I ordered a Sailormoon pencil board from him once upon a time. The board was $3.00. A bit pricey, but since it was an import I was willing to go along with it. Plus, I really wanted it, so there was that, too. He advertised first class shipping in the US for $3.50. Come to find out, "first class shipping" to him meant wrapping the pencil board (which was cardboard and not plastic but oh well) in a dirty papertowel, stuffing it into a cheap and flimsy envelope and sending it along to me via media mail.
I left him negative feedback, citing the overcharged shipping and the cheap way it was sent. He left me negative feedback saying that I had agreed to a contract about the shipping and had no right to leave him negative feedback. I replied and agreed that we had a contract which he violated, then told him that I did not deserve the negative feedback because I had done everything a buyer was supposed to do (paid on time, etc) and that leaving me negative feedback was uncalled for. We went back and forth for a bit, but I got my point across in his comments. It ended with him telling me never to buy from him again (like that would ever happen).
He hadn't sold a lot of things prior to that, but he didn't have any negatives. I don't know if I was a fluke or what. And, while it may seem petty to get into a flamewar over something that ultimately cost only $7.50, it was the principle of the thing, you know?
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Date: 2007-05-02 04:39 pm (UTC)I left him negative feedback, citing the overcharged shipping and the cheap way it was sent. He left me negative feedback saying that I had agreed to a contract about the shipping and had no right to leave him negative feedback. I replied and agreed that we had a contract which he violated, then told him that I did not deserve the negative feedback because I had done everything a buyer was supposed to do (paid on time, etc) and that leaving me negative feedback was uncalled for. We went back and forth for a bit, but I got my point across in his comments. It ended with him telling me never to buy from him again (like that would ever happen).
He hadn't sold a lot of things prior to that, but he didn't have any negatives. I don't know if I was a fluke or what. And, while it may seem petty to get into a flamewar over something that ultimately cost only $7.50, it was the principle of the thing, you know?