Misleading update
July 29th, 2008 Posted in Irritants, Retail therapy
Lyle is correct in that the “delayed” item in my order was a phone battery.
Since I wrote the last post I’ve still received nothing and my notification of a dispute via Paypal didn’t produce any response from the bastard in question (so I’ve escalated it to a claim). Hopefully Paypal will review what I wrote and give me my money back.
Let’s face it, if the order had been posted he’d have responded to that effect pretty darned quickly. Bastard.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
A phone battery? I didn’t know people actually bought them nowadays – don’t they buy new phones instead?
July 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
All hail the power of Google for figuring out the stock code.
As for this kind of thing, I personally trust eBay about as much as I trust politicians. Far easier/quicker to use Amazon. Better problem resolution than PayPal too.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Actually it was a supposedly proper shop who offer Paypal as a payment option rather than eBay.
My escalating it to a proper claim generated a response at 11:06 today – an email saying “Despatched”.
Of course I won’t be at home until Saturday to see whether they are merely continuing the saga of being lying bastard(s). On the plus side it’ll keep the evil lying bastard waiting to see whether I withdraw the claim or not.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Huh. You clearly missed the lemon reference… Lyle used the same method as myself to discover it was a battery.
Still think Croila has the right idea – use the resources and leave the planet to the cockroaches!