posted on June 11, 2003 09:21:40 PM new
My partner very badly wants to participate in an amateur radio contest this coming weekend. He did not have an appropriate and operational radio for the contest, however, so he found one on eBay and was the high bidder for it when it ended Sunday night.
We're talking $900 worth of radio. We could have gotten it for about $100 more at Ham Radio Outlet, and as it turns out, we should have.
The seller agreed that he would ship the radio UPS 2 Day Air on receipt of my money order. I used Airborne Express to overnight it so he would receive it Tuesday morning.
Except he didn't. Why? This brain-dead hydroencephalic moron gave us the WRONG ZIP CODE.
That's right. He doesn't even know his own zip code.
For a seller, that's taking idiocy to a whole new level.
Airborne doesn't get any prizes here, either. They sent the package to the station indicated by the (incorrect) zip code, then corrected the zip code INCORRECTLY (that's right, it's wrong for a second time) when they forwarded it to the supposed correct station. So the package has been forwarded to yet another (we hope correct) station. Theory is it will be delivered tomorrow.
Of course at this point it is much too late to ship the radio in time for Saturday's contest.
And you know that I'm tempted to tell the seller to put the radio where the sun don't shine.
But I won't do that. I'll just re-sell the radio when it gets here. Since we paid close to $50 to have it shipped second-day air and since there's no point to that now, ya think the seller will have the honesty to refund the difference in shipping?
Partner says: "If I ever talk about buying anything on eBay again, please hit me."
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posted on June 11, 2003 09:30:43 PM new
I almost forgot the moral of the story:
Check every seller's address against the USPS web site to make sure it is valid (or use whatever software you have that validates addresses). Otherwise who knows where your payment could end up?
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posted on June 11, 2003 10:48:13 PM new
Fluffy...Was this for the June VHF contest? If so, tell your partner to check out some of the mountaintops east of me here in the SJV. He may want to gear up for the September contest. I took first place for the section back in the 70's on 2 different occasions. Tell him the grid is DM06.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on June 11, 2003 11:30:42 PM new
Hi roadsmith..Sorry, I just assumed everyone knew the abbreviation for the San Joaquin Valley. Look northwest and you'll see me waving at you
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on June 12, 2003 03:06:18 AM new
As a seller I have had buyers give me a wrong address. Then try to blame it on me when they don't get the package. Your partner is right, both buyers and sellers that are too dumb to know where they live should not buy and sell on Ebay.
posted on June 12, 2003 07:30:56 AM newOr, at the risk of getting trounced by those who hate it -- pay with PayPal.
Well, that's assuming PayPal is a payment option. Not everyone accepts it. That also assumes the buyer is willing to have a PayPal account. My partner refuses to open one.
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posted on June 12, 2003 08:08:17 AM new
Surprise, the seller called this morning. He feels awful about the screwup and will overnight the radio out today at his own expense, even though he still hasn't gotten the payment.
sparkz: I think it is the June VHF contest.
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