Ebay blues...again :-(

[Cyberus]

Hi guys,
I bought a few Amiga bits off a seller in the US. We did a buy it now auction, cos I missed out on the end of one of his auctions, but he did a buy it now for me cos he had another one - that way we weren't going 'outside of ebay'.
The thing is, there was lots of consistent comms [say two or three emails a day over the course of about three of four days], right up until the moment I paid - the last thing I heard is 'Thanks for your payment, I'll ship the item on Monday' - that was two weeks ago.

But since then I've emailed him two or three times to try and get an idea of when the item will be arriving, and I get no reply at all. Now this seems to me as if he's deliberately avoiding my email - has he just taken the money and run d'you reckon?

I can get the money back through my CC company, but this means another few weeks of running about, letter writing etc etc :-( :-(

Does anyone in the world have a scrap of conscience anymore?

[4pLaY]

All i can say is if a deal seems to good to be true it usualy is! + try and not bid from guys with litle or no + grades! this will make you loose out on some good deals from one time selles etc but its safer .

[Cyberus]

He has quite good feedback - and the deal was not 'too good to be true'.

[redrumloa]

Did you pay via PayPal checkout? If so you should be covered under their buyer protection. Unless the seller can produce a tracking number showing delivery, you will get reimbursed by PayPal.

[Cyberus]

[Ilwrath]

Did you pay via PayPal checkout? If so you should be covered under their buyer protection. Unless the seller can produce a tracking number showing delivery, you will get reimbursed by PayPal.

Unless the seller already withdrew the money from the PayPal account, at which point PayPal sends you a "Sorry, but we couldn't recover you any money.  The user's account has been suspended."  DESPITE HAVING PURCHASED THEIR WORTHLESS INSURANCE!  And since the transaction involved a valid PayPal payment that I authorized, my credit card company was no help, either.  (My payment to PayPal was valid.  They just handed the money to a scammer, and refused to reimburse me.)  Anyhow, there's a real reason I only deal with PayPal as a last resort.  THIEVES!  
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