How long before l should leave negative Feedback?
So I won an auction for a Leupold VX II 3-9x 40mm scope Monday the 17th, from a seller with $2,500+ positive feedbacks, only 7 negative.
Got the email on the 18th, sent the official check on the 19th, which should have arrived on the 22nd.
It is now the 28th, and the last communication I got from this guy was on the 19th, when I sent the money.
Its been over a week, he hasn't sent me anything about receiving the check, shipping the item, etc. I have sent a few e-mails asking if he recieved the check, or for some status update- no response whatsoever.
The scope was supposed to be a Christmas present for my brother, and I told him he was getting one, now he's asking when it will arrive, and I don't have anything to tell him.
I can Imagine 3 scenarios:
#1) Serious Illness/death/family tradgedy - excusable
#2) Went on Christmas vacation - without saying so: Negative feedback
#3) He's ripping me off. (unlikely due to the feedback, but no communication after the money is sent is suspicious)
Do I need to be more patient? Should I leave negative feedback now, with the possibility of changing it later?
Got the email on the 18th, sent the official check on the 19th, which should have arrived on the 22nd.
It is now the 28th, and the last communication I got from this guy was on the 19th, when I sent the money.
Its been over a week, he hasn't sent me anything about receiving the check, shipping the item, etc. I have sent a few e-mails asking if he recieved the check, or for some status update- no response whatsoever.
The scope was supposed to be a Christmas present for my brother, and I told him he was getting one, now he's asking when it will arrive, and I don't have anything to tell him.
I can Imagine 3 scenarios:
#1) Serious Illness/death/family tradgedy - excusable
#2) Went on Christmas vacation - without saying so: Negative feedback
#3) He's ripping me off. (unlikely due to the feedback, but no communication after the money is sent is suspicious)
Do I need to be more patient? Should I leave negative feedback now, with the possibility of changing it later?
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I would be more patient.
Christmas mail slows stuff way down and anyone with 2500+ feedbacks is a busy guy. Throw that in with Christmas and things get bogged down.
I would never send a check out on the 19th of Dec and expect the item to be here by the 24th.0 -
What with the holidays I would give some more time. Mail is screwed up and UPS ground is extremely slow this time of year..
I ordered some stuff from a place in Georgia three weeks ago, Got an order number and shipping routing number,, still havent gotten it..coming in by US Postal Service..0 -
I agree with Classic and MVP, plus, have you tried e-mailing him to establish a little communication to find out how things stand with him? 0 -
patience until after first of year... i now almost always send certified check/bank money order by delivery confirmation mail so i can follow tracking....would worry if he had a few plus & 7 neg score 0 -
Call him. 0 -
I did not expect the item to be here on the 24th, and I know mail slows down over Christmas, but E-mail doesn't.
A simple "I have not yet received the money", or a notice like "I will be out of the shop until Jan XX" is all I am looking for.
You are right, I should have done delivery confirmation0 -
I believe he said he sent a couple of E-mails with no reply. I agree give him another day or two, or E-mail him telling him if he doesnt make contact with you that you will be forced to leave negative feedback. IMHO anyone should handle their deals on either side more promptly. 0 -
A WHOLE WEEK??????????? OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A WHOLE WEEK DURING CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheesh man, THINK! IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!
Merc0 -
Give him some time .. To be honest I wont bid on ANYTHING that a person has for sale when they have more than one negative feedback .. Not worth it cuz if they did it once or twice .. somebody is going to be next and it aint gonna be me ..[:0] 0 -
be more patient....... things happen..... family comes down.... 0 -
The thing is he had discussed that for an extra $30 or something like that he could ship it overnight to have it by Christmas. (to which I declined, ground shipping was fine).
Mercury- I know its Christmas time, but its over and I'm back at work, and if he knew he wouldn't be, he should have said so.
NightHawk- I have e-mailed him threatening Neg feedback due to lack of any comunucation since the 19th.
I know things happen and such- and feedback can be changed, I am very close to leaving bad feedback, pending some reasonable excuse.
If I haven't heard by monday, I'm leaving negative feedback0 -
Please do us ALL a favor, and stop buying stuff online. You are FAR too impatient. You don't hear from someone for 10 days, and you are leaving a negative? HOW ABOUT CALLING HIM? How about emailing him asking what is going on?
I just don't get buyers like you. If you aren't happy with something at wal-mart, do you go through a chair through the window? Or do you go inside and talk to them FIRST?
Merc0 -
quote:How about emailing him asking what is going on?
I have, multiple times.
My other purchases on here were concluded in a matter of days.
Communication by e-mail really isn't that hard, and as I have stated, it would take very little to placate me.
Even an autoreply standard message saying he was on vacation would be fine.
