| Rant Concerning Sellers on eBay |
| Friday, 13 October 2006 | |
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A broken item in the mail leads to much pain, sorrow, and suffering. Welcome to the hell of trying to get money back from the USPS postal insurance policy...read on. I recently had the LCD on my laptop crack. Being a typical geek, I immediately bought one on eBay. I managed to find one with a misspelled name through FatFingers, and paid half price. I insured the shipping (thankfully), and waited two weeks. Then came the package. I looked, unimpressed at the crappy little manilla envelope. I opened it up, and pulled out the LCD. As I looked it over, IT WAS CRACKED! Either the seller screwed me and eBay, since the post office would pay for it, and the mail insurance was a mandatory fee on his auction, or it broke in the mail due to the crappy shipping container. I think the seller didn't do it, although he could have easily broken it, and packaged it in a manner to look like it was the USPS's fault, so he could keep my money, and get good feedback, since I would be paid by the mandatory insurance. Either way, eBay sellers: OVERPACKAGE your breakable items. Use more packaging material than you know will be needed! Someone paid you money for that item, and you don't want to make them go through the hell (I am currently experiencing) of getting refuned by the post office. /rant I got another screen for twice the price. At least I have my lappy back. Still makes me unhappy I haven't seen my insurance paid out yet. That was $91 that I really don't want to be without. |
