Item paid, refund " blocked by paypal ", seller ask to cancel transaction

Hi, I recently bought an iPad for $660 on eBay. I'm in Canada and I really, really want it the most rapidly possible. So I bought it for a little more! The day after I bough it, I received an email to inform me that I got refunded for the item.... and that the funds were currently blocked by Paypal. And now, the seller asks me to cancel this transaction. Seriously I really don't like to buy for more than $200 on Internet, and I don't like what's happening right now. I sent $660 to this guy, and now my money is kinda frozen, and I won't get my iPad. In the item description, the seller said " IN-HAND, READY TO SHIP ". I trusted him. Now, what I want to know is: if I cancel this transaction, will I be avaible to put a negative feedback to this seller, or not? Because seriously, I'm very mad about this transaction, and I want to tell other buyer that even if you pay this guy, maybe you won't get your item and your funds will be blocked. I also want to be SURE that my funds will be unblocked and that I will get my money back soon. I was really hoping to get that iPad before it comes in Canada, and now because this wait for my money, I'll have to wait more, and even wait until it comes to Canada. So, seriously, it sucks, and I want to show him.|||He also didn't give a reason for the cancel.......... and he doesn't reply to my email!!!|||Did you fund this purchase with a credit card? When spending that large of an amount of money you should. I'd wait to receive the refund then mutually cancel the transaction if you want.================================================== Yes I do sell on ebay, this is my buying ID.||||||The block may be the 21 day hold Paypal does for new sellers and for high fraud categories like Ipods, Ipads,electronics. It means the seller can not take the funds until they prove delivery , you leave positie Feedback(DO NOT LEAVE POS FB) or the 21 days have expired. DO NOT agree to the cancelation, unless you have received your refund in hand. You need to respond to the cancealtion before 7 days are up or the seller auto gets their Ebay final value fee back. Ebay nor Paypal can force the seller to ship the item. It is very possible the seller does in fact not have the item to ship. If you want to make your payments via Paypal instant and via credit card, then when you go to pay for each item, you must change your funding source, each time you pay to a credit card. In order to do this, you must have NO money in your Paypal acct.||||||The block may be the 21 day hold Paypal does for new sellers and for high fraud categories like Ipods, Ipads,electronics. The hold would be released if the seller refunded the money properly. Refunding is the one thing that PayPal will allow you to do with held money.|||Paypal telling you that you are protected better by not using a credit card is not really true. You get more protection with a credit card through paypal. Credit card allows you to make a chargeback even if PayPal doesn't refund you properly.Even when I am telling a lie I am truthful. Rick|||I imagine they are waiting for the funds to clear your bank before paypal can finish the refund to you. The seller may have cancelled if you didn't have a confirmed address as they state they only ship to confirmed addresses."This must be Thursday, said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, I never could get the hang of Thursdays."|||I wouldn't agree to mutually cancel the transaction. I would decline it. He's a non-performing seller. Always Unique Totally Interesting Sometimes Mysterious|||"but Paypal always say that I should pay with my bank account, because they offer more protection. " This is horse hockey pucks. Paypal does not want you to be able to do a chargeback as stated above. Ignore that and always fund the purchase with a credit card, especially now that Ebay is taking over the Buyer Protection||||||but Paypal always say that I should pay with my bank account, because they offer more protection. More protection for PayPal not for you. When you pay with a credit card, you hold the power to force a refund from PayPal even if they don't agree with you. With a bank transfer, if PayPal doesn't agree that you deserve a refund you don't get one. Always use your credit card. iPads are very high fraud items on eBay. Choose your sellers very very carefully. You want sellers that have established track records for selling electronics. Not some newbie. Personally, I would never buy one here.|||Your seller has nearly 1300 feedback with 100%. He states pmt. must be received within 3 days. If your pmt. has a hold on it he has a right to cancel the transaction as he may have to wait MORE than 5 days for your pmt. to clear~~5 business days from a US bank but may be longer from a Canada bank. Maybe he needs the $$ for some reason before your pmt. will clear?? You should have used the credit card and pmt. to him would have been immediate.. Did you pay right away or did you wait a few days to pay him?|||Also, pay pal isn't going to take a chance of giving you $660.00 when your pmt. MAY NOT clear your bank. Then THEY would be out $660.00. They will wait for your bank pmt. to clear before refunding your money back to you.

