Unreliable Ebay Seller

[Jonny Shu 0]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, please move it if so!

 

I thought I had found a reliable seller who was breaking a few 205s, and at first all seemed well...arranging prices for parts and a time to meet up etc...

 

I arranged to meet him at his house on Sunday and that I would call him pre-setting off from the MTB centre in Cannock where I'd spent the day (much fun )

I didn't get an answer to both my calls but as he was close and I already had his address then I thought I may as well go over anyway. Unfortunately when I arrived, he was not there and no note left to me or anything. I then began the long 2 hour drive back home...

 

I thought it best to raise this here in case anyone else had dealt, was thinking about dealing with him in future. His eBay ratings are fairly decent so I'm at a bit of a loss why this happened but better people know it did in any case...

 

I still haven't receieved a text/email/call to explain his absence on Sunday.

 

Seller: - 123stormpike500

 

 

Cheers,

Jonny

[Baz 421]

I'll pop round and shoot him in the face for you tonight. Totally unforgivable.

 

Did you pre-arrange it specifically? And call exactly when you said you'd call and were you set to arrive exactly when you said? Because you don't say that above, people aren't robots and can't always be where they'll say they'll be, irrelevant of the impression he may have given you it works both ways and he may have been let down by eBay buyers many times to the point of taking your supposed RV details with a pinch of salt. Life is very different for different people, i know i sometimes have to drop everything where it lays and disappear for a while every now and again, and these days, when somebody makes arrangements that aren't a definite, i don't pay much attention or i'd spend every waking minute waiting for people.

 

I think you're a little small minded putting such a topic on here, in the public domain for all to see when this kind of thing happens a hundred times a day i'm sure. No offence mind, just don't really see your point or aim?

 

See, for all we know, you could've made some vague teflon plans and didn't follow them or keep the guy informed and he thought, 'screw waiting for another messer' and went off and lived his life?

[Jonny Shu 0]

The point of the post was just to raise an awareness if anyone else had considered buying from the guy that he has not demonstrated himself to be reliable. Personally I would find it useful if I was notified of such an incident myself if it had happened to someone else. I don't think and hope I'm not alone in this...

 

I called when I said I would call and hadn't been told of any time constraints on his part which I would expect to be told of...I consider myself totally straight and reliable and would hope I convey that impression.

 

Regardless...this is just a little flag up for the reason mentioned above!

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

What if, for arguments sake that the Guys mum or daughter had been rushed into hospital or worse, and now to top it off you're losing him business. This maybe just a one off. Have you contacted him since?

[Baz 421]

You could say that about any ebayer though!

 

I must just say i have no idea who this ebayer is, i'm just a little surprised that someone would form such a definite opinion of someone to the point they warn others off, from one little individual case.

 

Ok so it sounds like you were accountable and it does seem like in this case you were messed around.

 

I agree and of course get what you're saying; in an ideal world it'd be helpful, i just don't think Ebay is a good resource for character profiling and is therefore not a reliable idea, it's far too corrupt and fraudulent, for eg. there's many accounts on there that are not valued at all. Plus if a person had a rare part i wanted, i wouldn't boycott them and the part i need because one person on a forum had a bad experience with them!

 

I certainly hope people wouldn't use it to profile me, as said above i find the majority of ebayers a bunch of messers so take provisional arrangements with a pinch of salt and always request that someone informs me of when they're thinking of coming just before they actually leave, that way we're both fully aware of the other's actions & intentions and don't mess each other around, even inadvertantly! Yes there's the odd bonus where you might meet a really decent person who becomes a decent supplier/buyer, but it doesn't happen often, and i think basically the fact that you called, got no answer and then went anyway to find nothing your own fault. For all you know he'd been in an RTA, phone laying in a ditch and him in the ICU? See what i'm saying?

 

Please tell me this isn't something you won for 99p with no other bids & is obviously worth more too?

[Jonny Shu 0]

I agree with some of the things you have said Baz. I think it best I point out that I'm not 'warning' people off per se, though you may take as you will of it. It was not an auction I won and therefore have to chance to leave 'feedback' on the particular transaction, so consider this my feedback.

 

As to the contacting of him. I do not consider it my responsibility to contact him at all, he has received a number of calls from me on the particular day, along with nothing coming of our agreed meet, therefore it should be his responsibility to contact me, if he wishes to do so. I take, from the fact he hasn't contacted me, that he has lost interest amongst other things.

 

Anyway...it seems clear this message has not had the effect I intended it to, so I will leave it at that

 

Cheers,

Jonny

[Kettmark 0]

I too have had dealings with this guy. I contacted him regarding a part for my car. He told me he would send some pictures to me but didn't. 2 weeks later he e-mailed me (after I'd chased him on the item) saying it had sold but he would be having an identical part in stock in the next 2 days. 2 days came & went so I again e-mailed him. He made up some excuse and said he would take some more photo's of the identical part that day; but I'm still waiting.

Thankfully I haven't waisted too much time or incurred any costs unlike the chap above....

I won't be entertaining the idea of purchasing anything from him.

[Anthony 1,003]

I disagree with what Baz and others have put above.

 

If you arrange with someone for them to collect something on a given date and approximate time, you should honour your word. If you've told the person that is collecting that you're going to be in at such and such a time then you should be, and if for whatever reason you have to pop out then you make sure that you have your phone on you and you answer it when they call. It's common courtesy frankly.

