- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I'm going to copy and paste my posting over at PWCT just because it's much easier. But I would really like some clean, honest opinions of whether I was wrong to ask for a refund on a fallen through deal. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
PWC Today posting:
Hey everyone, I have a small issue with a seller on here and I am wondering what your thoughts are. Here's the deal, I bought a F/A from this guy, good guy and good price. The cost of it was 8 bucks as you will see in the message history. I blurred out his info because I don't want to slam him, I just want some honest input on the subject. So anyway, I buy the F/A for 8 bucks, plus 23 for shipping to get it here. I never thought to ask how he was sending it...my fault, but he also never asked how I wanted it sent...neutral score.
He sends the package by UPS, puts an insurance value of $212.12 on an 8 dollar item. I get the parcel and it comes with an added $87.++ bill attached, 55 for brokerage fees and the rest was for taxes. I tell them no way, not for an 8 dollar item, send it back. So they take it back, I tell the seller about what happened that night and told him what to expect. He tells me he will keep me updated...as you will see. Weeks go by and I hear nothing, about a month later I wonder what's going on, the tracking on the package says it's stuck not far from me in transit. I call UPS and ask why he doesn't have it yet. They tell me they called him about it, his "wife/mother/gf/sister" whatever declined the package as well and left it abandoned right after I backed out.
So I call them back a few hours later asking if there's anything I can do to get what's mine back to me but having the insurance corrected to the honest value of the contents inside the box. They say it's all in his hands and up to him to do that, being the collector I can't have power over the shipping. I tell him this and he says he will look into it, 3 weeks go by again with no response. Then I message him again, another week goes by with and today I get a response as you will see...two responses actually. The bottom line is, right from the UPS rep, they keep abandoned packages for 37 days before they can't be reclaimed. Now I'm out by parts and the money for both the parts and shipping, he claims he paid for the shipping but you will see where he added it onto the price in the first couple of messages. What does everyone here think? Do I have an honest case here or am I at fault for how things went down?
PWC Today posting:
Hey everyone, I have a small issue with a seller on here and I am wondering what your thoughts are. Here's the deal, I bought a F/A from this guy, good guy and good price. The cost of it was 8 bucks as you will see in the message history. I blurred out his info because I don't want to slam him, I just want some honest input on the subject. So anyway, I buy the F/A for 8 bucks, plus 23 for shipping to get it here. I never thought to ask how he was sending it...my fault, but he also never asked how I wanted it sent...neutral score.
He sends the package by UPS, puts an insurance value of $212.12 on an 8 dollar item. I get the parcel and it comes with an added $87.++ bill attached, 55 for brokerage fees and the rest was for taxes. I tell them no way, not for an 8 dollar item, send it back. So they take it back, I tell the seller about what happened that night and told him what to expect. He tells me he will keep me updated...as you will see. Weeks go by and I hear nothing, about a month later I wonder what's going on, the tracking on the package says it's stuck not far from me in transit. I call UPS and ask why he doesn't have it yet. They tell me they called him about it, his "wife/mother/gf/sister" whatever declined the package as well and left it abandoned right after I backed out.
So I call them back a few hours later asking if there's anything I can do to get what's mine back to me but having the insurance corrected to the honest value of the contents inside the box. They say it's all in his hands and up to him to do that, being the collector I can't have power over the shipping. I tell him this and he says he will look into it, 3 weeks go by again with no response. Then I message him again, another week goes by with and today I get a response as you will see...two responses actually. The bottom line is, right from the UPS rep, they keep abandoned packages for 37 days before they can't be reclaimed. Now I'm out by parts and the money for both the parts and shipping, he claims he paid for the shipping but you will see where he added it onto the price in the first couple of messages. What does everyone here think? Do I have an honest case here or am I at fault for how things went down?