As a buyer, do you like listings that only use eBay's picture service?

Hi Buyers! For the past few days there has been a discussion on the Clothing board about Ebay's picture services. I am curious how you the buyer feel about listings that only use the new free picture pack. I have always used embedded pix in my listings but since the new free pic pack rolled out, I am slowly transitioning to it. I still include some embedded, html pix in the body of the listing. Does only having ebay picture pack make you hit the back button when shopping? I have included the link to the discussion. Thanks in advance for any input you are willing to give me. LinkLora There's a reason for everything that has happened in your life. When things are going well, count your blessings and keep up the good work. When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.|||I looked at a couple of your listings and say as long as the photos are like the one of the lil yellow flowered dress size 12 , that is exactly what buyers like to see. It gives buyers a very good idea of exactly, what they are buying and what to expect. The auctions with one small photo, no measurements, clothes laying on beds, the floor , are the ones I hit the back button on quick.|||The auctions with one small photo, no measurements, clothes laying on beds, the floor , are the ones I hit the back button on quick. Does this include jeans and or pants? The reason I ask is because I have a green, astro turf rug I use only for taking pix of jeans, pants, and shorts. The green color is a great contrast for jeans and I like the way it looks. For high end dress pants I use either a dress form or a half mani but those pics never seem to showcase the bottoms as well as the ones on the turf.Lora There's a reason for everything that has happened in your life. When things are going well, count your blessings and keep up the good work. When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.|||I see what you mean about the nice contract with the green turf, but how does the buyer know, you only use it for taking photos? They don't. I have seen many sellers, who you would swear took the item to their astro turfed back deck out doors, where people/animals walk and use that for photos. That is just a bit of a turn off to me personally. Your items and photos are very clean,crisp and well done, so my comment was more general, than yours in particular.|||With your clean items, crisp photos, great descriptions,DSR and feedback, I would have no problem buying at all. Like I said, I wish more sellers,would take the time to do auctions like yours. You can clearly see and know, what you are buying.|||Thanks salez4u! Just to be clear I am not trying to advertise my listings. I really am interested in the buyers opinions of listings with ONLY Ebay hosted pictures. The clothing sellers that are also buyers have been very verbal about how they dislike the picture packs. Personally, I just started using it but I do not want to lose business because of it.Lora There's a reason for everything that has happened in your life. When things are going well, count your blessings and keep up the good work. When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.|||"Just to be clear I am not trying to advertise my listings. I really am interested in the buyers opinions of listings with ONLY Ebay hosted pictures. " That was clear from your posts, not to worry.|||As a buyer, I have no idea what the free ebay picture pack would consist of. I like your listings that have the zoom and enlarge for the pics much better than the listings with just the enlarge. Having just the enlarge for the pics would not make me hit the back button. I am assuming the embedded, html pix in the body of the listing was added by you to both the listings with zoom and enlarge and the listings with just enlarge.||||||For your pics for the listing I looked at, at least, the enlarge feature enlarges the pic to about the size of the same pics you have embedded. And the Zoom enlarges the portion it covers to about the same size of the enlarged pic. I don't know if the size of the original imported pic has anything to do with that or if the pics are automatically sized in the eBay pack. It might be possible that the other seller's original pics are too small to start with. For your excellant pics, I would be happy with the Zoom and Enlarge with any additional pics above eBay's allowance for that feature embedded. This is just my opinion as one buyer and limited to your listings. I haven't checked another sellers listings.|||I do not care how the photos are put on the auctions as long as they are good pictures of the widget. I do not want to see dark and/or blurry pictures.|||

how to report a bad seller ....

