[Healeys] Ebay - Bizarre

[Bob Haskell]

I bought a print from an UK ebay seller last year.  It got to the US 
very quickly and then stopped.  After 2+ months the seller felt that the 
shipment had been lost and sent me another.  I now have 2 prints - paid 
for both.  Last November I bought two HF1748 horn gaskets from Germany 
off of ebay.  Received them four months later.  Both orders were 
delivered by USPS.  I recently bought some BA hardware from the UK and 
got that within a week (airmail/UPS). Hopefully, shipping will return to 
the pre-pandemic delivery times.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 3/10/21 5:52 AM, Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> If an eBay purchase does not show up it hardly ever is a question of a 
> dishonest seller, the parcel can be underway for months or very rarely 
> can get lost. In such a case it is usual to contact the seller first 
> _/*before*/_ giving him a bad rating, so the seller can resend the 
> article or give you a full refund which would deserve a positive rating!!
>
> Especially if you buy from Hong Kong or China (dirt cheap and often 
> free shipping) it may take days or a few months before the item shows 
> up at its destination. I always got a full refund if an item did not 
> show up after a few months. However the item always showed up some 
> time later so I paid the seller back again.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
>
> Op 10-3-2021 om 03:27 schreef Alan Seigrist via Healeys:
>> Bob -
>>
>> The bizarre thing is I believe the whole thing began with a mainland 
>> seller (who I purchased a small thing from) and they never 
>> delivered.  When they never delivered, I gave them a bad eBay 
>> rating.  That dishonest seller then asked that if I change my rating 
>> to good, they would refund my money.  That request made me angry, so 
>> I reported the conversation to eBay that a seller was holding my 
>> refund ransom to change their rating to good.  Well, why would I 
>> change the rating to good to get my money back? So in effect I would 
>> give them a good rating for not delivering what they promised.  Crazy.
>>
>> Oh well, this is the internets.  Easy enough to just make a new account.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:11 AM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I don't know.  Possible, they refused to give me a reason.
>>
>>     On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:06 AM Bob Spidell
>>     <bspidell at comcast.net <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Alan,
>>
>>         I believe you live in Hong Kong; could the recent actions by
>>         the CCP
>>         have instigated this?
>>
>>         Bob
>>
>>         On 3/9/2021 5:59 PM, Alan Seigrist via Healeys wrote:
>>         > All -
>>         >
>>         > Obviously I use ebay to purchase random parts here and
>>         there, Ebay
>>         > just cancelled my account after 18 years for no reason.  I've
>>         > contacted them, and they offer no explanation. Totally
>>         weird....
>>         >
>>         > Anyone else have this issue?
>>         >
>>         > Cheers,
>>         >
>>         > Alan
>>         >
>>
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