Gee
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I paid £180 for AE101 twin piston calipers via PayPal on 23/07/08 which were listed for sale by 4agte_ep82.
You can view the original thread below:
http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/showthread.php?t=20064
Originally the seller seemed genuine, as for a couple of days he asked my now and then if the calipers had turned up or not.
Days turned into weeks and still the calipers had not turned up. Now, below is basically what happened. Sorry there are no time stamps, as this is well over a month ago!!
I had various conversations with the seller about the shipment of the calipers and he advised that they were shipped but he was having 'problems'. Apparently he had sent various packages to other buyers and they had not received their items either.
I asked for a tracking number..he advised he did not have one, but would contact the company in question and retieve one. Said he would be back on MSN in an hour with it. An hour turned into days....
Now..by this time is was close to the 45 day limit you have with PayPal to file a dispute, so I advised the seller I would be raising a dispute to cover my own back. He practically begged me not to file a claim as it would damage his reputation and that he would refund me shortly and I could keep the calipers plus my money once they turned up...
Sounded strange to me, so I said..'Refund the money now then!'. Obviously he did not and signed out.
Looking back now, it seems he was using delay tactics in order for the 45 days limit to pass. Nice try.
So, I file a dispute on PayPal and after no response from the seller I escalate it to a claim.
Miraculously the seller then gives PayPal a tracking number! And advises it was sent via EMS. The tracking number was a dud :homer:
So, PayPal today finally ruled in my favour and refunded me back....£65.76. So this conman still has £114.24 of my hard earned cash!
Needless to say I have not heard from him since!
PayPal advised:
If you are due any additional funds, we will make our best effort torecover the balance from the seller. If the seller's account has insufficient funds to complete the refund owedto you, please be assured that we will take appropriate action against theseller's account, which may include limitation of the seller's accountprivileges.
Make of this what you will and be careful out there guys.
You can view the original thread below:
http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/showthread.php?t=20064
Originally the seller seemed genuine, as for a couple of days he asked my now and then if the calipers had turned up or not.
Days turned into weeks and still the calipers had not turned up. Now, below is basically what happened. Sorry there are no time stamps, as this is well over a month ago!!
I had various conversations with the seller about the shipment of the calipers and he advised that they were shipped but he was having 'problems'. Apparently he had sent various packages to other buyers and they had not received their items either.
I asked for a tracking number..he advised he did not have one, but would contact the company in question and retieve one. Said he would be back on MSN in an hour with it. An hour turned into days....
Now..by this time is was close to the 45 day limit you have with PayPal to file a dispute, so I advised the seller I would be raising a dispute to cover my own back. He practically begged me not to file a claim as it would damage his reputation and that he would refund me shortly and I could keep the calipers plus my money once they turned up...
Sounded strange to me, so I said..'Refund the money now then!'. Obviously he did not and signed out.
Looking back now, it seems he was using delay tactics in order for the 45 days limit to pass. Nice try.
So, I file a dispute on PayPal and after no response from the seller I escalate it to a claim.
Miraculously the seller then gives PayPal a tracking number! And advises it was sent via EMS. The tracking number was a dud :homer:
So, PayPal today finally ruled in my favour and refunded me back....£65.76. So this conman still has £114.24 of my hard earned cash!
Needless to say I have not heard from him since!
PayPal advised:
If you are due any additional funds, we will make our best effort torecover the balance from the seller. If the seller's account has insufficient funds to complete the refund owedto you, please be assured that we will take appropriate action against theseller's account, which may include limitation of the seller's accountprivileges.
Make of this what you will and be careful out there guys.