This afternoon I got an message to my eBay account from someone I don't recognize. Here's what is says:
hello,
e-mail the asshole and get the ladies name and number---you call her---she should be calling you--not him--you had the insurance on it not him--tell him you want the number of the charlotte ups lady
tell today not monday--you then tell him to send back the item to you today--he is lying and he is trying to get money back from ups
george
ps do that asap

Oh deary me, he seems to have sent the message to the wrong person. It sure as hell reads like it was meant to be sent to the seller. I reported the message to eBay, replied to his message (in a much more civil tone) and also forwarded the message onto the rightful recipient (the seller).

Think I can sue this idiot?

[ 09-29-2006: Message edited by: Mad Max ]

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It's not over a single missing piece though, it's over 8 missing pieces (and 7 extra ones). I know it all seems very trivial but it was a costly set. Wooden board, gold plated tiles, etc.

This whole thing would have been over a long time ago if the seller had just said, "OK, sorry, here's a refund and please send the item back."

It's a different story now though.

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Has eBay suspended the account or anything? I don't understand why UPS is in on the deal, even if the item was insured. If it was shipped incomplete from the get go, UPS has shit to say.

The reason I chose to buy the collectors edition is because my wife and I play Scrabble a lot and it was recently our 5th wedding anniversary (which is wood). It seemed appropriate.

The seller was contacting UPS because she thinks the issue is over 1 missing tile and she thinks UPS is to blame for losing the tile. But there are 8 missing tiles and 7 extra tiles. I think it's obvious that UPS are not to blame for that mixup. I told all that to UPS and they said that was a different story than what the seller was saying. I could fake the missing tiles easily enough but it's more difficult to fake extra tiles (unless you have the odd collector's edition just lying around).

As far as not contacting her again. I think I will but I will be as nice as pie. I'm not going to lower myself to her friend's level. Why give them ammunition to use against me? I have all the messages stored...just in case.

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Fuck it, I'm never getting married

Sometimes we play Yahtzee!

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Originally posted by burble:
http://search.ebay.com/scrabble_W0QQfromZR8QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsbrsrtZl

max, did you pay $500 for scrabble?

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However, assuming I get my money back, I probably won't do the same thing again. I'm going to make my own. I've already had a dry run at getting the board / grid done on my table saw and I don't think it will be too hard.

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Yay.

However, the seller said to me in a previous e-mail that she would cover return shipping and insurance. Now she is not doing so. I have copies of all the correspondence. She lives in North Carolina, I live in Mass. If I want my $63.30 back then I need to go to the Small Claims court but after everything I have read that sounds like I would need to travel to North Carolina which would cost me a damn site more than $63.30. If I could be sure that I would get all travelling expenses paid for as well then I would consider doing it but it could turn out expensive if (1) I lose, or (2) I win but only get back the shipping money.

Does anyone know enough about the small claims court to know if I could file locally and make her come up to Mass to defend herself?

I know I should just let this go now but 60 bucks is a lot of money just to throw away like that, especially after I was told I would be getting it back!

[ 10-26-2006: Message edited by: Mad Max ]

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