its a long story on another thread - what is the trust and safety - is that where you report a bad seller? how do you report bad seller?|||Bad seller, how? It depends on what you mean by bad seller? Sorry, it is not a one answer fits all question. Are you talking Ebay policy violation, or are you talking the item was not what you expected and seller refuses refund? It matters.|||The same way you report a bad buyer. 1. Open window. 2. Shout explitives. 3. Close window. 4. Go on with your life.||||||OK now that we know the story, dirty stained comforter, if the seller balks at a return and 100% refund, then file the SNAD with Paypal. Return with delivery confirmation. Once the refund is in hand, leave an appropriate neg: " item SNAD, stained dirty". The buyer won SNAD dispute and NEG is how you put a seller on Ebay's radar, in this case. Never buy a "used item" and assume, you will be able to remedy it. With bedding, I would save up, wait for a sale on new and higher quality.|||"Queen white down comforter! 2 feather down comforters in one. My wife had a comforter thsat was falling apart so she took that one and put it in this one. its in great shape. Really puffy! Nothing wrong with it. She doesnt have a queen bed anymore. so its been sitting in the closet and needs a new home. Some storage stains nothing a good washing wont fix. " Based on this, I would have passed. This will be expensive to return due to weight and size dimentions. The seller's feedback should have been a clue. Always check a seller's feedback on toolhause before bidding. It would have told you this is one you should pass on.|||Seller's NEGs tells the whole story.Link|||"what is the trust and safety " It is a department of Ebay that receives reports of policy violations/compliance and hands out sanctions to buyers and sellers. This is a Seller performance issue. The neg and buyer won SNAD dispute will take care of the seller. Right now their feedback % qualifies for seller suspension from listing items. Read here Link Leave an appropriate NEG,give them 1 for DSR for item as described.|||Thanks for all your replies.|||If you read the entire first thread, the buyer already received her money back and original shipping. Now the seller wants her to return the item on her dime (which being so large, is expensive). Lazypalms - has anything "new" transpired? I've been following to see how it all turns out. I think the seller wants the item back so they can pass it on to the next unsuspecting buyer.|||email sent by my husband - he was fed up - Dear Mr. (left his name out intentionally), You refunded my wifes original money she spent. That is what a decent seller does. However, she has mentioned several times to you that it will cost $12.55 to have it returned back to you. It will not come out of HER money/refund. That money is hers that she got back for her purchase - not to use to pay MORE for return. She would then be out $12.55 - for what? YOUR wifes mistake? Seriously? Your wife will take the loss on this as it was her fault that trash was sent in the first place. Get real. The blanket was damaged/filthy - you saw it. I can't believe you would even have the audacity to ask my wife to pay to return such a badly damaged item. Send $12.55 for return and you may have it back. seller responded with: "How about this leave me good feed back I leave you good feed back and were done with it! Game?" we have not responded back so far - with either email or feedback. Just settling down some stress so I can think again......|||OP~~I have read a little of your feedback left for sellers. On a 99 cent pair of shorts you state they were sold as a childs size when in actuality they look like they were sold as a Miss 9/10~~nowhere in the listing does it say they are a childs size.. Then there was something about butt stains you couldn't remove? Then there was the grill sold as NIB which you said had old food on it and ruined your meal????? Who in the heck cooks a meal on a ebay sold grill without washing it first~new or used? I think you have problems buying used and may be better off shopping in a B & M and maybe you'll be happy? BTW~~I just went back 4 pages in your feedback left to find what I did find and you do seem to be hard to please and I think you "over exagerate"? You, yourself have lots of negs in the last 12 months?????|||This is a great example why as a Seller, you don't issue the refund until you have the item back in your hands. If the Seller had not refunded, Since the OP does not want to pay to ship the item back, OP would have lost the SNAD complaint and Seller would get to keep the money. Now the Seller would also get a NEG, But it looks like the OP is going to leave a NEG anyway Even after getting a full refund . .Delivery Confirmation is confirmation of delivery, not tracking.||||||OP got her refund and still has the item. OP refuses to return the comforter unless the seller send her return shipping money.

