04-06-2009, 06:49 PM
All worked out well, I got the refund issued through paypal and hopefully everyone's happy (well, at least I am).
For the curious...
The original auction was for a couple superbowl jerseys. Jerseys shipped from China (seller in midwest) and when they arrived they were authentic jerseys, just not the superbowl replica jerseys and a different color. Seller apologized up front that a mistake was made (something was lost in translation along the way between him and jersey source) and offered me the options of shipping back with a full refund or he'd take $30 off to cut me a slight deal on what the regular jerseys would normally cost. Since I had considered getting those jerseys at some other time and I preferred the color sent, I opted for the partial refund. Seller didn't have a lot of feedback yet (<15) so I chalk it to naivete rather than malice on his part concerning his request for feedback first but I wanted to make sure what should happen because I'm far from a ebay power user myself. All in all, nothing involving a high stake risk, but didn't want to paint myself into corner to pay $20+ more than others were selling the same jerseys and lose my ability to claim a full refund or file a claim if things went sour.
Thanks again.
For the curious...
The original auction was for a couple superbowl jerseys. Jerseys shipped from China (seller in midwest) and when they arrived they were authentic jerseys, just not the superbowl replica jerseys and a different color. Seller apologized up front that a mistake was made (something was lost in translation along the way between him and jersey source) and offered me the options of shipping back with a full refund or he'd take $30 off to cut me a slight deal on what the regular jerseys would normally cost. Since I had considered getting those jerseys at some other time and I preferred the color sent, I opted for the partial refund. Seller didn't have a lot of feedback yet (<15) so I chalk it to naivete rather than malice on his part concerning his request for feedback first but I wanted to make sure what should happen because I'm far from a ebay power user myself. All in all, nothing involving a high stake risk, but didn't want to paint myself into corner to pay $20+ more than others were selling the same jerseys and lose my ability to claim a full refund or file a claim if things went sour.
Thanks again.