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Sorry Daniel, but you forced me to do this.
I sent Tetsuo311 a PayPal payment of $614.45 on October 26th for a "like new" !arcade! ultra system with enhanced audio and S-video, with box (worn) and manual. Payment was sent directly from my bank account as promised. I was promised the system would ship the following Monday via Priority Mail.
After I sent payment, he PM'd me asking if I'd used a credit card because he had been charged a fee. I then explained the PayPal rules to him, because he didn't realize that "Premium" accounts are charged regardless of where the payment comes from. As a gesture of good faith, I sent him an extra $20 to make up for the fee, reasoning that had he known about the fee, he would've asked for more money in the first place.
I PM'd him a day or two after the arranged ship date to check the status, and he said he didn't have time to ship it. Not a problem, I said, as we all experience shipping delays at one time or another.
I PM'd him again that weekend, and again, he hadn't shipped it. He offered to include a new memory card to make up for the delay, which was a nice gesture.
After many PM's, several of which went unanswered for almost a week, he claimed to have had computer problems. He also claimed he was too busy to ship the system, so he gave it to his sister to ship. He told me that it shipped on Wednesday, Nov. 12th. I responded asking for a DC number, which was not provided.
When the supposedly Priority package hadn't arrived a week later, I felt I had no other choice but to file a claim with PayPal because my 30 days were running out. Only after filing this claim did Tetsuo311 respond to me, apologizing again for the delay.
Well, I received the system yesterday. First, the ship date was Nov. 18th, not Nov. 12th as he claimed. The system was only in the mail to me AFTER I filed the PayPal claim. Second, the system was wrapped in only two layers of bubble wrap and placed in a much larger box, so it got knocked around pretty good in shipment (a quote from one of his e-mails: "I used to work for the post office so I know what to expect from them."). Third, while the top of the system is very nice, there are deep, noticeable scratches all over the left side of the system. Fourth, after all this crap, he leaves out the power supply.
I PM'd him about it, and his response was that he'd ship it to me tomorrow morning (meaning today, Saturday). He then asked me to cancel my claim with PayPal. My response was that given his delays in the past, I wasn't ready to cancel the claim until I received a DC number for the power supply. When he responded to me at 1:21 PM today, rather than responding with the DC number to the power supply--which I knew he wouldn't have because I knew he wouldn't ship it as he said he would--he responded with an annoyed tone, as if this were somehow all my fault.
Daniel, send me the damn power supply already. This transaction has been horseshit from the start. Just follow through with the power supply so we can put this behind us.
I sent Tetsuo311 a PayPal payment of $614.45 on October 26th for a "like new" !arcade! ultra system with enhanced audio and S-video, with box (worn) and manual. Payment was sent directly from my bank account as promised. I was promised the system would ship the following Monday via Priority Mail.
After I sent payment, he PM'd me asking if I'd used a credit card because he had been charged a fee. I then explained the PayPal rules to him, because he didn't realize that "Premium" accounts are charged regardless of where the payment comes from. As a gesture of good faith, I sent him an extra $20 to make up for the fee, reasoning that had he known about the fee, he would've asked for more money in the first place.
I PM'd him a day or two after the arranged ship date to check the status, and he said he didn't have time to ship it. Not a problem, I said, as we all experience shipping delays at one time or another.
I PM'd him again that weekend, and again, he hadn't shipped it. He offered to include a new memory card to make up for the delay, which was a nice gesture.
After many PM's, several of which went unanswered for almost a week, he claimed to have had computer problems. He also claimed he was too busy to ship the system, so he gave it to his sister to ship. He told me that it shipped on Wednesday, Nov. 12th. I responded asking for a DC number, which was not provided.
When the supposedly Priority package hadn't arrived a week later, I felt I had no other choice but to file a claim with PayPal because my 30 days were running out. Only after filing this claim did Tetsuo311 respond to me, apologizing again for the delay.
Well, I received the system yesterday. First, the ship date was Nov. 18th, not Nov. 12th as he claimed. The system was only in the mail to me AFTER I filed the PayPal claim. Second, the system was wrapped in only two layers of bubble wrap and placed in a much larger box, so it got knocked around pretty good in shipment (a quote from one of his e-mails: "I used to work for the post office so I know what to expect from them."). Third, while the top of the system is very nice, there are deep, noticeable scratches all over the left side of the system. Fourth, after all this crap, he leaves out the power supply.
I PM'd him about it, and his response was that he'd ship it to me tomorrow morning (meaning today, Saturday). He then asked me to cancel my claim with PayPal. My response was that given his delays in the past, I wasn't ready to cancel the claim until I received a DC number for the power supply. When he responded to me at 1:21 PM today, rather than responding with the DC number to the power supply--which I knew he wouldn't have because I knew he wouldn't ship it as he said he would--he responded with an annoyed tone, as if this were somehow all my fault.
Daniel, send me the damn power supply already. This transaction has been horseshit from the start. Just follow through with the power supply so we can put this behind us.