Item delivered to wrong city...

Not sure where to go from here. I won an auction from a seller in Virginia, and decided to check the tracking info this morning. To my surprise, it shows the item was delivered in Norfolk, Virginia on 4/22. I live in California. I contacted the seller to find out if maybe the item had been returned to him, since he lives in Virginia and it says it was delivered in Virginia, and he said it wasn't. Anything I can do?|||you can file item not recieved complaint and recover all your $. so ask seller to see what's happened. maybe they put the wrong zip code on package. if after a few days you aren't satisfied with seller's "help". then file the complaint with eBay to recover your $. and any time i must file a complaint , i leave negative feedback and 1's in the dsr stars.|||Perhaps the seller gave you the wrong tracking notice. How long has it been since the seller shipped?Need a website fast?|||First you need to review your address in your Paypal acct to make certain the address is correct (CA) address. If I were you I would pull the seller's contact info and give them a call. Look here Link Make certain both your address on file with Ebay and Paypal are correct, before contacting the seller. If you have changed addresses recently or even in the last several years, you need to change it both with Ebay and Paypal. Seller is required by Paypal/Ebay Buyer protection to only ship to the address on the Paypal Transaction Details Page. If the address with Paypal is correct, file the INR with Paypal and state item delivered to an unknown address in VA , not your address in CA.|||Sorry that should read " If you have changed addresses recently or even in the last several years, you needed to change it with both with Ebay and Paypal." When you contacted the seller, what did they say/show as the ship to address on the Paypal Transaction Details Page? The fact the item has not been returned to the seller, means either they gave you the wrong D/C # or shipped to the wrong address. They owe you a full refund. If no immediate refund, then file the INR with Paypal.|||it may be that it was routed through Norfolk VA on its way to you. or are you in Norfolk California?Even when I am telling a lie I am truthful. Rick|||Seller might have given you the wrong DC number. Your package might still be delivered to you. Check your address on file with PayPal and then contact the seller to check the number.|||Does it say it was DELIVERED or just that it may be at a sorting facility in Norfolk? When was the item mailed? This is only 4/25~~the DC you're looking at is 4/22.

