Some years ago, I bought some "original IBM" memory for a Thinkpad laptop. The stuff physically fit, but shorted out when installed, because the package profile was different.
I complained to eBay and spent a bunch of money on Express Mail, etc. I got NOTHING. Conclusion: eBay "protections" are essentially worthless. That's why I use the USPS MOs. Complaints have always been resolved to my satisfaction. YMMV, -John ============== > On 16 March 2012 16:22, Rix Seacord <eseac...@verizon.net> wrote: >> Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases. > > From the experience of a friend, who bought something eBay that needed > refunding by Paypal, it was a long complex process > > 1) Buy bandbag from eBay she believed was a fake. > 2) Ebay insist the bag is inspected by an expert - eBay tell her the > expert to use > 3) She pays the expert, who agrees its a fake. > 4) She needs to *FAX* the documents from the expert to Paypal. by a > certain (quite short) date. Few people use FAX machines now, so she > had to pay a shop to FAX it. It seems Paypal make it hard, by > requesting a FAX rather than accepting a scanned document, or asking > the expert to send it directly. > > She finally got her money back, but never recovered the cost of paying > the expert, or of the FAX charges. > > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.