[Healeys] Ebay - Bizarre

[Alan Seigrist]

Regardless of it all, I am now "permanently banned" from ebay and they were
never able to give me a reason.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 7:16 PM Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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