So I bought a magazine from some guy on April 2, paid immediately, never got it. I’ve emailed him 5 times about it. After the second or third, he responded with something like “Oh I didn’t answer you because I thought you got it. What’s your mailing address again?” Then nothing–no magazine and no more answers to my emails. He is curiously selling the exact same 20-year-old magazine again.
So on Saturday I said he could have 24 hours to contact me and if not I was filing a dispute, which I did. For some reason it goes to Paypal for a dispute, not ebay, which kind of annoys me but whatevs.
My question is: how do these things work out usually; and I have not left feedback yet. Do I ding him now or wait for the dispute to be resolved? And even then, I’m not expected to leave positive feedback am I? The guy is a dick. Is he now prevented from leaving me negative? Or can he just go on now that he knows I’ve filed and dispute and say bad things about me that have no basis in reality?
Anyway, tell me your horrible ebay stories. Thanks.