[78-L] First eBay problem

[David Lennick]

One thing..if you pay by American Express, you can claim the loss. I've done 
that a number of times. I also got a refund from Paypal on some transcriptions 
where the seller simply vanished and hadn't shipped them..don't know if this is 
still possible since I haven't bought much on eBlat for a couple of years.

dl

On 12/28/2010 1:35 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
> I recently had a similar problem with a large shipment of photographic
> supplies.  Fedex swore on a stack of abridged bibles that they'd delivered
> the materials to my house, but they never surfaced (and the likelihood of
> someone filching 80 rolls of 35mm black and white film for resale is about
> as remote as...nabbing a Starr 78 for its street value.)  The company did
> reship the order at their expense (something that sadly can't be done with
> rare collectibles), and as with the USPS everyone at Fedex claimed that they
> did make the delivery.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Tim Brooks
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 1:15 PM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] First eBay problem
>
> Sorry you had this problem. I related a very unfortunate case like this in
> my ARSC Journal column a couple of issues ago. I had sent an extremely rare
> 1916 Starr record to Archeophone for reissue, and they returned it via USPO
> insured. As with yours, it never arrived. The PO said it had been scanned
> into the zip code, and had been "left at your door." However I was at home
> at the supposed time of delivery and no one rang the bell; I went out that
> door a few minutes after it was allegedly delivered and there was no package
> in sight.
>
> Rich Martin of Archeophone did everything humanly possible to try to track
> it down, including repeatedly contacting the postmaster, and filing claims.
> I talked to my carrier and he said there was a substitute on the route that
> day. Bottom line, they were all
>   very sorry but did nothing whatever (as far as I can tell) to try to find
> it. They also refused to pay the insurance.
>
> They've lost other things too, like magazines, and they really don't care.
> They've got guaranteed jobs, no consequences if they screw up, etc. etc.
> What makes it doubly unfortunate is that this was probably the only
> surviving copy of a rather historic black recording. My best advice to
> everyone reading this is if it's important, either use UPS or Fedex, or at
> least signature required. USPO insurance is worthless. Hindsight is
> wonderful.
>
> The one bit of good news in this case was that Archeophone made a digital
> transfer while they had the record, and it is now out on Ken Flaherty's
> excellent new Fisk Jubilee Quartet CD called "There Breathes a Hope" (with
> notes by myself and the estimable Doug Seroff). So the sound survives, even
> if the Post Office has made sure that the record didn't.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message
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> From: "Taylor Bowie"<bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To:
>   "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent:
>   Monday, December 27, 2010 5:12 PM
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>
>>
>   I've always posted on here about all my good eBay experiences as a
> buyer,
>> so thought I should alert all to a probelm I just had
> which resulted in my
>> being out $140.
>
>