything, to not put up with it.
Last edited by bowspearer; 03-04-2012 at
01:07 PM
.. Reason: posting update to situation
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