Poll of the Day (12/03/07)

Battymo

Going through a nasty time with the Home Theater items that I bought last week...



Basically I'm getting the $5000 ass raping, and they won't even throw in a reach around!



Don't sell me something that isn't in stock... then make me wait a week for everything, then only delivery one peice of it and sell my other stuff to someone else...



All I can say is... it had better be here tonight and you'd better be throwin' in more than just that HDMI cable!

Little Samson

Yes, when I was a new eBay user, I decided to buy a sword for my groomsman in my wedding. He really liked The Lord of the Rings, so I decided to buy him an official replica of Aragorn's sword (Anduril). The cheapest ones on eBay were for "preorders", so I bought one that said it would come available in a month.

After a month passed, I contacted the seller, and they told me their shipment had been delayed. Unfortunately, this meant the sword wouldn't be able to arrive in time for my wedding. I kept pestering and eventually threatening the seller, and they kept stringing me along with promises, eventually promising that they would give me a spare one they had since the shipment was so late.

Of course, I never got the sword, and by the time I had lost hope in the seller coming through, it was after the 45 or 60 days or whatever it is within which you had to file a PayPal dispute. So, I was out $180 bucks, and the seller was long gone.

Thankfully, I've never been scammed on eBay since then, but that was a pretty bad way to get started. Now I know better than to bid on a preorder auction from a seller with no feedback. :-\

NewUser123456789

Never had any problems like that.. 

I guess I've been lucky.. 

NationalGameDepot

I was screwed out of 165 bucks on ebay from a douchebag. God I hate that fucker. I was a few years ago though.

~~NGD

Bronty

I've gotten stuck with a handful of reseals here and there. Few and far between (I try to be pretty careful) but sometimes shit happens... its a shitty feeling paying $200 for $20 game wrapped in 5c worth of new plastic. I'd say I've been stuck with maybe $800 worth over the past five years.... nothing in the last two years or so thankfully.

Rory

Steve McFadden hosed me. Some day I'm road tripping to Green Acres Floriday to kick his ass.

skankinmack

i've only been ripped off for small things here and there, but everytime pay-pal has my back, so i've never actually been out any money

KHAN Games

I bought an out of print vinyl from a store overseas. They said they had one in stock. Of course, it turns out they were on backorder, but they never responded to any of my emails. I never got the item. It was only $50 or so, but it still sucks.

VGS_MrMark0673

Gotta love them prototypes. Its cool though, I'm over it.



*Runs and smashes face off wall while crying*.



In all seriousness, most people read about when I got burnt on the Bubble Bobble 2 and Panic Restaurant protos. It sucks, but the guy didn't run off with my cash, he just sold them elsewhere for a huge mark up.

MarioShroomed

What exactly is a big ticket item?  Is that like store discount from buying lots of games?  Or what?  Only time i remember being ripped off is when my friend got be a few 5 dollar gift cards to game junkie.  I hate game junkie.  They open all their new games and take the game out then reseal the box.  They also take prices and add an extra $5 or $10 to it.

Also one time on ebay when i was still collecting, i bought my first copy of hot slots.  It cost me almost 400.  The guy never offered insurance and the game was stolen in the mail.  I got an envelope with a dust sleeve in it.  That was all.  The worst part was that my dad paid for that game for me since i was trying to make some money from work.

Battymo

Big Ticket = Expensive (high value item)

Rory

Edited post. I said something that didn't need to be said...