I need some advice re: possible counterfeit perfume

Hello, I bought my favorite no longer made perfume, Givenchy III from a seller. She did have some bad comments back a ways, but the grand majority of her comments were favorable. Got the bottle, used (I knew as was in description) every thing looked right,but the spray nozzle didn't work. I didn't care about keeping it in the original bottle, so I very carefully pried and cracked the top off, after trying everything I could think of and read about on line to make it work. This is not my perfume, it doesn't even smell remotely like it. I have some fragrance allergies and can only wear a couple of things- and the perfume in the bottle made me start sneezing immediately, unlike the original and the reissued Givenchy. I wrote her about this, my message will follow at the end. No answer to my message so far, but I guess, since I took the top off, I'm just out of luck and out over $60. Any advice? Thanks, Cat "Hello, Well, I got my bottle today and although it was very well packed and your shipping was super fast- the spray top didn't work. Since I have been out of this perfume, one of the few I can wear- I went ahead and finally pried the top off. To my great dismay- it does not smell at all like Givenchy III, even the reissue. I had a bottle of the reissued and even though it wasn't as good as the old, I liked it and it didn't affect my fragrance allergy. This one smells different, and I started coughing immediately. So now I have a bottle I can't return, and perfume I can't wear. Do you have any ideas? I won't leave any feedback until we can figure out what to do. Cat P.S. I have never left negative feedback in all of my history here on ebay."|||I think you are out of luck since you broke the bottle (in effect) How the seller is supposed to get the item back now is an issue too. There are lots of buyers who claim fake to get free perfume - not sure if you are aware of this so it makes it doubley iffy. You can file a SNAD if the seller is unwilling to deal with it but I don't know if Paypal will refund you. It's unlikely but who knows? How old was this bottle? the chemicals in perfume will change when it sits around for years and can alter the scent to be unrecognizable.Need a website fast?|||Well, I'm just scr*wed. I have a couple of old bottles of both the older and the newer version, and what I got smelled like something that came in a baby powder container. Nothing like the original or remake at all, which were both a chypre based perfume (unmistakable). I feel like sending it back on my ticket, with the bogus stuff decanted into a new bottle with the original wrapping and all, but heck, she'd probably resell the nasty stuff. Sigh. Ebay university has finally struck home.|||If I were the seller, I would not take it back because you have "altered" the original item. You should have contacted the seller immediately if there was a problem and not pry off the cap. dvgvintage|||I feel like sending it back on my ticket, with the bogus stuff decanted into a new bottle with the original wrapping and all, but heck, she'd probably resell the nasty stuff. Sigh. Ebay university has finally struck home. This is so wrong in so many ways, because what your considering to do is fraud. dvgvintage|||You were desperate enough to smell good you pried off the top?? You eat it!!|||Once you realized the sprayer did not work, you had the obligation to advise your seller, return with Delivery Confrimation and get a full refund OR as you chose , alter the item. You can not expect the seller to "do anything" because in this case, you chose to waive all your return/refund rights ,upon discovering the item not as described ( broken/non working sprayer). You had no right , to even mention feedback. Since fragrances can easily turn in a few years exposed to light, I highly doubt the item is counterfeit. Since the item it no longer made, it is more likely the perfume is old dead stock and not counterfeit. Since you can not return the item in the same condition as shipped to the seller, you need to eat this one and just leave NO feedback.|||"what I got smelled like something that came in a baby powder container. Nothing like the original or remake at all, which were both a chypre based perfume (unmistakable). " You have NO idea what storage conditions over the years, this item was exposed to. This is the risk of buying fragrances on line. Light,heat ,cold temps can alter the delicate balance of fragrances. Since you state, you have fragrance allergies, buying on line may not be your best choice. Certainly "prying the top off" voided the chance of any recourse, but that was your choice. You did not even give the seller a chance to replace or refund.|||Both Paypal and Ebay require you to advise the seller of the itssue and return the item in the same condition as shipped. You can not do this, so you have lost/waived any recourse. Sorry, but the one who "scewed you" is not Ebay or the seller, but yourself.|||Hmm, well I did say I was scr*wed, and admitted all of my errors- but seems like most of you are ignoring the fact that the product was bogus. What I most blame myself for is not reading the toolhaus feedback before bidding- that is the real lesson. This is apparently not the first time the seller was accused of selling something counterfeit. I have used this perfume for over 30 years. My first bottle lasted me 5 years and since I lived in Florida without air conditioning- I am well acquainted with how it smells when it gets old in non-climate controlled conditions. And yes, since I can wear a grand total of 3 perfumes- I was determined to get it open. My bad- but seems like the tone of some responses were not helpful, and sounded more like they came from sellers and not a buyer support group. I was asking for help, not a harangue. BTW, when I talked about sending it back I was being sarcastic. What do I want from the seller? The actual product I mistakenly thought I had purchased. Nothing less, nothing more.|||"Hmm, well I did say I was scr*wed, and admitted all of my errors- but seems like most of you are ignoring the fact that the product was bogus" Unless you can prove the item was counterfeit, then it really is just a guess on your part. Sorry, we can't tell you what you want to hear. For all you know the product was subjected to any number of conditions and yes perfume can change overtime. If you retained the package, then check with the manufacturer to confirm the item was "bogus" as you claim. If it is confirmed , then by all means report it to the trademark owner and Ebay. Since the item is no longer made, I don't know,if this even possible. I understand your disappointment, but with your limited choices of fragrances due to allergies and the abundance of counterfeits out there, I don't think any retailer would take back a spray perfume, who's top was pryed off and altered in anyway. By the way, many of us are buyers and sellers.|||You may want to look at this link regarding your item. It is entirely possible this is a very old item as I said, dead stock that has been in storeage a very long time. Link|||"What do I want from the seller? The actual product I mistakenly thought I had purchased. Nothing less, nothing more." Then you should have not impulsivly pried open the top rendering it un returnable. Had you purchased this in a brick & mortor store, they too would expect, if the spray did not work properly, that it be returned in the same "un opened condition". Since this is an item that is used on the body, most if not all retailers would have a problem with the pried open top of the sealed spray bottle. NOT saying this is the case, but how would a retailer know, if you/someone added or alter their product with the NON meant to be opened/sealed spray top pried off?|||333cat, did you hear back from the seller? I understand your frustration and because perfume is pricey it would peave me off too, to get a product that didn't but you should have contacted the seller before prying it open. As I said before, you can file SNAD of you don't hear from the seller but you may end up paying for shipping again, for nothing.Need a website fast?|||Yes, I did. She has offered a partial refund, which is generous and not really what I asked for. I asked her to check her resources, and if she can find something that is verified, then I will pay shipping and any difference above her offer of a partial. Yes, I really just want the perfume. And, yes, I have currently photographed the labeling, and I have a question in to Givenchy as we speak. Since this was sold as used, it may only mean that she got it from a bad source.

