Oh. That's a comfort to know John.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14. mars 2006 01:30 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Paying problems at eBay. > > This is God's way of telling you that you should have bought a Novoflex. > :-) > > John > > > On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:00:32 -0000, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As some of you might know, I just won an eBay auction. A Tamron > > 200-500/6,9. > > > > When trying to pay the invoice by PayPal, something odd happenes. I am > > directed to a "Transaction Cancelled" page telling me "This seller > cannot > > currently receive payments." > > > > When noting the seller, I get a message in rather broken english telling > > me > > "what happened is that im sign with ebay so you have to pay ebay. I had > > little problem wint pay pal". > > > > I retry paying via the PayPal link in the invoice. Same result. > > > > After a bit back and forth, the seller sends this message " im the guy > > from > > ebay i've sent ebay a message about the payment problem and they will > > send > > you or me a message telling us about whats going on ok." Waiting for a > > mail > > from eBay does not sound like a speedy solution. Is it likely it will > > solve > > anything at all? > > > > The seller is in US, and responds very slowly on mails. It is now a week > > since auction closed. > > What do I do? Forget the whole thing, and spend the 160$ on women and > > booze? > > > > > > Tim > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >
