# eBay transaction headache

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287 "2006-02-13T16:09:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287/41 "2006-02-15T08:38:26Z")

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> [@FlyingCowOfDoom](#):
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> Apparently they interpret “deliver” as “ship”, because they’re not making me refund anything.
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> –FCOD

I agree that this appears to be PayPal’s interpretation in this case, the interpretation of ebay(even though it’s the same company), the interpretation of a court, and the interpretation of a court outside of the USA, may differ.  
I’m almost certain that a court in the UK would not accept ‘deliver’, in the context of a transaction, to be so liberally defined as “propel in the general direction of”, at least I would hope that to be the case.

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287/42 "2006-02-15T08:43:01Z")

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It seems the pair of you are communicating and are on good terms (no feelings of blame or wrong doing). I think you guys should spilt the loss 50% each and call it a day.

Shit happens sometimes. This really looks like a no-fault issue between you (the fault seems at USPS or a 3rd party we don’t know about). Why not share the load, shake hands, and end the deal knowing you both worked an arrangement fair to each other?

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**Author:** ![JoeTheBuyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@JoeTheBuyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeTheBuyer)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287/43 "2006-02-15T14:07:04Z")

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> [@Seven](#):
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> Why not share the load

This makes sense, and Chris did offer that up front, but neither one of us really see it as our fault, even 50%.

Chris sees it as his responsibility ended once he got the item to the shipper.

I see it that Chris had a responsibility to use proper packaging.

Chris doesn’t want to have to pay for the shipper’s mistake and I don’t want to have to pay for the shipper’s mistake OR what I consider to be a packaging mistake.

Jed (a.k.a. “Joe”)

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-transaction-headache/344287/44 "2006-02-15T14:36:22Z")

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While this conversation has been very civil so far, I still feel that this private disagreement would best be handled via snail mail and/or e-mail between the two parties. I think I’m going to lock off this thread.

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