I am not sure whether I as a buyer should leave negative feedback to this ebay seller.
I won a hobart cybertig foot pedal from him.
In addition, he offered a "brand new" Victor regulator.
I agreed and paid $30 extra (added to my payment) via paypal.
I received a box with the pedal and the regulator. The regulator was old, beaten up and leaking air.
I sent him an email about it. He offered to exchange it or return it. I decided to ask for a return and refund of the regulator. After all, I bought it described as brand new and it was not.
After that the seller went silent and ignored several emails.
Luckily, in my paypal payment I was very clear about the brand new regulator that I added, so after waiting for about a week and several emails, I filed a paypal dispute.
I them quickly received an angry email from him saying that I was "pulling paypal crap on him" and he demanded that I cancel the dispute and he will then return the regulator.
I declined to cancel the dispute. We agreed that I meet his wife who attends a local church and exchange the regulator for cash. On the agreed day, the church was closed. I received email with apologies and offered to meet her on some other day.
He went silent again. The paypal dispute expired and I was refunded my $30. I wrote to the seller offering to give this regulator to his wife, but in a few days heard nothing.
So, on the one hand, I was made whole, although not by him. By the way, it was my first paypal dispute ever. Onthe other hand, I do not like the way he acted.
So, does he deserve a negative feedback? He always had excuses, and possibly they were true excuses.
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