CSMacLaren wrote:
Fatherless One wrote:
for example I think you may have only 45 days after purchase to lodge a complaint with Paypal.
As one who has been cheated out of hundreds by more than one vendor, this comes from experience:
You have within 30 days ONLY for domestic orders, if you want a money refund
You have within 45 days ONLY for international orders, if you want a money refund
If you exceed these, you MAY be able to get an electronic coupon that may or may not be the full amount you had paid.
So when the guy says, "Hey mate, I'm sorry, the Post Office had a strike, I'll get this out ASAP, hey mate, it got returned, I got the shipping address wrong, I'll send it ASAP" it is up to you to REPORT IT REGARDLESS.
I do quite a bit of buying and selling of used camera gear (lenses and camera bodies) online with so many people I'm entirely unfamiliar with. I've been burned a couple of times, but have always ended getting my money back despite the big bad evil seller.
It's been nearly 6 years since Mac made this post, but if you make a transaction for a item via PayPal, whether or not it was purchased on Ebay, do NOT gift the money to avoid the "3% transaction fees". Send it as a transaction payment.
The majority of the time, the seller simply wants 100% of the transaction to go into their wallet, which is why they wish to avoid the transaction fee and ask for the money to paid as a gift.
To make sure the seller gets 100% of their asking price, you can offer to pay the 3% PayPal fees. I'd rather pay the extra bit of money to be secured with the PayPal buyer protection plan.
You will have up to 180 days to file a dispute with the seller/buyer if you do not receive your item, or your item is damaged upon being received.
That said, if you don't receive your item within two or three weeks, it would be best to file a dispute. There really shouldn't be a reason you don't receive your item in a fairly expedited manner - meaning less than a month.
