Seller GRIPE!!!

First I want to preface this topic with the comment that 99 percent of the sellers I have dealt with have been friendly, thoughtful, occasionally helpful and most importantly, ORGANIZED people. However, I've apparently met up with that 1 percent of sellers needing to take a course on bookkeeping and recordkeeping before embarking on selling multiple items on eBay. That said, my story follows:

First week of April I completed 4 transactions with same seller. Paid the auctions immediately via personal check dropped at post office next morning. Seller waited several days to deposit (according to bank stamp on back of check, adding 5 days for snail mail on top of that - total 15 days), then added another 10 days hold time. That's fine, I hold PCs too, but I don't wait forever and a day to make the deposit to begin with. Seller finally ships item, received in good condition (fortunately), however I noticed that though I paid for insurance, there was NO insurance sticker on the package. I went ahead and left good feedback, the transaction was average at best but just to be civil and nothing really went all that wrong I figured, SO WHAT. It's easier to be nice.

Now the icing on the cake... yesterday evening I received 4 "Reminders to pay your eBay seller" notices on these very same items I had paid for and now have in my possession. I hunted up the cancelled check since it has been longer than 30 days since the purchases, referenced the item numbers I wrote on the check. Everything kosher. Right? WRONG! On her reply, she is threatening me with NPB notices on items I have PAID FOR and now own. I've responded to her with the comment that she needs to keep better track of her records.

I'll have the chance to 'DEFEND' myself when the NPB's come rolling in from what I was told at the eBay cafe. Someone in the Cafe suggested I scan the check (both sides) and send it off to eBay as proof of payment when the time comes. I guess I could photograph the actual items too, just as proof that the transactions were completed. Once I have paid for and received an item(s), I don't keep the old correspondence, it gets tossed out at the time I leave feedback.

The bugger about this is is that this seller has over 1,400 good feedbacks, only 4 negs and a few neutrals and none are recent. Wonder how many of those are buyers just finding it easier to go with the flow, even on transactions not all that good.

Ah, that feels better, just had to get that off my chest.

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