Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, if you bought insurance from the Post Office for your Zeiss 50mm Sonnar, I've always assumed -- if that's the right word -- that you look to the Post Office for your loss and to no one else...If that's not so, I'd like to know... The only thing the auction site should do -- and I believe does do -- if to ban the customer once it has proof of fraud...You have a better chance of coming out alive in Bagdad that collecting from the auction system... I've given up on PayPal for any assistance in fraud instances after I lost $200 on the purchase of a Replica watch from a dealer in China -- on the Internet rather than at auction -- and got an instantaneous reply from PayPal that my loss, after payment through PayPal, does not qualify...Worst still, from what I can tell, PayPal still regards the dishonest dealer as a customer in good standing... You now are an unwilling dues-paying member of a big club... Regards, bob cole n a message dated 4/8/2007 2:04:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ausdlk@gmail.com writes: I recently "sold" a Zeiss 50mm Sonnar on the auction site. I was defrauded and even though the lens was shipped immediately via USPS to a "confirmed" address, sent with a delivery confirmation, and insured for the value of the sale, I am stuck with a large loss -- and much anger toward the auction site and it's payment system. I did not get a "signature confirmation". Even though an insured shipment requires a signature for delivery, it's not good enough. I did not "read the rules" closely enough. I did not understand the fine differences between a "delivery confirmation" and a "signature confirmation" -- at least in the eyes of the payment system's (so called) seller protection program. I have been screwed. And, as I see it, through absolutely no fault of my own. Being an honest, long-term customer means zilch. So, sellers be warned. (1) there is someone out there seeking to defraud you out of Zeiss/Leica lenses (2) don't count on seller protection (nor certainly any sympathy) from the the auction site nor it's payment system for problems with any sale you may have Any large future sales I make will be sent via a trackable shipping service. Period. Dave. -- Web Site: www.david-keenan.com 2007 PAW: www.david-keenan.com/paw 2006 EuroBlog: www.david-keenan.com/euroblog _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.