Seller claims no payment received AND won't send item I won!

My name is Seriouscollect66 and I purchased a box of 25 DVDs from user Teamblackgator_0 . The seller claims I never paid, yet a postal monye order was mailed certified to the seller's address. To make it worse, the seller left me two NEGATIVE feedbcaks. The hostility of this seller is unbelievable if one reviews the negative feedback that the seller receives, you can see that all responses to the negative feedback are as far as the seller can go in posting challenging, hateful, sarcastic, and crude remakrs. Does anyone have similar problems with this seller and does anyone have any idea as to what I can do to recover the money that the buyer states he or she did not receive and/or receive the items that I purchased many months ago? I plead for someone's help!! Thank you!!|||Sellers cannot leave buyers negative feedback. You have no recourse with eBay for paying with a method that isn't approved for use on eBay. Money orders are no safer than mailing cash.|||or receive the items that I purchased many months ago if it's been longer than 60 days , then nothing eBay can/will do. you'd have to file a mail fraud case , might not do anything either . next time use pay pal.|||Check with usps to see if money order was cashed. If it was cashed see what to do about stolen money order being cashed or if they have a way to trace who or where it was cashed.|||"I never paid, yet a postal money order was mailed certified to the seller's address. To make it worse, the seller left me two NEGATIVE feedbacks." You have no recourse for a refund,except to leave NEG feedback for the seller. Ebay/Paypal's buyer protection does NOT exist , when you pay via a money order. If the seller's comments qualify for the Feedback Abuse Policy, by all means report and request the feedback be removed. Look here Link Unless you can get a copy (front and back) of the money order,proving the Money Order was cashed by the seller, then you are out of luck with the UID (Unpaid item dispute). You must be able to prove the seller received and cashed the MO. You can go to where you purchased the MO and find out if it was cashed and get a copy. If not cashed , then cancel the MO and get your money back from the MO issuer. You can state the MO was lost in the mail. This is exactly WHY, money orders are not a great idea for purchasing on Ebay. Ebay encourages only these accepted payment methods for purchase. Look here Link IF you are going to insist on paying by a NON approved, unsafe method, you will find this situation is common.|||"or receive the items that I purchased many months ago if it's been longer than 60 days , then nothing eBay can/will do. " Ebay can and will do nothing, since there is NO Buyer Protection when a MO is used.|||A review of your feedback (NEGS received) on this user name, does not show any NEGs received from this seller. How long ago was this issue and what user ID did you use to purchase? Without seeing the "Negs left by the seller" it is impossible to see, if the Negs would qualify for feedback removal under the Feedback Abuse policy.|||"The hostility of this seller is unbelievable if one reviews the negative feedback that the seller receives, you can see that all responses to the negative feedback are as far as the seller can go in posting challenging, hateful, sarcastic, and crude remarks" A review on toolhause hardly shows this. Unprofessional, a bit sarcastic, YES, hateful and crude it is not. Your situation must have been a very long time ago, since none of the negs or comments relate to you. At this late date, you have no recourse with the money order (more than 12 months ago). Time to move on.|||How long has it been since sellers could not leave negative feedback for buyers? serious- This old issue is way beyond the time that ebay or anyone else can help you all you can do it chalk it up to experience and move on. If someone stole your money, all you can do is deal with law enforcement on this.Even when I am telling a lie I am truthful. Rick|||How long has it been since sellers could not leave negative feedback for buyers? Since May of 2008 - going on 2 years now. Someone pass me an explanation and a Tanq on the rocks please ...|||One (not 2 as stated) "negative postive" was left for the OP on May-07-09 by their seller .... here's a link to the FB ... Link OP leaves a follow-up to seller's FB saying "REFUSED PAYMENT" but in post 1 OP says seller says he didn't receive the payment.|||Even if you have proof that the seller cashed the money order it is next to impossible to do anything about it. You can have that feedback removed though.||||||1-since when can sellers leave neg FB? 2- report fraud at post office.|||It is negative comments in positive feedback and it is removable. filing mail fraud won't get you a refund.

