Am I screwed?

[nyjetsfan14]

Re: Am I screwed?

This will help out.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homes

Rudy

How bored are we?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Holmes

Guess it's a push

[dodgersfan]

Re: Am I screwed?

This will help out.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homes

Rudy

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: Am I screwed?

Homes?

[otismalibu]

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[both-teams-played-hard]

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Homes? Likes houses? How about holmes...gotta get the slang correct but nice try though

Homes...like "homeboy"...nah, YOU gotta get the slang correct. What the hell does "holmes" mean? Nice try, Jack.

[mvandor]

Re: Am I screwed?

The dollar amount should not matter in this case. $52 or $5000. Someone can not say what $52 dollars mean to me compared to what it means to you. If I lost the dispute and the bat never showed up I am out $52 bucks. Is that going to make me not be able to put food on the table? No but I am a college student working at a job that pays what working college students normally make so I am not rolling in money. I can not buy $1,500 Pujols or A Rod type bats and have them by the dozens like some of the people in this forum. One day maybe I will , but right now i can not. So please do not judge the dollar amount in this instance.

I think what we're trying to say is you got way too exercised over $22. Even for a college student, that's not "I can't make the rent or tuition" kinda bread.

[bigtruck260]

Re: Am I screwed?

Holmes? Like Johnny Wadd?

In my neck of the woods, 'homes' is short for 'homies'.

I guess they do things a little differently in the NE. Learn something new every day.

Berger - give the dude his refund back in full...you'll feel better in the end. Er...you'll feel better about the resolved situation.

[nyjetsfan14]

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Berger dude. I don't mean to be insulting...but homes, you do not sound unlike a tight-ass. All the seller has to do is file a PayPal dispute against you and prove delivery. Then you will have all his fees and payment deducted from your account. You can't be the decider, then decide what you want to pay and punish the seller cause he didn't show concern for your sixteen-dollar bat. Pay the guy all his money and chalk it up to experience. Maybe you'll think twice about dropping the whopping sum of $22. "Rich" means being wealthy and having a fat bank account. "Rich" can also mean ironically humorous. This story is indeed, "rich".

Homes? Likes houses? How about holmes...gotta get the slang correct but nice try though

[BergerKing22784]

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The dollar amount should not matter in this case. $52 or $5000. Someone can not say what $52 dollars mean to me compared to what it means to you. If I lost the dispute and the bat never showed up I am out $52 bucks. Is that going to make me not be able to put food on the table? No but I am a college student working at a job that pays what working college students normally make so I am not rolling in money. I can not buy $1,500 Pujols or A Rod type bats and have them by the dozens like some of the people in this forum. One day maybe I will , but right now i can not. So please do not judge the dollar amount in this instance.

[TNTtoys]

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Berger dude. I don't mean to be insulting...but homes, you do not sound unlike a tight-ass. All the seller has to do is file a PayPal dispute against you and prove delivery. Then you will have all his fees and payment deducted from your account. You can't be the decider, then decide what you want to pay and punish the seller cause he didn't show concern for your sixteen-dollar bat. Pay the guy all his money and chalk it up to experience. Maybe you'll think twice about dropping the whopping sum of $22. "Rich" means being wealthy and having a fat bank account. "Rich" can also mean ironically humorous. This story is indeed, "rich".

Please tell me that your figure of $22.00 is just a wild over-exaggeration? I thought we were talking about a hundred or two-hundred dollar item. Why else would such a big deal be made out of it?

If so, at least we know now why the seller didn't care much in the end or why the buyer chose not to take out insurance. Why bother.

To me, it's all business. As a seller, I would seriously weigh the cost benefit of a dispute. Bottom line with me is that I earn a certain amount per hour. I know how valuable my time is because I can quantify it. If I were to lose far less than that but go through a credit card dispute that will take an hour or more of my time, I wouldn't fight it either. I probably would give my buyer a nicer reply, but I wouldn't care about the dispute.

[mvandor]

Re: Am I screwed?

Given the token sum involved, this has gotten blown WAY outa proportion.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Hahaha, yet again another funny twist! Guess what showed up in the mail today almost a month after I bid on it! The bat! haha. The refund I think has already been processed and I will be paying the seller back minus shipping ( i am sure some will disagree with that one but his poor attitude and basically telling me "tough" and slow shipping is why I am doing that) once it shows back in my bank account the refund actually went through.

Berger dude. I don't mean to be insulting...but homes, you do not sound unlike a tight-ass. All the seller has to do is file a PayPal dispute against you and prove delivery. Then you will have all his fees and payment deducted from your account. You can't be the decider, then decide what you want to pay and punish the seller cause he didn't show concern for your sixteen-dollar bat. Pay the guy all his money and chalk it up to experience. Maybe you'll think twice about dropping the whopping sum of $22. "Rich" means being wealthy and having a fat bank account. "Rich" can also mean ironically humorous. This story is indeed, "rich".

[earlywynnfan]

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Glad you got the bat, but chalk me up as one who would pay the seller the full amount in this situation. He was a jerk? Then never buy from him again. Heck, tell all your friends not to buy from him. But you didn't purchase the insurance, you already slammed his paypal account (I have no idea what it takes to get back to a good standing, if anything.) Making him pay postage on a small deal that has gone just as bad, actually worse, on his side is just rubbing his nose in it. Slow shipping is not his fault.

You got your bat, pay what you said you would. Otherwise, what makes your attitude any better than his??

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[BergerKing22784]

Re: Am I screwed?

Hahaha, yet again another funny twist! Guess what showed up in the mail today almost a month after I bid on it! The bat! haha. The refund I think has already been processed and I will be paying the seller back minus shipping ( i am sure some will disagree with that one but his poor attitude and basically telling me "tough" and slow shipping is why I am doing that) once it shows back in my bank account the refund actually went through.

[otismalibu]

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How is it my responsibility to reimburse the buyer if the post office loses it and the I have an email account of the buyer turning down the insurance I offered?

It's your responsibility to get the item you sold, to the buyer. The buyer has already paid you for the item and the shipping. He's done his part. You can let him pick it up, you can hand deliver it or you can use a variety of delivery options (UPS, USPS, Fed Ex). The item has to be 'as advertised' when he picks it up, when you hand deliver it or when the carrier of your choice delivers. If it's not, we all know who is gonna win the Paypal claim.

Insurance and DC...I use both on any valuable package.

Why not just factor the insurance into the cost of shipping? Unless we're talking about a really spendy item, it's only going to be a few bucks a most.

Hey, I'm going to send you $100 cash for payment. But I'll need you to first send me some money so I can insure my envelope carrying the cash, ok? You know, in case it never shows up.