[LargeFormat] Non Received eBay Ries' Tripod

[Tom Trottier]

eBay has buyer's insurance, but you have to claim within 30 days.

tOM

On Friday, February 20, 2004 at 7:44,
tripspud <largeformat@f32.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>       I bought and paid for this Ries's B style tripod:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2969705186
> 
> and never received it.  I've phoned four times without result.  The seller
> has 100% feedback rating, but is no longer offering anything.  I suspect
> the seller has died, but I could not get a straight answer from anyone of
> several people I  contacted and never spoke to the seller, though one
> person said at one time they were getting ready to leave for a funeral
> that afternoon.
> 
>      I guess there is little recourse as I did not have seller's insurance.
> It's
> like lossing at Reno or what?  These B model's are hard to find as well
> as being out of the dough.  The payment went through Paypal some time
> ago.
> 
>       Plus, now, the seller's contact phone number only brings up a busy
> signal for the last few days.  This is my first eBay experience where the
> deal fell through and I got burned.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich Lahrson
> Berkeley, California
> trispud@transbay.net
> 

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