As far as I know, he took my money last week and hasn't responded since then.
What would he have done If I had paid the $50 overnight shipping he offered instead of $12 ground?
I don't get how you go from offering overnight shipping in the rush just days before Christmas, to a week of no reply upon receipt of the money, after Christmas.0 -
Call him. 0 -
I would only leave neg. feedback as a last resort.
Maybe this will help.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/SellerProblemForm.asp0 -
...Christmas Smishmas, that's not an excuse for him nor anyone not to make contact for 10 days...GB rules state buyer/seller to make contact w/each other within FIVE days of auction end I belive.
...NOT knowing anything thru lack of contact/info leads to nine yards of snit. I don't believe I read where your upset you did not recieve the scope yet, but that he has not contacted you since money was disscussed? I'd be pizzed too.
...I ran into the same crap several months ago when I bought a $$$$$ Colt, no contact until I recieved the gun almost three weeks later...and his FFL had screwed up that even. Even w/the 01 foul up there was NO excuse for the guy not to contact me and let know where things stood. The time frame was NOT a problem...I just wanted to know little things like was my $$$$$ recieved? ..when was it shipped?, but I got NOTHING from the jerk.
...I wasn't concerned about being ripped as Clay (tazzer) had purchased a gun from the guy 3 weeks before I bought from him. It turned out like I thought, perssonal problems on his end (NOT MY PROBLEM! It takes 3 minutes to shoot an em off!) ...NOT an excuse to not em/call and say "I recieved payment", "I shipped the gun X-X-X"
...EM him, call his contact number, you should have access to it after winning. I did not leave the jerk who had no nads, bad FB, as after I recieved the Colt I was nice enough to tell him I'd recieved it and was WAY better than exspected...he THEN em'd me an told me about the personal probs (NOT MY PROBLEM DUDE!) and apologized for the screw up...so I had mercy on his lame azz and just gave him decent FB. He THEN em'd me back and thanked me for not trashing his FB...hold off on the negative, then if you want to, hammer him; YOU paid the money in good faith and good com does NOT take a lot of time and keeps the booger bear thoughts from creeping in, luck...[;)]
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I wish they would have had a feedback system for those adds in the back of comic books when I was a kid.
I would have F'ed all those adds.
It used to take three months for my Sea Monkeys to arrive.
And after waiting 3 months for my Venus fly trap The thing died after 1 week. I know it wasn't my fault because I made sure it had flies in all its mouths.
If they had Comic Book Add feedbacks I would have F'ed them all.
Thank God for the sellers on GB who can atleast get the product there in a couple weeks or less.0 -
"Aunt Bea, just call the man" 0 -
GIVE IT SOME MORE TIME
i buy and sell a lot else were, all shipping is bad all year, add Christmas and your doomed.[:(][:(]
i had an item going from the east to the west coast took 29 days, that buyer was going nuts[:p][:p]0 -
Chevelle, its not about the shipping time, I'd be fine if he told me he shipped it with a company that is backed up for two weeks.
I'm not complaining about shipping time, but basic communication.
About calling him... I only have a cell phone, and its long distance, and I'm not sure what my plan charges for that.
I got an e-mail from him every day between winning the auction, and when I e-mailed him saying I sent the money - Then his e-mails stopped, and he has said nothing since.
I won't be giving him anything above a B-, assuming I actually receive the item at all.0 -
Sounds like you are not satisfied with the replies you have received thus far. I'm not going to throw in my $.02c to further the dissatisfaction. Joe 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
"Aunt Bea, just call the man"
Aunt Bea didn't have to pay roaming charges. 'Course, she never called any further away than Mount Pilot.0 -
Note to CAsucks. Call him, just about every cell phone call be used for free calling after 9:pm local, if your cant be borrow one. Or wait.. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mercury
A WHOLE WEEK??????????? OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A WHOLE WEEK DURING CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheesh man, THINK! IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!
Merc
If you don't want to deal with a deal during Christmas time then don't list it during Christmas.
I've been there where you E-mail the seller 5-6 times. The last deal that I had here was that way. I put a phone call in after 3 days to the seller and I admit that I was hessitant about leaving my CC#. He finally did answer my EM after I had pestered him for a week about a tracking #. He had other shippments to get out and mine was on the back burner. I did finally get what I had ordered and all was finally good. I felt that I should only give him a b or c but felt pressured to give a A so that my score would not be hurt.0 -
Give it some time, With 2500+ postive feedbacks I would not be too concerned. I had a similar situation on ebay a few years back. Won an auction and paid for the item and then could not reach the seller. 3 weeks went by and I started to get mad. Found out the guy had a Heart attack and was in the Hospital. 0
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