 

Yes, there is the remotest possibility that they might have had a car accident or their great-granny is on fire on a remote island somewhere, but if that was the case then I would expect a very apologetic phone call or email in at the earliest chance. The balance of probabilities however is that it's just another unreliable seller who's word isn't worth diddly squat, which sadly is becoming ever more common.

 

Yes, some buyers are messers and don't turn up when they say they will, but I've always been a firm believer that in life you treat others how you would like to be treated yourself.

[Batfink 201]

There may be extenuating circumstances but I doubt it. Its just a seller that does not give a s*it.

[SurGie 54]

I disagree with what Baz and others have put above.

 

If you arrange with someone for them to collect something on a given date and approximate time, you should honour your word.

 

I agree with this, even if a mobile number was lost or something happened, there is always a way of contacting people when a meeting was arranged, ie using the internet via a phone. At least then someone wont be wasting a nice day for someone that said they would meet you.

 

It takes 2 seconds to email/contact someone these days with the tech we all have, no excuse really especially when your not the only person being messed about like this ebay person.

Edited October 20, 2011 by SurGie

[lagonda 42]

Sadly some people are in business, or think they're in business, yet have no idea how to run it, or realise that customers/clients matter.

 

Logically you would think that if someone had something they wanted to sell...AND a reasonably certain purchaser...that that would be it, job done. Sadly not.

 

You need to live in France. Napoleon criticised us Brits for being a "nation of shopkeepers". This is because the French have no business sense.

 

Restaurants in tourist areas are sometimes closed because...they're on holiday. Doh!

 

Wasn't French, perchance?!

[Baz 421]

I disagree with what Baz and others have put above.

 

If you arrange with someone for them to collect something on a given date and approximate time, you should honour your word. If you've told the person that is collecting that you're going to be in at such and such a time then you should be, and if for whatever reason you have to pop out then you make sure that you have your phone on you and you answer it when they call. It's common courtesy frankly.

 

 

 

Good for you, you're such an angel, no one else could possibly come close to your honour, valour and decency.

 

Perhaps you didn't mean it to appear that way, but please don't specifically disagree with me then basically write the same as i did but from the other perspective, making it appear because i haven't specifically said it the same way, insinuating i have no common decency or shame!

 

In which case you don't really disagree with what i said anyway, because like i say, you said the same as me but i related it to the subject at hand, before we knew the specific facts.

[Anthony 1,003]

Did you pre-arrange it specifically? And call exactly when you said you'd call and were you set to arrive exactly when you said? Because you don't say that above, people aren't robots and can't always be where they'll say they'll be, irrelevant of the impression he may have given you it works both ways and he may have been let down by eBay buyers many times to the point of taking your supposed RV details with a pinch of salt. Life is very different for different people, i know i sometimes have to drop everything where it lays and disappear for a while every now and again, and these days, when somebody makes arrangements that aren't a definite, i don't pay much attention or i'd spend every waking minute waiting for people.

 

I disagree with what Baz and others have put above.

 

If you arrange with someone for them to collect something on a given date and approximate time, you should honour your word. If you've told the person that is collecting that you're going to be in at such and such a time then you should be, and if for whatever reason you have to pop out then you make sure that you have your phone on you and you answer it when they call. It's common courtesy frankly.

 

Yes, there is the remotest possibility that they might have had a car accident or their great-granny is on fire on a remote island somewhere, but if that was the case then I would expect a very apologetic phone call or email in at the earliest chance. The balance of probabilities however is that it's just another unreliable seller who's word isn't worth diddly squat, which sadly is becoming ever more common.

 

Yes, some buyers are messers and don't turn up when they say they will, but I've always been a firm believer that in life you treat others how you would like to be treated yourself.

 

I know that I'm due a trip to the opticians, but those two above sure as hell don't read the same to me. Highlighted the key points for comparison.

 

Nothing holier than thou with what I said, just what I would like to believe is still the normal way of thinking for the vast majority of decent people in this country.

[muddatrucker 125]

Does anyone have a fix for the sand in vagina problem that everyone seems to be experiencing lately?

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Does anyone have a fix for the sand in vagina problem that everyone seems to be experiencing lately?

 

Hoover?

[Baz 421]

I know that I'm due a trip to the opticians, but those two above sure as hell don't read the same to me. Highlighted the key points for comparison.

 

Nothing holier than thou with what I said, just what I would like to believe is still the normal way of thinking for the vast majority of decent people in this country.

 

It's the whole lot, including the un-highlighted bits that make my point.

 

I replied directly to this thread, no more no less.

 

We are essentially saying the same thing, in 2 different ways! Full stop.

[muddatrucker 125]

EDIT: Scrap that, I can't be bothered to get involved.

Edited October 20, 2011 by muddatrucker

[Phil H 16]

Does anyone have a fix for the sand in vagina problem that everyone seems to be experiencing lately?

 

Long tongue and a glass of water?

[muddatrucker 125]

Long tongue and a glass of water?

Haha oh dear.

[4ll5op 8]

I dealt with him had no problems got a passenger door off him couple of weeks ago he was always slow texting back only problem I had was I knocked on house number 205 but his house was on the right numbered 205a

[Jonny Shu 0]

Wow...I go away for a few days and this is suddenly a hot topic...a few deviations along the way too haha!

 

4ll5op, I don't suppose that would be a graphite grey nearside door would it??

[4ll5op 8]

It was indeed mate why

 

Still no contact?

[Jonny Shu 0]

I was probably after the exact same door Unless he has more than one of course!

 

No contact indeed, I have moved on and am continuing the search for the needed parts...once I have gained full status I will start a wanted topic on this forum