eBay item didn't ship yet

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I do understand, and I am not trying to defend the seller, (heck, I am siding with my friend on this one), but maybe he is under 6 feet of mud and has no way to communicate. cell phone dead, or maybe no smart phone, computer out, poor guy trying to save his property, maybe even some lives, and messaging eBay buyers is the last thing in one's mind in crisis like these.

Anyway, I know my friend will get his money back from eBay, and I hope the seller is OK after all. Seller got a second negative feedback today.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=dallas.texstar&&_trksid=p2047675.l2560&rt=nc&iid=172123867105&sspagename=VIP%3Afeedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

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Dude. My whole point is that delaying the resolution by speculating on the seller's potential misfortune and not following the rules is ultimately a waste of the buyer's time. All these possibilities of seller misfortune are good reasons not to jump off the deep end and be an a-hole about the situation, but when following eBay procedures there is really never a reason to be an a-hole.

Start the process now, if the thing shows up, great, end the process; if not, the buyer is on his way to getting his money back.

Your question was answered umpteen times so you have a consensus on what to do. Looks like the seller's reputation is crumbling for whatever reason; not a good sign that things will turn around for this transaction.

So why do I keep checking this thread?

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LOL tenders.

My friend tried to open a case with eBay, apparently he needs to wait until 22nd then he can open a case.

All these possibilities of seller misfortune are good reasons not to jump off the deep end and be an a-hole about the situation, but when following eBay procedures there is really never a reason to be an a-hole.

My friend is not an A-Hole, he didn't leave negative feedback (yet). Maybe he will if the seller still doesn't respond, but at this time it is too early to judge.

Your question was answered umpteen times so you have a consensus on what to do.

I didn't ask any questions lately, I just provided an update that the seller got more negative feedback.

So why do I keep checking this thread?

I came back up provide updates. How about you?

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I did a study in fraud on ebay years ago and some people do just decide to stop shipping product and keep the money. There was one guy who was a great seller of little figurines. He'd been doing it for years and had a great rep. Then he announced that he had just taken possession of a huge hoard of exceptionally fine, rare figurines. His listings exploded, he extended his handling time to something like 3 weeks. Racked up something like $800k, then emptied the bank account and skipped town leaving his wife to deal with the mess.

That was the biggest ebay fraud that I could uncover, but Ive seen the same thing on small scale lots of times.