Thread: My very VERY first Ebay vent

Won an auction that ended on March 27. I paid that night via PayPal. Auction stated it would ship within 5 days of payment. A few days later I hadnt heard ANYTHING from the seller, so I emailed and politely asked if they recieved my payment and if so, had my item shipped. On April 6 I got a reply saying that it had shipped on March 29 and to please let them know when I got it. On April 11 I still hadnt gotten it, so I emailed them back and said:

Item: JOHN DEERE STX38 & STX46 LAWN TRACTOR OPERATORS MANUAL (190094996631)
This message was sent after the listing closed.
hpike1 is the winner.



I still dont have this. Could you tell me when it shipped?


Thank you,
Christy XXXX




I got no response to this one at all, so on April 17, I requested the sellers contact information and tried to call them. Low and behold, their number "Is disconnected or is no longer in service". I said Screw it and filed it away to lesson learned. TODAY I get home and there is the blasted package on my front porch....UPS left it this morning. I see red, simply because Im grumpy today and decide to track it. (if you are interested, 1Z 540 034 03 9037 0479) It was shipped on April 13.


Now, here is the reply I had typed out since the seller DID ask that I let them know when it was recieved, but I think I probably shouldnt send it.

This was on my front porch today. I tracked it and see that is wasnt shipped until April 13. I have always given pos feedback but am having trouble justifying it today. Can you tell me why I should leave pos feedback for you? Thanks!


What do you think I SHOULD send, if anything?

Has the seller left your feedback already - if not, be prepared to get negged back because unfortunately some seller's retaliate that way. If you don't sell on that id then don't worry about. Negs hurt a seller more than a buyer.

I sell on ebay and always make sure to communicate with my buyers and I have nothing but happy buyers because a simple email telling them when something ships takes all of a minute.

Rather than a neg - as long as you did get the item you ordered and it was as described, you might want to leave Neutral feedback something along the lines of:

Pd 3/27 Rec'd 4/19. No communication. Slow shipping.

Originally Posted by Berkley69

Well you can look at it this way - at least you did get it. Maybe there was a death or something? Maybe you should give yourself a "cool down" period like they do when you go to buy a gun

Thats why I didnt go to the gun shop.....LOL....I know I have a temper, and thats why I didnt actually send the email or leave feedback yet.

If there was a death, thats fine, but PLEASE tell me. I sell on Ebay and they tell you YOUR ITEM HAS SOLD. NOW CONTACT THE BUYER. This person never attempted to initiate any type of contact with me. THEN they lied about shipping it. OK, somebody died, it didnt get shipped, so then WHY tell me it shipped on such and such date?

You should report them to Ebay for invalid contact info. That's a BIG no-no.

Okay this is kind of like an experience i had. you get the item only they say they shipped it out and in reality they did not till you have to email them several times. And then they realize you will make problems if they don't. I would hold out on leaving feedback, see if they leave you any first. They should have anyway if you paid right away. but if not the i agree maybe leave neutral. And explain in the few words you can.

Also the seller could have an idiot husband like mine..I gave him a couple of envelopes to mail for me and he 'forgot' them in his truck...for like 5 days..so needless to say one bill was late in getting paid..He has already been warned not to complain to me if we are charged late fees..It was his fault...
So I might leave neutral feedback or just not leave any at all...You got your item, it was in one piece..So let it go..Who knows just what happened...Water under the bridge....Move on....