[78-L] First eBay problem [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

The thief/theif wouldn't know it was 'only' B&W film unless package were marked on the outside; this has never stopped anybody from stealing something on spec and shlepping it to his lair before finding out what it is.  THEN he decides whether to throw it away, or flog it to his receiver.

On a happier note, I ordered a book from the publisher some years ago.  When it didn't turn up after 3-4 months, they sent a replacement at their expense.  One year to the day after they posted it [invoice date] the original turned up.  Donated it to local library.  Never did find out where it had lain behind a table for a year, Bulgaria or US.

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Tue, 12/28/10, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] First eBay problem
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 6:46 PM
> 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
> >   -----
> > 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
> > Subject: [78-L] First eBay problem
> >
> >
> >>
> >   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.
> >
> >
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