So I wanted to get a copy of Tetris for my wife, who's a big fan. Problem is, the GameCube version is out of print. No worries, I turn to where everyone goes for crap they can't get anywhere else: eBay!
I find someone selling a copy for a price slightly below the legal standing for larceny, and placed an order. Now keep in mind this person was in Ohio and I'm in PA. It's important later. The deal was done on 2/16 and I await my purchase. This wasn't my first eBay rodeo (been a member for over 5 years) and this seller had a rating over 4000 so I figure we're all good.
Two weeks later, nothing. I send a message via the eBay system and get no reply. I open a claim with PayPal, not wanting to waste any more time with this. Immediately she responds to the claim by stating she shipped on 2/18 (by USPS First Class, per the item listing). I asked if she had a tracking number, she said she did and would send it to me the next day. Well of course nothing else was heard, so I escalated it further. PayPal gave her until yesterday (3/15) to respond. She ignored that too, and surprisingly I got my money back when the claim was closed out in my favor.
Now seeing as she flat out lied to me, I left negative feedback on the item. This sent her into a fury, and she demanded I retract my feedback or she would sic her lawyer on me. She also decided to leave negative feedback against me which would be the first time in over 5 years anyone has done so. I don't have the thousands of ratings she has, so that one negative has a bigger impact on me than mine had on her.
Two things happened at this point:
1. I checked her feedback history, and she had nearly 40 negatives to go with all those positives. Every one was followed by righteous fury from her and ended in the feedback being removed by "mutual agreement", ie she bullied them with legal threats until they did.
2. I became officially sick of her shit.
I told her that she could go ahead and follow through on her legal threat (she already made a request for my contact info) since any lawyer worth their law degree would not take her case.
That lead to this wonderful reply from her:
He is my business attorney and he is on salary so he kind of has to do what I ask him to do.
His name is Michael Anthony, by the way, and he is a well known Columbus business attorney.
I do not have a tracking number as I did not purchase delivery confirmation on the package. I DO have the postal receipt as proof though.
Did you stop to think perhaps it was lost in transit or the post office had made a mistake?
No, you obviously did not.
I will be glad to show you the receipt if you like.
I communicated with you all along and I CHOSE to refund you in full. I did not have to do that but I believed you that you did not receive the item and chose to refund you
All the hallmarks of the classic SC: legal threats, flat out lies (she never responded to me or Paypal), and now she's saying she doesn't have a tracking number after all.
So I responded the way we all wish we could to SCs:
Michael Anthony? I wondered what he was up to after Van Halen canceled their tour. I'm sure he is a very well known member of the legal community.
Seriously though, I never heard anything from you until I opened the PayPal claim. You have no proof that you sent, your listing said it would be shipped by First Class mail and I know from experience it shouldn't take longer than a week tops to ship from Columbus to Pittsburgh. I gave you two weeks just to take the slowness of USPS into account. You never replied to PayPal and they refunded the money. You never replied until the claim was filed and now you're only replying because the claim was closed. Where were you for two weeks while they were waiting for your response? Where was the esteemed Mr. Anthony? Now you're leaving retalitory negative feedback and making legal threats. You obviously never sent and I got my money back so, with all due respect piss off.
Not exactly the most professional response, I'll admit that, but this nutter is trying to smear me to anyone who would want to buy/sell from me in the future. As a wise man once said, Homey don't play that.
I find someone selling a copy for a price slightly below the legal standing for larceny, and placed an order. Now keep in mind this person was in Ohio and I'm in PA. It's important later. The deal was done on 2/16 and I await my purchase. This wasn't my first eBay rodeo (been a member for over 5 years) and this seller had a rating over 4000 so I figure we're all good.
Two weeks later, nothing. I send a message via the eBay system and get no reply. I open a claim with PayPal, not wanting to waste any more time with this. Immediately she responds to the claim by stating she shipped on 2/18 (by USPS First Class, per the item listing). I asked if she had a tracking number, she said she did and would send it to me the next day. Well of course nothing else was heard, so I escalated it further. PayPal gave her until yesterday (3/15) to respond. She ignored that too, and surprisingly I got my money back when the claim was closed out in my favor.
Now seeing as she flat out lied to me, I left negative feedback on the item. This sent her into a fury, and she demanded I retract my feedback or she would sic her lawyer on me. She also decided to leave negative feedback against me which would be the first time in over 5 years anyone has done so. I don't have the thousands of ratings she has, so that one negative has a bigger impact on me than mine had on her.
Two things happened at this point:
1. I checked her feedback history, and she had nearly 40 negatives to go with all those positives. Every one was followed by righteous fury from her and ended in the feedback being removed by "mutual agreement", ie she bullied them with legal threats until they did.
2. I became officially sick of her shit.
I told her that she could go ahead and follow through on her legal threat (she already made a request for my contact info) since any lawyer worth their law degree would not take her case.
That lead to this wonderful reply from her:
He is my business attorney and he is on salary so he kind of has to do what I ask him to do.
His name is Michael Anthony, by the way, and he is a well known Columbus business attorney.
I do not have a tracking number as I did not purchase delivery confirmation on the package. I DO have the postal receipt as proof though.
Did you stop to think perhaps it was lost in transit or the post office had made a mistake?
No, you obviously did not.
I will be glad to show you the receipt if you like.
I communicated with you all along and I CHOSE to refund you in full. I did not have to do that but I believed you that you did not receive the item and chose to refund you
So I responded the way we all wish we could to SCs:
Michael Anthony? I wondered what he was up to after Van Halen canceled their tour. I'm sure he is a very well known member of the legal community.
Seriously though, I never heard anything from you until I opened the PayPal claim. You have no proof that you sent, your listing said it would be shipped by First Class mail and I know from experience it shouldn't take longer than a week tops to ship from Columbus to Pittsburgh. I gave you two weeks just to take the slowness of USPS into account. You never replied to PayPal and they refunded the money. You never replied until the claim was filed and now you're only replying because the claim was closed. Where were you for two weeks while they were waiting for your response? Where was the esteemed Mr. Anthony? Now you're leaving retalitory negative feedback and making legal threats. You obviously never sent and I got my money back so, with all due respect piss off.
Not exactly the most professional response, I'll admit that, but this nutter is trying to smear me to anyone who would want to buy/sell from me in the future. As a wise man once said, Homey don't play that.
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