Good luck with it Mike- I agree with no refund and send the screws out immediately (after taking a photo of them) Then, just wait and see. Don`t be afraid of neg feedback- you can dispute it and it doesn`t mean that much (my opinion). Don`t let them push you around.Mister T
+++ 1, good luck mikey!!
With the new ebay feedback rules the extortion thing is completely out of control... It is really, really bad and they will not fix it.
Good luck Man... DO NOT BEND and do not pay him!!
Why not send them some of the responses you got here?..It will let them know you,re looking into this from a legal point of view and will be willing and ready to act on it....bottom feeders!:mad:
The Follow-up--The guy email me[[about a week ago] --said the part has a 20.00-25.00 part to him [it sold for 43.00]+ shipping--That if i made a refund for 1/2 of the 43.00 and 1/2 on shipping he would leave me good feedback,i emailed him told him that i would refund all the money just send the part back..He emailed me said that he wants to keep the part just give him the refund he asked for[i did not do that]--so today he leaves me negative feedback what a JERK--my first neg. f/b in over two years--Funny thing is all the other feedback i have from other ebayers have left for me, they are all happy with the parts i have sold..So if i was you guys i would Avoid this ebayer I.D. is "SUPRAMAN" Mikey
Did you ever send him the screws for the mount that he paid for? The ones that you 'overlooked' when you sent the mount? If I were the buyer this would be pretty important to me - getting all the parts I paid for... Call me crazy...
You know what? Everyone knows the new rules suck. Just respond to the feedback that he tried to extort money out of you and leave it at that. F*&% 'em, there's nothing you can do about, but never give in to extortion, and I woul;d file a complaint against the azzhole with the State Attorney General office anyone. Extortion is a felony, no matter what ebay wants, it is a crime, plain and simple, and if you have all of the emails, he won the bid, you have all of the pictures, he bid, not you. If he only wanted to pay 25.00, why did he bid 43.00???? That is what kills me, he planned it out, had every intention of trying to extort you. Send him a letter from your corporate lawyer, tell him you are considering filing an extortion suit and see what happens. He planned this whole thing. Now it's up to you. Sue the prick. All you have to do is call your AG, they will investigate. If ebay keeps getting hit with AG investigations, they will eventually have no choise but to change the way they do it. I
t is a criminal activity to tell someone to give them money or they will do bad things to you, no matter what ebay thinks, it is extortion.
How do you think the big investment houses are going to react to charges of criminal mischief and extortion/blackmail. If I were you Mikey, I'd pull the plug. Dealing in old parts is like a used car lot. Everyone expects them to be new, at pennies on the dollar. I hated selling used cars, except on payday, whe the fat checks (used) to roll in. No money in the car biz anymore.
You know what? Everyone knows the new rules suck. Just respond to the feedback that he tried to extort money out of you and leave it at that. F*&% 'em, there's nothing you can do about, but never give in to extortion, and I woul;d file a complaint against the azzhole with the State Attorney General office anyone. Extortion is a felony, no matter what ebay wants, it is a crime, plain and simple, and if you have all of the emails, he won the bid, you have all of the pictures, he bid, not you. If he only wanted to pay 25.00, why did he bid 43.00???? That is what kills me, he planned it out, had every intention of trying to extort you. Send him a letter from your corporate lawyer, tell him you are considering filing an extortion suit and see what happens. He planned this whole thing. Now it's up to you. Sue the prick. All you have to do is call your AG, they will investigate. If ebay keeps getting hit with AG investigations, they will eventually have no choise but to change the way they do it. It is a criminal activity to tell someone to give them money or they will do bad things to you, no matter what ebay thinks, it is extortion.How do you think the big investment houses are going to react to charges of criminal mischief and extortion/blackmail. If I were you Mikey, I'd pull the plug. Dealing in old parts is like a used car lot. Everyone expects them to be new, at pennies on the dollar. I hated selling used cars, except on payday, whe the fat checks (used) to roll in. No money in the car biz anymore.
Hey jonnistix,You given some good points.Ia'm thinking about calling my lawyer on monday[i don't want to call him at home] just to f#$* with the guy..But i also think one bad apple should not make me pull the plug on selling on ebay-i have alot of the same ebayers who buy from me over and over agian.Or maybe i just leave it like it is,i did reply to the feedback he left..Mikey
Did you ever send him the screws for the mount that he paid for? The ones that you 'overlooked' when you sent the mount? If I were the buyer this would be pretty important to me - getting all the parts I paid for... Call me crazy...
Thats a big Yes-i even over-nighted the two screws to him..Mikey
Man - this guy must be a real "piece of work" to have done this to you over being unhappy about paying what he thinks is a few $$ too much for a drum part.
I don't sell, haven't yet anyway, on eBay and I'm even pretty new at buying.........but I will watch out for this guy too.
You have a lot of good support on this Vintage Drum Forum which from what I gather is probably the best VDF out there.
Sorry to read about this Mikey, but thanks for posting it - it's educational.
