this guy (who knows if he wanders around here) wants me to pay 80€ for a record i really want, but i'm not sure i trust him as he has no feedback yet.
oh well...
Getting ripped off on Discogs!!
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antonio_pt
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MickyMaus
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thats what paypal faq has to say about that issue:
Question:
How do I get my money back?
Answer:
The best way to resolve an issue with a transaction is to communicate directly with your seller. Most sellers welcome the opportunity to work out problems and provide good customer service.
* If you and your seller are unable to work out an issue, you can go to the PayPal Resolution Center to open a dispute with the seller any time within 45 days of payment.
* If you are still unable to resolve the problem, you can escalate the dispute to a claim.
* A dispute can be escalated to a claim any time within 20 days of the date the dispute was opened. By escalating to a claim, you're asking PayPal to review the case and decide the outcome.
* After 20 days, a dispute that is not escalated to a claim will close automatically.
maybe this helps, but i don't think waiting is really the right thing to do...
if the guy you bought the record from has criminal intentions towards you, you will never see your money again if you wait to log... so maybe paypal is the right place to start.
i myself got ripped of by some guy on ebay once and i never want to have such an experience agein
Question:
How do I get my money back?
Answer:
The best way to resolve an issue with a transaction is to communicate directly with your seller. Most sellers welcome the opportunity to work out problems and provide good customer service.
* If you and your seller are unable to work out an issue, you can go to the PayPal Resolution Center to open a dispute with the seller any time within 45 days of payment.
* If you are still unable to resolve the problem, you can escalate the dispute to a claim.
* A dispute can be escalated to a claim any time within 20 days of the date the dispute was opened. By escalating to a claim, you're asking PayPal to review the case and decide the outcome.
* After 20 days, a dispute that is not escalated to a claim will close automatically.
maybe this helps, but i don't think waiting is really the right thing to do...
if the guy you bought the record from has criminal intentions towards you, you will never see your money again if you wait to log... so maybe paypal is the right place to start.
i myself got ripped of by some guy on ebay once and i never want to have such an experience agein
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pre-amp tango
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don't be impatient - i bought many records over discogs, and sometimes a record from the UK took only 2 days and sometimes 3.5 weeks. just wait -i know that sounds stupid if you're nervous, but that's prolly the only thing to do.
don't ask how nervous i was a couple of times... especially when i was waiting for some rare and/or expensive records...
there was only one record ever lost, fortunately not an expensive one. one got destroyed by the postman who tried to push the parcel through the mail slot - he paid for it, afterwards
what's the essence of all that blurb? "all you can do, is sit and wahahait" *sing* (anyone remember sydney youngblood *lol* ?)
don't ask how nervous i was a couple of times... especially when i was waiting for some rare and/or expensive records...
there was only one record ever lost, fortunately not an expensive one. one got destroyed by the postman who tried to push the parcel through the mail slot - he paid for it, afterwards
what's the essence of all that blurb? "all you can do, is sit and wahahait" *sing* (anyone remember sydney youngblood *lol* ?)
haha! i'd kill him/her if it happened to me with an expensive recordpre-amp tango wrote: there was only one record ever lost, fortunately not an expensive one. one got destroyed by the postman who tried to push the parcel through the mail slot - he paid for it, afterwards
one thing that i dont tolerate is that someone is fucking around with my vinyls
that's WAY over the line -
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well, at the time it was a pretty hard to get one ( http://www.discogs.com/release/224730 ) and i got the last copy off gemm, so i was kinda disappointed. but i could prove that it was the postman's handling - and he felt really guilty, as he knew very well what he was delivering (about 4 times a week, haha). he happily paid the money and such thing never happened again.vermi wrote:haha! i'd kill him/her if it happened to me with an expensive record
now that i've moved i have to have a word with my new postman - the other day i received a package that was completely soaking wet (ok it was raining really hard that day, but still...). fortunately (for this postman) there were only records with neutral white covers in the parcel.
ah well... i guess lots of mnml users can tell such stories.
let's get back to topic: if i were you, i'd allow 1 more week to pass.