No, Ebay seller, I will not trade positive feedback for a refund
So, I'm a loser who likes to fancy herself a raver. In any event, one of my hobbies is putting together rave outfits and I acquire these things mainly online through Ebay.
Anyways, Archon, a Sci-Fi con in the midwest was coming up, and I wanted something super cute to wear. SO, I searched Ebay for a cute top to match this silver skirt that I have and I found one that came with a pair of shorts. It was from a seller in China and looked pretty simple. With shipping it ran me about 7 bucks, so it wouldn't that big of a deal.
Anyways, they took forever to ship my package, and Archon had come and gone long before I received my top, so I wasn't planning on getting any real usage out of it, but nonetheless when I got it, I took it home and opened it all excited.
And my face goes from ^__^ to -____- in about 2 seconds.
It's a literal piece of shit. Not even worth the 7 bucks I spent on it. The shorts are awkward and misshapen, and the top, the worst of all, is obviously not made for anyone with breasts. It seriously like stops an inch or two after my collar bone, and whoever sewed it clearly didn't bother using a mannequin to understand the human form, and that people have shoulders. Still.
Not really being in the mood to pursue it, I toss the crap in my drawer, figuring that I'll get /some/ use out of it, or just use it for scrap fabric and the next day get on Ebay and leave this feed back:
"Terrible quality. Nothing like the picture. Won't buy from again."
Thinking nothing of it, I go about my day and eventually check my email, to realize that I have a message from the seller. Figuring that they were gonna appologize or leave some bullshit reply to my feedback, I decided "Eh, what the hell?' and read it, and I got this:
"hi, I am really sorry you are not happy with the item,can I refund you full payment and you do not need to mail back to me,can you revise the feedback to a positive, not negative, no neutral,can you do that? thanks"
Posted verbatim, fyi.
I read this pretty early, so I was still a little foggy, but I remember my reaction being something like "Oh... okay... huh... WHAT THE FUCK NO."
Let me backtrack a bit. The reason I chose this seller was because they had a really high rating on Ebay, and out of like, a thousand sells, had like 5 negative comments. So I was like "sweet deal".
But after reading this, I had to stop and wonder "how many of those comments were bribed?"
So, I sent a response email basically saying:
"Well, frankly, you'll have to give me a refund regardless, since I bought this through Paypal with Ebay buy protection. However, I would be willing to update my status to say that you fixed the situation by giving me a refund. Or I can contact Ebay about this."
It's supposed to be Ebay buyer, but I fail.
I haven't heard anything back yet, but I'm curious to see what their response is.
Anyways, Archon, a Sci-Fi con in the midwest was coming up, and I wanted something super cute to wear. SO, I searched Ebay for a cute top to match this silver skirt that I have and I found one that came with a pair of shorts. It was from a seller in China and looked pretty simple. With shipping it ran me about 7 bucks, so it wouldn't that big of a deal.
Anyways, they took forever to ship my package, and Archon had come and gone long before I received my top, so I wasn't planning on getting any real usage out of it, but nonetheless when I got it, I took it home and opened it all excited.
And my face goes from ^__^ to -____- in about 2 seconds.
It's a literal piece of shit. Not even worth the 7 bucks I spent on it. The shorts are awkward and misshapen, and the top, the worst of all, is obviously not made for anyone with breasts. It seriously like stops an inch or two after my collar bone, and whoever sewed it clearly didn't bother using a mannequin to understand the human form, and that people have shoulders. Still.
Not really being in the mood to pursue it, I toss the crap in my drawer, figuring that I'll get /some/ use out of it, or just use it for scrap fabric and the next day get on Ebay and leave this feed back:
"Terrible quality. Nothing like the picture. Won't buy from again."
Thinking nothing of it, I go about my day and eventually check my email, to realize that I have a message from the seller. Figuring that they were gonna appologize or leave some bullshit reply to my feedback, I decided "Eh, what the hell?' and read it, and I got this:
"hi, I am really sorry you are not happy with the item,can I refund you full payment and you do not need to mail back to me,can you revise the feedback to a positive, not negative, no neutral,can you do that? thanks"
Posted verbatim, fyi.
I read this pretty early, so I was still a little foggy, but I remember my reaction being something like "Oh... okay... huh... WHAT THE FUCK NO."
Let me backtrack a bit. The reason I chose this seller was because they had a really high rating on Ebay, and out of like, a thousand sells, had like 5 negative comments. So I was like "sweet deal".
But after reading this, I had to stop and wonder "how many of those comments were bribed?"
So, I sent a response email basically saying:
"Well, frankly, you'll have to give me a refund regardless, since I bought this through Paypal with Ebay buy protection. However, I would be willing to update my status to say that you fixed the situation by giving me a refund. Or I can contact Ebay about this."
It's supposed to be Ebay buyer, but I fail.
I haven't heard anything back yet, but I'm curious to see what their response is.