Racerxrated
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^^That is unreal. Jesus.
Be careful with pedals.Yep. I am 100% local on deals now on anything amp/guitar. I will still ship pedals and pickups and other hard to break smalls....but nothing else.
What is even more crazy is if you really want it covered you have to have them pack it...but they don't really pack it any better than just sort of commonly acceptable packing. If I really want an amp or guitar to arrive safely I don't want to rely on their mediocre packing.Had a UPS driver drop a package when he was loading and ran over it with his truck. He brought it on to me, so he admitted it was his fault, but they denied the claim because it wasn’t “packed well enough”.
i’m not sure how to pack something that can withstand a ups truck crushing it.
Good for you! There are asshats out there.... if I’m shipping anything over $200, I send pics before, during and after packing. Two reasons: 1.) to let the buyer know I’m taking good care of their purchase, and, 2.) to protect myself as best I can from scammers.Update. I won the case!!! The guy had the return case opened but never responded to any messages I sent him so I escalated the case. I was busy contacting EBay in chats or having them call me. Basically it came down this, 2 weeks ago I just accepted that I would send this guy a pre paid label and send a refund AFTER I got the 2:90. I called EBay to confirm this, that this shithead would need to ship the 2:90 back to me before I send a refund, they said yes that IS the policy. I sent the label and have checked it everyday. It was never updated, I messaged the douchebag if he were shipping it back....no response. They had until today and that came and went so I’m not sending a penny.
If you find yourself in this position you have to pester EBay as much as you can, get info you need, cover your ass, etc.
In case the item is lost or stolen.The clerk was like," why even pay for the insurance since the wont cover it anyway"
This is clearly a shady scammer kind of guy! This guy is a piece of shit and scum bag. Sorry this is happening to you. I am so sick of hearing these stories, god damn, guitarists robbing other guitarists is actually sheer insanity, and greed that knows no bounds!! Sorry bro!!So I shipped out a Mesa 2:90 a month ago. It was in a rack, I put bubble wrap in between the tubes, bubble wrap between the rack and the cardboard box it was in. A week after I ship it I get a “ bad pack job dude” message in EBay. I asked what happened! The buyer said broken tubes, glass everywhere, tubes loose in the box. I thought that was impossible since the rack would close up tight to the back of the amp not allowing tubes the fall out, and the rack zipped shut, how the hell could the tubes be outside of the rack case. I get 1 word responses to any question I asked and he sent me 2 close up pics of broken tubes. I said to send me pics, I said it was insured, I repeated several times to SEND ME PICS. I get no pics, then nothing. No communication, no messages. A month goes by and yesterday I get a return request. The guy said in the claim he bought new tubes, it doesn’t work, and claimed it wasn’t as described.
I say in the claim to again SEND ME FUCKING PICS! But I’m guessing the idiot isn’t going to do shit at this point. I opened a claim with ups, when he should have, and what they want for the claim looks impossible from my end. They want the original packing, materials, everything. The fact that this Ahole sat on this for a month probably means the box and bubble wrap I shipped it in is long gone.
What else can I do beside close my eBay account and remove my bank info? Such BS that this guy took it upon himself to buy tubes instead of immediately taking pics and filing a claim. I’m soo done with shipping amps!!!!
I stopped selling on eBay many years ago!! They tried to charge me huge fees for items I didn’t sell!! No matter how many times I spoke to some mentally deficient eBay puke, I could not get them to listen to me, so, I closed shop on eBay. Screw them!I stopped selling on Ebay and shipping stuff too. Its not worth it anymore, the biggest problem is the dirtbags out there more than the shippers. I now consign gear to a local shop and let them deal with it. Yes, I lose out on some money, I guess I'm ok with that.
Awesome bro!! Well done!!!!Update. I won the case!!! The guy had the return case opened but never responded to any messages I sent him so I escalated the case. I was busy contacting EBay in chats or having them call me. Basically it came down this, 2 weeks ago I just accepted that I would send this guy a pre paid label and send a refund AFTER I got the 2:90. I called EBay to confirm this, that this shithead would need to ship the 2:90 back to me before I send a refund, they said yes that IS the policy. I sent the label and have checked it everyday. It was never updated, I messaged the douchebag if he were shipping it back....no response. They had until today and that came and went so I’m not sending a penny.
If you find yourself in this position you have to pester EBay as much as you can, get info you need, cover your ass, etc.
It's unfortune that its like this now, oh how I long for the good ole days when you could trust everyone on the interwebs.I stopped selling on eBay many years ago!! They tried to charge me huge fees for items I didn’t sell!! No matter how many times I spoke to some mentally deficient eBay puke, I could not get them to listen to me, so, I closed shop on eBay. Screw them!