posted on January 13, 2001 10:29:56 AM
Need some objective advice.
Had an auction end the first week in December...for approx $20. High bidder contacted me before the auction ended from a different email addy saying they thought they might be NARU, so please contact them at the alternate addy. (???) Buyer wasn't NARU so I contacted them at the correct addy and copied the alternate addy when the auction ended. Same day, 12/7, buyer say's they are sending out a MO immediately.
12/11, buyer contacts me and ask's if I would mind if they sent cash, because they can't purchase a money order for a few more days. I tell them I don't mind the wait, please don't send cash through the mail (intuition told me something was funky about this). By 12/30, still no payment, I check with them to make sure it went out. They say it went out 12/20. I tell them the mail is very slow, let's give it another week or so. They respond, "Yes, if you would be kind enough to do that. I sent it out and I would hate for this to go down in a negetive (sic) way. Hopefully this won't be a hassle for either of us."
I contact her on 1/5...tell her still no payment received, see if you can trace it. No response to that email. Today, I get this from her: "I'm assuming that you "haven't recieved my payment." This is the third time that I've bid on an item and the seller didn't recieve my payment. I've never had problems sending my car bill or phone bill through the mail, so I don't know why this would happen. Please understand that I'm not directly accusing you of lying to me, but I do have my doubts which is understandable."
I smell a "send me the item, or I'll neg you" situation brewing. Between the NARU business, her tone, and her offer to send cash (especially given her claim that she had problem's with two seller's previously), I feel like I'm being set up. I haven't filed for FVF...I've just been playing the waiting game, but now I wonder if it's time for me to be pro-active and try to head off something very smelly.
posted on January 13, 2001 10:50:31 AM
I would think that if she sent a money order or cashiers check she would have the receipt...just ask her to make a copy of it for you and sent that to you so you know in fact she followed through with payment....then tell her that she needs to put a trace on it and/or stop payment.....then send you a new one.....I think it smells as well...and if it were me I would first give her a chance to show she has done what she says she did....like prove it....and take it from there....
posted on January 13, 2001 01:07:24 PM
The safeharbor addy does work, though I don't think this will foil her. I did ask her if she has a receipt for the MO. Haven't heard back.
I am tempted to strike first and neg and file for FVF.
