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Subject:    Re: [NTLK] Bad Experiences with phillydiscounters on Ebay?
From:       Dave Fleishman <fleishman () lawyer ! com>
Date:       2002-05-31 23:54:39
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I had problems with them, but probably not enough to ding them on 
their reputation on eBay.  I'm always afraid that by leaving negative 
feedback, the other party will retaliate against me and do the same. 
Here are the facts, though.  I ordered a UMP2K from them, got it for 
about $99 or so, and had it shipped to me.  Their description said no 
scratches on the screen.  Mine had a half-inch deep scratch on the 
screen.  It was so bad, it would catch my stylus when it went across. 
It was NOT damaged in shipping, since the cover was closed and the 
Newt was well packaged.  I complained, and they said send it back.  I 
had to send e-mails 3 and 4 times every time I contacted them, 
because they are incredibly slow to respond to e-mail.  I got the 
replacement, and it, too, had a screen scratch.  Not as bad as the 
first, but I figured it was not worth another $15.00 in shipping to 
try and return this one.  I'm using it now with a NuShield over the 
screen, so the scratch is unnoticeable.

The nice thing about the deal is that I sent back ONLY the damaged 
Newt to them.  It had come with a 32MB card and Hayes modem.  I kept 
those.  When I got the replacement, it had another 32MB card in it, 
and another modem!  I guess that's what prompted me not to complain. 
I came out ahead, even though the product was not exactly as promised.

Hope the karmic wheel doesn't come round and bite me in the ass!

Dave

>   Has anybody else had bad experiences with Phillydiscounters on Ebay?  I
>won the bid on a UMP2K for $149 on Apr 26 and still haven't recieved
>anything.  The check cleared sometime early in May (I'll have to check
>records), and now I'm wondering whether to send him a REALLY nasty email
>or call the Pennsylvania DA.  His feedback rating is 180+/10- , so I
>figured I wouldn't get shafted.  Anybody else had experience with this
>particular seller?
>
>


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