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eBay Purchase Letdown - Phili 2000

mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
edited November 2008 in The Porch
Thought I found a steal on eBay a few weeks back when I picked up a lot of 7 PJ posters for about $30 with shipping. 6 of them were record store posters, but I noticed in the top right corner of the tiny pic that one was a Phili 2000 (a print I have been looking for for a while)...in fairness to the Seller they disclosed some tape marks, etc. in the description but after weeks of anticipation, the posters arrived destroyed :( scuffed, dinged, scratched and smelling of smoke. Also hanging about 1/8th out of the tube which was sealed with tinfoil (?) - I don't think it can be salvaged. Oh well, if it sounds too good to be true...
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  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Posts: 8,922
    mjb wrote:
    Thought I found a steal on eBay a few weeks back when I picked up a lot of 7 PJ posters for about $30 with shipping. 6 of them were record store posters, but I noticed in the top right corner of the tiny pic that one was a Phili 2000 (a print I have been looking for for a while)...in fairness to the Seller they disclosed some tape marks, etc. in the description but after weeks of anticipation, the posters arrived destroyed :( scuffed, dinged, scratched and smelling of smoke. Also hanging about 1/8th out of the tube which was sealed with tinfoil (?) - I don't think it can be salvaged. Oh well, if it sounds too good to be true...

    sorry to hear that. sounds like you have a strong case to file a complaint with eBay and/or Paypal (hopefully you paid with a credit-card),...
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

    "Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."

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  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    If it was not shipped/sealed properly you definitely have a case you can make with ebay.
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  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Posts: 8,922
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    If it was not shipped/sealed properly you definitely have a case you can make with ebay.

    i was thinking along the lines of filing a complaint that the poster was received "not as described",...
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

    "Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."

    1996: Toronto - 1998: Chicago, Montreal, Barrie - 2000: Montreal, Toronto - 2002: Seattle X2 (Key Arena) - 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle (Benaroya Hall) - 2004: Reading, Toledo, Grand Rapids - 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City - 2006: Toronto X2, Albany, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Cleveland - 2007: Chicago (Vic Theatre) - 2008: NYC X2, Hartford, Mansfield X2 - 2009: Toronto, Chicago X2, Seattle X2, Philadelphia X4 - 2010: Columbus, Noblesville, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford - 2011: Montreal, Toronto X2, Ottawa, Hamilton - 2012: Missoula - 2013: London, Chicago, Buffalo, Hartford - 2014: Detroit, Moline - 2015: NYC (Global Citizen Festival) - 2016: Greenville, Toronto X2, Chicago 1 - 2017: Brooklyn (RRHOF Induction) - 2018: Chicago 1, Boston 1 - 2022: Fresno, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, NYC, Camden - 2023: St. Paul X2, Austin X2 - 2024: Vancouver X2, Portland, Sacramento, Missoula, Noblesville, Philadelphia X2, Baltimore
  • woundedorganwoundedorgan Posts: 607
    If you payed via paypal, I would pursue getting your money back. I am 3 for 3 with Paypal complaints, they are quite fast at getting a response. And if you place a complaint through Paypal, they usually give you a date of resolution, if the seller does not respond by the date of resolution they usually will pass a judgement in your favor.

    for anyone that cares....Never buy anything off of Ebay or Expresso Beans without using Paypal, although they hit you up with some fees, it is well worth it for the protection you receive. Almost got burned a few times, if not for Paypal, I would have been out a lot of dough....peace...
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  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    Thanks for all the advice and guidance - I will contact PayPal - in a way I feel badly for the Seller, I was expecting the print to be somewhat "imperfect" once he mentioned there were "tape marks" (as that somehow may be indicative of a certain lack of care :) but this stuff it pretty much only suitable as wrapping paper.
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