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Not buying or selling, but I could use some advice, here goes:
>Monday, 23rd of May
>buy figure on ebay, pay immediately
>seller refunds my money a few hours later because apparently ebay/paypal were going to make him wait 3 weeks for the money to clear (no idea why, this has never happened with any of my purchases before)
>tell him I still want the figure, offer to pay directly via Paypal
>he says okay
>pay him using the goods/service option
>he says thanks, will send figure tomorrow (24th of May)
>message him 2 days later (25th of May) asking for tracking number since he was supposed to send it via recorded delivery
>takes 24 hours to reply
>"sorry I haven't had a chance to send it to you, I've been doing a lot of overtime at work, I'll send it tomorrow and give you the tracking number"
>haven't heard from him since that message on May 26th
>figure hasn't showed up yet
Now, I don't mind waiting for the figure, it's not high on my want list.
But the lack of communication and flimsy excuses for not shipping several days after sending payment is starting to grind on me a little.
I'm not worried about getting ripped off.
Like I said I paid via Paypal, it wasn't a gift, and he hasn't provided proof of postage so I should have no problem getting my money back if things go bad.
The guy has a pretty unique name so I was easily able to find him on Facebook.
Would it be weird of me to add him as a friend and attempt to hurry him along?
What else can I do? I emailed him yesterday asking for a tracking number and he hasn't replied.
I find it hard to believe that a dude in his 20's doesn't check his emails at least once a day, especially considering he's selling other shit on ebay.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I hate shitty service like this.
When I sell stuff I always try my best to post the next day, providing the post office is actually open, failing that it's the day after, and I always update my buyers on the status of their order.
