Last Friday I sold some matco swivel impact sockets off of a forum for $200, received payment through paypal. These sockets cost me $400 a couple years ago when I bought them off the truck.
They were not sold through ebay-- just paypal.
I boxed them neatly in the small flat rate box, and sent them on their way.
They arrived with the box torn open, and every last socket gone.
The buyer had NOT opted to buy insurance.
Now he's filed a dispute through paypal, and paypal has frozen the $200.
I'm worried there's only one way this can end: with me out $200, and out my matco sockets.
I feel the onus should be on the buyer, for failing to purchase insurance. Actually, it should be on usps for brutalizing my package, but they won't do anything.
I have my receipt proving that the package went out weighing 2 lbs 11.5 oz, and he has photos of the empty box torn open. So yes-- I have proof that I DID ship 2lbs 11.5oz worth of something, not just an empty box.
Is there any way this can end in my favor?
How have you fared working with paypal?
They were not sold through ebay-- just paypal.
I boxed them neatly in the small flat rate box, and sent them on their way.
They arrived with the box torn open, and every last socket gone.
The buyer had NOT opted to buy insurance.
Now he's filed a dispute through paypal, and paypal has frozen the $200.
I'm worried there's only one way this can end: with me out $200, and out my matco sockets.
I feel the onus should be on the buyer, for failing to purchase insurance. Actually, it should be on usps for brutalizing my package, but they won't do anything.
I have my receipt proving that the package went out weighing 2 lbs 11.5 oz, and he has photos of the empty box torn open. So yes-- I have proof that I DID ship 2lbs 11.5oz worth of something, not just an empty box.
Is there any way this can end in my favor?
How have you fared working with paypal?
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