Finally received the Budwiser Smokey Joe - Damaged

[pbe gummi bear]

A chill just went up my spine as I just suffered through a case with Ebay Buyer Protection - and I was the seller. Sold a nice older Denon turntable to a guy, who described exactly how he wanted the thing packed and shipped. I got stiffed out of some shipping cost as the estimator on Ebay sucks, and I bought extra materials per the buyers detailed instructions. The thing was packaged perfectly, and the guy even said it came through unharmed. A couple days later he claimed (via Ebay Buyer Protection) that the turntable did not work and demanded his money back. I filed a claim with UPS, and they determined that nothing happened in shipping. Of course, by that time, Ebay had frozen my PayPal account until the case was resolved. Not cool. I suspect the guy swapped out a few parts from mine into one he already had, or more likely dropped it, (a week after he had it he sent me a note to say "did you notice that it looks like it got dropped?",  and gave me back a lemon, but Ebay simply gave him his money back without considering my side of the story. I suppose I could appeal, but I don't need the aggravation, and Ebay would have given me a black mark on my sellers rating for even asking. I will never sell vintage electronics on Ebay again, and I'll think twice about selling anything on Ebay given this experience.

OK, I'm done...serenity now...

That sucks, Marty. eBay/Paypal are EXTREMELY buyer friendly. That's why I have no qualms paying with paypal but go to lengths to sell via other methods. Not to even mention the fees they take

[blackdog043]

If that's the case, then I'll be out 35-40 bucks shipping the chair and grill back. Live and learn if that happens. I don't think I'll buy a grill again with out being able to pick it up.