03-03-2016 10:42 AM
I ordered a repair manual for a tractor, including it's engine. The manual was fine, for everything but the engine section, which has illegible pictures, and no troubleshooting section, and missing pages. I contacted the seller, and suggested that he send to me a .pdf of the engine section, so I can replace the pages that have the poor pictures, and perhaps find the troubleshooting pages and other missing pages. I also intimated that his response to the problem would affect the feedback I leave for the transaction. He said that he will not do this, and that I should send the manual back. When I pressed the issue, he accused me of not being sensitive to his costs, and reaffirmed that he would not send a .pdf. He did offer to take the manual back, and told me he had removed the bad engine section from the manuals that he still had not sold. He then wrote, as an ending to the email: "My lawyers are awaiting your feedback".
The high cost of returning this manual back is not refundable to me, so I have found a engine manual from other sources, and purchased it. I have sent a final email to him, in an attempt to make him understand why I am unhappy with the arrangement. He had described the item as new, part of it was substandard, and I did not object to the majority of the manual, just the engine section, which he could have emailed pages to correct. He obviously knew that there were problems with the engine section before he sent it out, because he refused to comment on it in any of his responses, and must have examined these manuals at some point before he mailed them out, as they are a photocopy of the original manuals. I even sent him scanned photos of the bad pages. How do I leave feedback to best describe this situation?
03-03-2016 12:55 PM
@swanchuk wrote:I ordered a repair manual for a tractor, including it's engine. The manual was fine, for everything but the engine section, which has illegible pictures, and no troubleshooting section, and missing pages. I contacted the seller, and suggested that he send to me a .pdf of the engine section, so I can replace the pages that have the poor pictures, and perhaps find the troubleshooting pages and other missing pages. I also intimated that his response to the problem would affect the feedback I leave for the transaction. He said that he will not do this, and that I should send the manual back. When I pressed the issue, he accused me of not being sensitive to his costs, and reaffirmed that he would not send a .pdf. He did offer to take the manual back, and told me he had removed the bad engine section from the manuals that he still had not sold. He then wrote, as an ending to the email: "My lawyers are awaiting your feedback".
The high cost of returning this manual back is not refundable to me, so I have found a engine manual from other sources, and purchased it. I have sent a final email to him, in an attempt to make him understand why I am unhappy with the arrangement. He had described the item as new, part of it was substandard, and I did not object to the majority of the manual, just the engine section, which he could have emailed pages to correct. He obviously knew that there were problems with the engine section before he sent it out, because he refused to comment on it in any of his responses, and must have examined these manuals at some point before he mailed them out, as they are a photocopy of the original manuals. I even sent him scanned photos of the bad pages. How do I leave feedback to best describe this situation?
Wow sounds like a very hard to get along with seller,and a strange one at that.Just open a not as described case
03-03-2016 01:18 PM
Exactly, The seller did not work to resolve the matter open the item not as described he will be on the hook to pay the return or refund. He gets the strike and then provide the correct feedback. How did this seller handle and make you feel. I would myself not leave a positive or neutral.
03-03-2016 01:51 PM
The seller isn't required to do what you ask although it is too bad that he isn't cooperating. As others mentioned, you can file an item as not described case but you will then have to return the item. The seller is responsible for paying return shipping but if he isn't in Canada, that becomes a bit more complicated and you might have to contact customer service about it. DO NOT pay for the label yourself and then expect ebay to charge the seller for it as they aren't allowed to do that.
03-03-2016 01:59 PM
I also intimated that his response to the problem would affect the feedback I leave for the transaction.
If you were to open an Item Not As Described claim, this would lose the case for you.
Leave appropriate feedback. The most effective FB is calm and factual. "Book missing pages, no attempt to correct problem' for example.
Detailed Seller Ratings are less important than they were, but while five stars is a normal transaction, ONE STAR is the lowest rating. I'm not sure how eBay is using these now.
Expect a furious frothing Response. Don't respond to it. Responses stand out on the FB page and an impolitic response will make him look all the worse.
03-03-2016 03:16 PM - edited 03-03-2016 03:19 PM
I also intimated that his response to the problem would affect the feedback I leave for the transaction.
If you were to open an Item Not As Described claim, this would lose the case for you.
It's unlikely unless the buyer refused to send the item back or if cs thought that the item was as described. It's more likely that the feedback comment is more likely to affect feedback if cs felt that they were asking for something not in the listing. Either way, it isn't a good idea to mention feedback. The buyer needs to deal with the problem and then leave appropriate feedback.
(stars aren't used by eBay at all as far as I know)