Well it finally happened. I was burned in an online auction on flea-bay.
A month and change ago I ordered a BIN pipe retort from an ebay seller. I paid immediately via PayPal and within 24 hours I received notification that the package had shipped... Without a tracking #; probably my first warning. Now I'm in Canada and the retort was shipping up from the states, so I gave the vendor 15 business days for the package to arrive before I reached out with a "How'd you send this, and when should I expect to receive it?" email.
I never heard back from the vendor (second warning). After 4 weeks I sent a follow up email, with a sterner note and indication that I'd be opening a case with Flea-bay. Still no reply. 24hrs after the second email I went to open a case, and the vendor is no longer listed with the auction site. Bummer.
I'm out $10, but am mostly just frustrated that I don't have a retort, and that someone couldn't/wouldn't honestly communicate about whatever issues they were having.
Ah well, time to find a lab supply store locally and buy myself some test-tubes and rubber tubing. Anyone want/need a retort? If I'm buying equipment to make 'em, I might as well make a few.
Best,
-- Pat
A month and change ago I ordered a BIN pipe retort from an ebay seller. I paid immediately via PayPal and within 24 hours I received notification that the package had shipped... Without a tracking #; probably my first warning. Now I'm in Canada and the retort was shipping up from the states, so I gave the vendor 15 business days for the package to arrive before I reached out with a "How'd you send this, and when should I expect to receive it?" email.
I never heard back from the vendor (second warning). After 4 weeks I sent a follow up email, with a sterner note and indication that I'd be opening a case with Flea-bay. Still no reply. 24hrs after the second email I went to open a case, and the vendor is no longer listed with the auction site. Bummer.
I'm out $10, but am mostly just frustrated that I don't have a retort, and that someone couldn't/wouldn't honestly communicate about whatever issues they were having.
Ah well, time to find a lab supply store locally and buy myself some test-tubes and rubber tubing. Anyone want/need a retort? If I'm buying equipment to make 'em, I might as well make a few.
Best,
-- Pat