posted on December 27, 2005 10:35:14 AM new
Someone bought a suit from me and then said I didn't measure correctly. I sent money back for shipping the item back to me. Then I refunded the amount they paid for the suit. I was off on the waist measurement by 1 inch(slightly--if you pulled it would measure what I said it was. The jacket is still what I said it was)--they say no. Now they want their shipping refunded. What do you all do with shipping refunds?
Thanks!
posted on December 27, 2005 10:41:49 AM new
Tell them to kiss your happpy......
Um sounds like they did not measure themselves well and want you to accept all respnsibility.
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posted on December 27, 2005 11:07:06 AM new
Well, you already went off the reservation by not following Fluffy's three-word response to all return requests:
SEND IT BACK.
Period.
Now you're in deep kimchee.
The reason for the three-word response is this: Many, many "It's wrong! I wanna send it back!" emails are nothing more than testing the water. It costs nothing to send an email and if they can convince you it's your sworn duty to provide Cartier service at dollar store prices, they win.
Don't EVER accept another return without thinking this through. Just because someone said you screwed up doesn't mean you screwed up; it just means they want you to think you screwed up.
Now that major retailers are cracking down on returns fraud, the venue of choice for both the indecisive and the criminal is eBay.
What should you do at this point? Like fenix said, tell 'em to pucker up.
posted on December 27, 2005 11:58:21 AM new
Dear customer,
I'm truly sorry the suit I sent was smaller than you needed. I would like to point out that there are many sellers on Ebay that are dealing in a wide variety of diet plans and weight loss programs. Perhaps, if you selected one of these, you would be able to squeeze your fat ass into the pants and not find it necessary to accuse me of tape measure negligence. Have a nice day.
Epoweryourlife
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on December 27, 2005 12:19:58 PM new
Sparkz,
That was my absolute first thought! But being a wishy washy wanna make everybody happy, I opted for my stupid response.
posted on December 27, 2005 12:28:17 PM new
I don't know what your TOS says, but if you state that shipping charges are not returned, then send it back. Ny TOS states that in case of a refund, shipping charges are NOT refunded.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
[ edited by sanmar on Dec 27, 2005 05:58 PM ]
posted on December 27, 2005 03:35:12 PM new
fLuff - Hey, I thought I was the only one who knew what kimchee was You must have been in Korea at one time or another. I was stationed there for a year and a half in the Army and fell in love with it. Just a shame there's no Korean restraunt's around here.
posted on December 27, 2005 04:13:22 PM new
According to Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: "Beyond its nauseating proliferation, what's most bothersome about 'up/out the wazoo' is that 'wazoo' is completely without pedigree in the language. It has no known etymology, at least according to the folks who run the Merriam-Webster Web site. They speculate only that the term came into use in 1983, the circumstances of which are left to the impossible depths of our memory."
This is a question for Wm. Safire, but I don't recall it in any of his columns.
posted on December 27, 2005 04:37:07 PM new
I was told a few years ago (and I have lost the relevant email, alas) that "wazoo" is a corruption of a French slang word having to do with a lady's private parts.
I discount all reports of it being a variation on "kazoo".
posted on December 27, 2005 04:47:28 PM new
There's a couple of WAZOO possibilities. Here's what I found.
(protocol) WaZOO - Warp-zillion Opus-to-Opus. Fidonet's session layer protocol. Although it mentions Opus (a specific BBS from the 1980s), WaZOO is the session protocol used for the Fidonet network. Because WaZOO is much more efficient than other mechanisms (e.g., FTP), it is sometimes used for automated or batch communications in other parts of the Internet.
1. wazoo
One's anal orifice.
Up your wazoo, asshat!
2. wazoo
n. anus
"up the wazoo" - literal meaning, up one's trapdoor. can also mean an excess, or plentiful supply of
"That guy can't be our store's Santa! He's got child molestation convictions up the wazoo!"
3. wazoo
There is a respectable split among vernacularists whether "wazoo" applies to one's rump or one's porker. Ample weight for both definitions. See the delightful example below for both possible interpretations -- tuchus and ding-dong.
"How's your Father?
How's your Mother?
How's your charming sister Sue?
And, speaking of your family, how's your old Wazoo?"
4. Wazoo
Pacific Northwest slang for Washington State University. Origin can be linked to the school's reputation of being a party college.
I unfortunately attended Wazoo for my undergrad.
5. wazoo
Virile member
We'll get along just fine if you keep your hands off the Old Wazoo
6. wazoo
//1 your giant wang
//2 your ass
people argue about which is true
//1 you suck the big wazoo
You must have been in Korea at one time or another. I was stationed there for a year and a half in the Army and fell in love with it. Just a shame there's no Korean restraunt's around here.