yup--exceeding good ebayer--but one way or another--id try to fry the post office--if enough frys happened--ill bet that the usps would be a lot more careful all across the usa!!!!!!
I just got off the phone with the seller. he is going to get ahold of the USPS first thing in the morning with the pictures I am going to send him of the box damage. If the post office won't do anything, he said he will refund me a fair price for a bar and chain. he said he has only had one problem with the USPS in the lat 4 years and the claim took 4 months or something along those lines to get resolved. he said he would rather reimburse me for the bar than going through the usps hassle, if there is one....
Might turn out better than I thought!!!!
Fry the US PO all you like, but I'd bet it was bad packaging.. bars get lost all the time by all freight companies.. they bust though flimsy packaging and slide out..
long story short, bought a saw on ebay.
Saw arrived and there was a tear in the box, bar and chain missing. Saw was shipped to me through the USPS. There were little stickers over the tear in the box that said some contents may be missing. I contacted the seller and let him know. Anyone have any luck with the USPS? I have never filed a claim and wondered what is needed to be done to try to get the bar replaced or reimbursed for the bar and chain. It was left on my porch, so I didn't have to sign for anything...I've always been told to inspect items before signing, but this was not signed...
Fry the US PO all you like, but I'd bet it was bad packaging.. bars get lost all the time by all freight companies.. they bust though flimsy packaging and slide out..
What you have experienced is one of the rampant problems with Epay. Very few people know anything about the proper way to package an item. I've had so much trouble in the past its one of the top reasons I quite Epay. In the long run its just easier to deal with a business especially the way most people rip you off on the shipping lately.
Oh I know, I just hate it when the cost of doing business ends up tacked onto the shipping. Most times at that point I might as well go to the store and buy it.Most Epay shipping is so over inflated its not worth the item or the hassles that become part of the sale.People are charging more for shipping to keep there cost of sale to ebay down......
Oh I know, I just hate it when the cost of doing business ends up tacked onto the shipping. Most times at that point I might as well go to the store and buy it.Most Epay shipping is so over inflated its not worth the item or the hassles that become part of the sale.
Thats exactly what I do an accordingly not bid when the shipping is out of reason.Shipping cost should be of no consequence to you. You should figure that cost into your bid, and bid accordingly.
I bought 7900 a while back from a AS frequenter (who has been pretty quiet since) and the saw and bar were not packed very well. The bar punched through the box and was lost. I told him and he complained he was already not making as much money as he would have liked, and told me to contact UPS. I filed a claim, but the sender has to complete the process.
After some frustrating emails, I gave up on the sender and decided never to buy a saw through the mail again from a non dealer (he said he was a dealer but it turns out that was exaggerated).
Not worth the hassle for me to mess with sellers that are not stand up. For a few bucks moreI could have simply bought a new 7900 from a real dealer (he said it was like new which was also an exaggeration), charged it to a cc (instead of the seller making me send a MO and the whole thing taking several weeks) and have some recourse when things went sideways.
The whole thing ended up being a crummy experience when buying a new saw is supposed to be a fun. Life's too short for extra grief.
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