[time-nuts] eBay saga re: Test Equipment Surplus, eBay id jtsele, aka jtsele at pacbell.net aka Joon Kyong.

[Robert Atkinson]

Hi Chris,
I'm always suspicious of sellers with lots of conditions like "you can
pick up but will still be charged a packing fee". 
If your refund was by PayPal you should have got the full amount, PayPal
will have refunded his fees. I'd tell PayPal.
If you think he is reselling a known faulty unit as working, report that
to eBay, I've had this problem and eBay took action.
I think too many sellers get away with this because the feedback system
is one sided, buyers are afraid of getting retaliatory feedback, I shows
up more if you only buy a few items. 

Robert G8RPI.

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Hoover
Sent: 19 July 2006 06:35
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] eBay saga re: Test Equipment Surplus, eBay id
jtsele,aka jtsele at pacbell.net aka Joon Kyong.

Hey 'nuts --
 
I got my money back today less a few dollars (!?!?!) and a ~$20 PayPal
fee.   I neglected to say when I related the sordid tale that I had
initiated an eBay dispute on the item.  It had absolutely no effect.
The kicker seemingly was declaring that I would proceed with criminal
and civil remedies.   Anything over $400 is grand theft in California.
 
I got messages off list from several others who had similar experiences
with this seller.  One used the eBay dispute process to get his money
back; the other had to resort to the threat of involving the police.
So, again, please be warned.
 
Final lesson: if you pay someone through PayPal and you have an issue,
watch the clock carefully.  File a dispute preemptively, if you are
close to the cut off.
 
 
So, anyone got a *working* 5065A for sale?  :-)
 
 
Cheers,
-- Christopher.
 
p.s.  I am certain that eBay item #330009365677 is the 5065A I returned.
It is in great shape cosmetically, but it has no physics package.
 
 
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