So the wife and I decide to buy new Droid phones. Had the Thunderbolt since it came out, and want to get Galaxy s5's. While my phone is shipping, I decide to go buy one of those LifeProof cases off of evilBay (I destroy one phone every year). Seller has a good rating and a lot of recent activity. Price is good. Ad seems legit. I buy it on a Friday.
So this morning I decided to check the tracking since I remembered the estimated arrival date was Tues-Fri this week. I get into my evilBay account, navigate to my purchase history and see this message posted where the item SHOULD be listed:
"We had to remove this listing from the site and you're not required to complete the transaction. If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about. If you have any questions about delivery, please check tracking or contact your seller. If you run into any trouble along the way eBay is here to help. Please visit the Resolution Center to help resolve any problems you may encounter."Uhhh.....okay.
Tracking shows no activity besides the seller initiating the shipper on Friday. Seller no longer has any items for sale at all, and their evilBay store is now empty. Great. Now I'm feeling like I've been had.
I email the seller, and I see his name is Ahmed Hussein....simply awesome....and I got nothing back from him all day. Eff this crap!! Time to dial the red phone...
Now I want to notify eBay that I do NOT want to continue the transaction. However...since they have "removed" the item from evilBay, it no longer exists, never existed, period. I can't even start a dispute or even contact ebay about it because there is no active item number! Grrrrrrrrrr!!
I googled the guys evilBay name, actual name, and email address and found no dirt.
Last resort was to pursue some action through Paypal. But get this: the seller has 3 days to respond before I can "escalate" my claim. Or I could wait until July 7th (2.5-3 weeks) if the seller doesn't respond, I automatically get my $ back. So I'm effed out of $65 for at least a week.
Maybe I'm paranoid, but this doesn't seem right. We'll see what happens.
-D$