Have You ever bought From a seller who....

Never replies to messages. I mean I just purchased an amplifier and I asked the seller a coupe questions about the item and shipping. And he/she never replied?? I'm somewhat kinda nervous what if this person doesn't ship my item and jacks my hard earned cash. So tell me has anyone done this? There feedback seems legit.|||you bought a blown, not working amp for $8.00. the seller has a couple recent feedback from selling that doesn't indicate a problem. i doubt he's going to go south for $8.00. i'm not sure what type of question you could have had for him regarding the item since it clearly states the item does not work. ~~cyn~~ little howie~~the ebay hall monitor~~he just wants to be loved! he knows how to read the year of manufacture on a coach creed, and he's a proud member of the pbp; the elite faux fighter's cadre!|||I have not, because I have never had questions for a seller after the listing ended. If everything isn't answered before the listing ends, I don't bid or buy. If something does go wrong, you have 45 days from date of payment to file either an Item Not Received claim or a Significantly Not As Described claim through either eBay or PayPal. Read the Buyer Protection Policies on both eBay and PayPal to see how you are covered.|||How long ago did you buy the item? (I'm not sure how to search like the pp did since I do not see an amp mentioned in your FB) Couple of things to remember: many people do this part-time, around other jobs, family, etc. and may not check eBay several times a day or even daily. What do their terms of service say about when they ship? On the flip side, some sellers do such a high volume that you may need to allow a couple of days for a reply. Also sometimes messages sent via eBay go into the void. If you're really concerned, pull their contact info and send an e-mail directly or call them.|||You bought the item on the 21st, the seller specifies shipment within 3 days of payment received, and is using standard flat rate shipping. Likely as not it will arrive around the 1st of May. You have 45 days from the date of sale to file an Item Not Received (INR) dispute. If ebay finds an item has not been shipped, or there is no proof of shipping, you will be refunded the purchase and shipping costs. You Are Safe~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I did not sell you my opinion|||Karrie, to do a search, go to the top of the page, click on 'advance search' and you can do a search of a buyer/sellers ID. Since ebay changed and is using hidden ID's, the search only works on completed auctions.|||I do not care how chatty the seller is after I win, I actually prefer less emails to more. Any questions I have are asked before bidding and if they aren't answered, I never bid.|||I answer all legit questions IF I receive the message. When I get questions such as "How much to ship to Spain" I delete them~~I already say in my listings I sell to 48 states~~that's it. No sense in wasting my time answering someone who can't read.|||OP not sure what question you would ask? Seller has a clear description, and clear shipping cost of $12. I as most sellers get nervous when buyers start asking questions about shipping and condition after they buy the item.|||I had this happen once when I went out of town. My mother-in-law ships packages out for me when I cannot so there is no delay in shipment, but one weekend when she was doing this she completely forgot to check my messages and answer questions. Luckily all my buyers were pretty understanding about it since I have legit feedback. Maybe this is such the case??