More e-bay woes - bumpers gone wrong Options

[Qarl]

Does anyone know offhand the complaint filing deadlines (days since auction) for Paypal and Ebay?


Purchased a rear chrome bumper that arrived not as described. Yeah.. it looks like it came from a pretty beat up looking car. I wanted this as a good core to rechrome with the minimum possible dents and waves to start with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ADME:L:AAQ:US:1

I was willing to deal with the two tiny dents near the license plate.

Total cost $242.95 plus $50 S/H.


Bumper came in a box that looks like it was tape together by a 3 year old. You shoulda seen the box he "made" by taping a bunch of ill-fitting boxes around the bumper. Everything was falling apart when it arrived.

The seller claims UPS told him that the bumper didn't even need a box and that he should just put a tag on it. But he boxed it to "protect it".

Extracted the bumper and found 4 major areas of dents.

Shoulda photographed it before opening (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I e-mailed the seller and told him I wasn't happy. I offered the seller to a.) refund me $100 to cover the cost of the additional repairs or b.) let me return the bumper at my cost and he refunds me in full (so basically we would both eat the shipping).

Seller says "nay nay" and that it was sold "As is". I claim it was NOT "as was" described.

The seller wants to try and settle the "damaged" bumper via UPS. I think the bumper had issues before being sent.

Anyways... I know the UPS game. It can take months to get the claim settled and I while I want to give the seller the chance to make it right, I don't want to get screwed in my opportunity to take it up with Ebay and UPS.

[914rrr]

Really easy. Report him to the FBI Internet Fraud Dept. The link to the FBI is buried on ebay somewhere. The FBI WILL prosecute the SOB, and it won't cost you a cent! It kinda takes them awhile, but he will be contacted by either the Feds and/or local police. I had an ebay seller tell me to pound sand when I asked for some of my money back. Boy did he change his tune when the Feds contacted him!

Don't waste you time telling ebay about it, they won't do dick. Probably tell you to go to arbitration, which is a waste of time. UPS would be a waste of time as well. All they have to say is "insufficient packaging" and they're off the hook! Ask me how I know.

I'm not sure what the time limit is, but PAYPAL will most likely side with you if you tell them what happened.