posted on November 12, 2000 09:14:48 PM
This is the first time I ran across something like this.
Groan, @home has been giving me mail problems and to boot, I have one customer cc: me a copy of an email that was sent to another customer of mine to do a partial swap - I'll exchange my half for yours! Eeeks. Not a good thing. Anyhow, I wrote this this person about contacting me about purchasing individual pieces prices vs. sets. I didn't hear back from her in the 3 day confirmation period so I wrote her to remind her.
I got a return email from the mail server stating that the capacity of the mailbox has reached its limits. In other words, returned email. What do I do? I have no way to get in touch with this person.
I would appreciate a response. I'm not sure what to do.
posted on November 12, 2000 09:24:59 PM
There's not much way around a full email box. You'll either have to try every day or so or pull the contact info & call.
posted on November 12, 2000 09:47:50 PM
I'm running into problems with bidders who use spam blocks likewise. "Hey, my ISP got a lot of spam from your ISP so now all email from your ISP is blocked", that's the new line they give ebay and ebay parrots their stuff. The deadbeats are using this sort of thing to get away withn their old tricks, methinks.
posted on November 13, 2000 05:45:14 AM
Actually, the spam blocker argument is not just an excuse. My previous ISP used to do maintenance and/or change the level of their spam blocks from time to time without letting the customers know. The worst part is that it would selectively block certain ISPs so you would get half of your auction e-mail, think everything was fine and then realize you missed some auctions, by then the other party was getting upset. I finally had to switch to Hotmail (which meant I had to give eBay my CC number which I did NOT want to do, on principle if for no other reason).
I realize sellers are having a problem with deadbeats lately but spam blockers, and occasionally deaths in the family and so forth, are legitimate problems that can come up.
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I never had one, and I didn't want one, and I don't, so now I do...
posted on November 13, 2000 08:16:58 AM
Thank you everyone for your feedback. I just wanted to give an update. There was not much I could do. Those suggestions to contact Ebay to attain their phone # was a good one!
However, the buyer contacted me after the weekend. I guess it must be those tiny mailboxes. Yes, I have to agree. Spam guard from certain ISPs? I don't buy it either.
