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SteveDallas · 09-07-2005, 10:56 AM

stacey, for what it's worth, you get free tracking with Priority Mail if you pay for and print your shipping label online.

I'm in the middle of my own ebay experience.... I have an ancient Handspring Visor, and I decided I want something with a better screen (backlit, and color). So I start looking on ebay and find that you can get Treo 300 pda/phones for about the same as palm m505, etc. So I decided to give it a try since I already have Sprint mobile phone service and I can just activate this on my existing account. Well, I like the gizmo a lot, but it's going back because several of the keys on the keyboard don't work. ACK! What an aggravation.

My all time greatest ebay experience... I went for a bare bones motherboard/processor/case combo. It was about $120 if I recall. The seller looked fine.. good feedback, and a total score of something like 15,000. I ordered right before July 4 and got back a confirmation saying they'd be shipping in a couple days. When a week passed with nothing, I emailed them and they said they were running a bit behind after the holiday. A few more days and I was leaving for vacation, and I sent them an email saying that I was going to contest the credit card charge if the stuff wasn't waiting for me when I got back. Fast forward 10 days and when I got back there was no package. There was, however, an email from the company's lawyers telling me that they had filed for Chapter 7 and since they had accepted my payment but hadn't filled the order, I was listed with the bankruptcy court as a creditor. I never heard anything else from them (I did actually try to email their lawyers) but my credit card company did reverse the charge without any hassle.

09-07-2005, 10:56 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	stacey, for what it's worth, you get free tracking with Priority Mail if you pay for and print your shipping label online. I'm in the middle of my own ebay experience.... I have an ancient Handspring Visor, and I decided I want something with a better screen (backlit, and color). So I start looking on ebay and find that you can get Treo 300 pda/phones for about the same as palm m505, etc. So I decided to give it a try since I already have Sprint mobile phone service and I can just activate this on my existing account. Well, I like the gizmo a lot, but it's going back because several of the keys on the keyboard don't work. ACK! What an aggravation. My all time greatest ebay experience... I went for a bare bones motherboard/processor/case combo. It was about $120 if I recall. The seller looked fine.. good feedback, and a total score of something like 15,000. I ordered right before July 4 and got back a confirmation saying they'd be shipping in a couple days. When a week passed with nothing, I emailed them and they said they were running a bit behind after the holiday. A few more days and I was leaving for vacation, and I sent them an email saying that I was going to contest the credit card charge if the stuff wasn't waiting for me when I got back. Fast forward 10 days and when I got back there was no package. There was, however, an email from the company's lawyers telling me that they had filed for Chapter 7 and since they had accepted my payment but hadn't filled the order, I was listed with the bankruptcy court as a creditor. I never heard anything else from them (I did actually try to email their lawyers) but my credit card company did reverse the charge without any hassle. Last edited by SteveDallas; 09-07-2005 at 11:02 AM.