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Here's An Interesting E-bay Story - GBeninati - 11-20-2007
LATE FRIDAY NIGHTI had my eye on a Knife on Ebay and planned on sniping it like the prick that I am.As the minutes ticked away, I decided to ask questions of the seller."If you are charging 20 dollars for shipping does that mean insurance is included?"he said yes, and responded quickly via ebay.I chose to take advantage of the quick response by asking about the Knife."Does the knife have penetrator tip or regular?"pen point."does the knife have flat blade or grooved?"flat (pic was small and bad)"are the handle scales mircarta or G-10?"mircarta"Is the mircarta linen or canvas?"I don't know (canvas)I was done asking questions and sniped the listing and paid immediately.After I had won and we were already chatting via e-mail I asked..."Is it possible for you to ship USPS instead of UPS?"I get this...I do not have any more pics handy, and yes I can ship usps? althoughis it not a bit late to be making these kind of deals? if you don'twant the knife no big deal to me I'll keep it. I will in no means holdyou liable just shoot straight up front and we'll call it quits rightnow.Mike(I obviously got a good deal)seconds later I get a paypal e-mail that he had refunded my money!!I didn't know if it was some kind of scam, or if he didn't want to let the knife go at this price.I was sceptical to send the money again.I had 250 in my paypal account and 177 got a hold put on it from my bank.Maybe I have misunderstood your questions and all of the confusion Ihave refunded your money although if you are 100% sure you do want theknife I will honor the deal I just do not want to mess someone aroundMikeThis kid is a fucking idiot right???Reguardless, after reading his negative paypal comments, and trying to figure if this kid was trying to screw me, I sent the money again.I talked him into delivery confirmation priority mail with insurance, and send me the tracking number when it ships.I lost sleep over this shit, I though I would never see the knife or the 400+ dollars.The weekend goes by and no tracking number. I tell him to let me know when it ships becuase I need to be here when it arrives.I worked all day today (monday) and when I get home I get a note saying I missed a package.I get a response e-mail that says he shipped saturday morning.I told him the name on the missed delivery note, and asked him if that was his name, he said yes. So the end of the story is, he shipped saturday morning, and it would have arrived at 9:30am monday (if I was home).From New Mexico to Boston in one Business day??HAPPY ENDING!! I pick up the knife tomorrow <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/teehee.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":teehee:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"teehee.gif\" /> here is a pic of the knife I got (top one)<img src=\"http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n258/notsnhoj/IMG_1972.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />
Here's An Interesting E-bay Story - travsall - 11-20-2007
Holy crap, you lucky SOB, not only for the price but for actually getting the damn thing after all that, a deal like that, I would have lost sleep over too! Soundslike the kid knew what he had, but didn't bother with a reserve, or figured it would just go for a ton anyways, so with the slightest questioning, he was thinking he was out of his obligation to sell. I'd kiss that baby when you get it in your hands
