Cliff Clavin
Well-known member
Need Advice: Doing a Deal with Seller who has had customer issues
Don't beat me up to badly here and I am pretty sure what your guys advice will be but here goes.....
I am looking at buying a game with a vendor who had some transactions go bad. A quick google search revealed one disgruntled customer resorted to a small claims suit. Another customer claimed that a bait and switch occurred (customers words). There were several disgruntled buyers so it was not a completely isolated event.
To be fair however, the seller may had 100's of transactions so its certainly no surprise there were some people who were dissatisfied.
It would require shipping the game which is something I have never done before.
Has anyone ever bought and shipped a game COD (cash on delivery)? Is it even possible? Is there any other way of protecting myself? A clearing house that could be used perhaps?? The purchase is outside of ebay not that I think ebay gives a ton of protection...I guess the purchase could be in a form of an ebay auction....
Ok fellas, let me have it....I am an idiot for even considering it? I recently purchased a few items from members on the forum here so I guess that these successful transactions are encouraging me to try and make this work....
Thanks fellas and be gentle...
Don't beat me up to badly here and I am pretty sure what your guys advice will be but here goes.....
I am looking at buying a game with a vendor who had some transactions go bad. A quick google search revealed one disgruntled customer resorted to a small claims suit. Another customer claimed that a bait and switch occurred (customers words). There were several disgruntled buyers so it was not a completely isolated event.
To be fair however, the seller may had 100's of transactions so its certainly no surprise there were some people who were dissatisfied.
It would require shipping the game which is something I have never done before.
Has anyone ever bought and shipped a game COD (cash on delivery)? Is it even possible? Is there any other way of protecting myself? A clearing house that could be used perhaps?? The purchase is outside of ebay not that I think ebay gives a ton of protection...I guess the purchase could be in a form of an ebay auction....
Ok fellas, let me have it....I am an idiot for even considering it? I recently purchased a few items from members on the forum here so I guess that these successful transactions are encouraging me to try and make this work....
Thanks fellas and be gentle...

