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Ebay moral dilema!

  • 12-03-2007 3:07pm
    #1
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭


    Ok so I made a purchase on ebay a few weeks back for €30 and it didnt arrive. The seller took a while to get back to me and said they'd send a new one. The new one arrived last thursday and now the original has arrived.

    So do I send €10 on postage to send it back or do I keep both?


Comments

  • #2
    trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,957 ✭✭✭trout


    always let your conscience be your guide ... think about the karma implications


    personally, i would take the hit ... it's a tenner! what price can you put on your integrity ? :)


  • #3
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I might just offer to by it and pay direct - saving us both money on postage.


  • #4
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Just pay him for the extra one.


  • #5
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Why not tell the buyer what has happened, and that if they send you the postage costs, you will return it? Sounds fair to me.


  • #6
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I am going to let her know and see if she would rather I return it or buy it from her. She was good enough to take me at my word and send me the second one in the first place so I cant really keep it.


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  • #7
    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    Tell the seller.

    I had a recent transaction where the item didn't arrive. We waited for a while and the seller sent a replacement. Both items arrived the same day and when I emailed the seller I was told to keep them as a gesture of goodwill.

    If we cheat sellers then we have no come back if they cheat us...


  • #8
    philcsl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭philcsl


    Same thing happened me a few months back, I thought I was after being ripped off when it didn't arrive after 10 days. Emailed seller a few times and he said he would send a new one, both arrived same day but postmarks showed they had been sent 10 days apart.

    I emailed the seller who offered to sell item to me at one third of price which was his buying price so that I could just relist it and sell it so nobody lost out which I did and made a few quid for myself too...


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