Originally posted by JeffJS I'm a cynic so I tend to think the worse sometimes. I'd have a hard time believing something came apart in transit in your packaging, you must have sent it JUST at the right time. Having him send it back for inspection is probably the best course of action if you want to keep the peace here. Do keep track of all communications.
Good luck with it.
Yeah, believe me...the thought crossed my mind but there's just no way to really prove anything so I didn't even bother bringing it up. You could ask anyone I know, I hear a hard to believe story and I most likely won't believe it. Which is bad because I've been through some really hard to believe situations myself and sometimes when I tell people about those stories I wonder how many people just don't believe me. I guess cynic is a good word for it, but I just consider myself a skeptic.
Originally posted by Jewelltrail Scott:
I want to take a second to thank you for posting your experience here. I have read all you have written, along with our fourm's response, and feel I learned something from it all.
I am sorry to hear about what you have endured--truly a shame. As far as right & wrong go, from what I read here, clearly the buyer is wrong and an idiot. However, especially with an idiot, I would carfefully follow the excellent advice you received here already, especially from the excellent efforts of JP-Seattle, which you said you will do.
You can not win in this situation. If this guy is utilizing unethical means to get his desired ends, it will surely come back to him--I firmly believe this.
Good luck, and please update us here if any new twists come about as a result of your attempts to clean up the mess.
JT
Thanks so much Jewelltrail. I will be sure to keep you all updated. I guess I can consider myself lucky that this happened with my very first sold item, and relatively speaking the value of the lens isn't high like a DA* lens or the like. I'll be sure just to accept the loss in time and possible buyers as the price of doing business on ebay next time and just refund the money.