<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BioMotor_Unitron:
His eBay registration is also revoked now. You have to screw up pretty bad to get those bums to actually do anything.
That's not always the case. Actually, in one of my auction, I just sent a nice e-mail to ebay, and the newbie's account (zero feedback) was revoked within a day.
I agree w/ what the others said. You shouldn't refund his money. And, since you nor he can leave feedback to each other (I am fairly certain, since he is not a registered member), you don't have to worry about leaving a negative feedback or a retaliatory feedback--if you are thinking about that, that is.
If the situation was diff, personally, even if the item was not insured, I will most likey refund the guy (don't want to advertise it on the ebay, though, and thankfully none of my items were defective). I have dealt w/ numerous buyers, and some had really weird excuses. However, most were true, so I always give all the sellers the benefit of doubt.
Just today, I just recieved another check (money order would have been nice) from a guy on ebay who's earlier check was bounced. I had to pay for the bounced check + bank fee. He said that after the check was deposited, he deposited $25,000, and the bank held it for 5 business days, and that was the result. Admittedly, I bear some responsibilty, as I should have waited and sent the game after it was cleared. I did deposit the check about 5 days after I delivered the item--too bad it still bounced. But come on. It was like $30-$40 game. If he had some financial difficulties, he could have e-mailed me to hold the check until the deposit is made/cleared. It also have been about a month from the end of the auction, since he finally paid w/ his first check. I don't really care, if the guy apologized in any way--afterall, it's only $35. But, I didn't find anything like that in the e-mail. I am still giving him the benefit of the doubt, as communication is still flowing. But, once it reaches a certain point, then well...business is business.
BTW, I am not defending the buyer, but it seems that some MVS converters have problem running 100% on certain (older) Neo Geo system. I was told that my MVS converter (From Ken. It is identical to MVS converters that he was selling to Shawn) worked perfectly (up to MS:X) from the seller, but there are some issues (mostly minor graphical glitches w/ few carts. Still it's annoying, esp w/ LB series). I still can't figure out if it's the converter, or the system that is at fault, but I can definitely believe that there could be a compatibilty issue (muck like w/ Arcades's). You said that it came broken, & not working. Maybe he tried to do some fixing (I know I tried to w/ mine. Good thing I din't break it, and just let it be), and broke it? I am trying to be objective, but really from the info that you gave, you do not have to refund the guy.
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