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<p>[QUOTE="Brocster, post: 52436, member: 2744"]Hi David!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this situation must be frustrating for you... especially because you <u>still</u> just want your 10 sets of P & D buffalo nickels. Just out of curiosity, were your e-mail messages to the seller sent through eBay or directly from your e-mail account to the seller's? I only ask because I've seen a couple of situations where e-mail messages I received from a seller through eBay came from <u>one</u> e-mail address, and then shipping notification/updates came from <u>another</u> address. Sometimes people don't keep up with all of their various e-mail addresses on a regular basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, have you tried calling the seller? If you don't have his number, you can request the "contact information" from eBay. You'll receive an e-mail message (from eBay) with the seller's name, address and phone number. This might also be a good idea because, when you request contact info for another member, eBay sends <u>your</u> contact info to that individual as well (with some kind of message that you initiated a request for the seller's contact info). That way, the seller will be doubly aware of the fact that you are trying to get in touch with him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, when I took a look at the feedback that the seller has left for others, I noticed that the last date he posted feedback was <b>May 17</b> -- a day <u>before</u> you sent your first e-mail message. He hasn't made a bid or listed any new auctions (as far as I can tell with my limited eBay searching abilities) since May 17. So, indeed, he might be on vacation or away (at least from eBay and/or the Internet). I know that doesn't resolve <u>your</u> situation (in wanting to get your P & D nickel sets), but I think you might want to give this one a little more time before you post any negative or neutral feedback. After all, you still have plenty of time to neg the guy... if you wish. Check out his "Left for Others" feedback during the coming week or two. If you see that he <u>has</u> left feedback (which means that he has logged onto eBay and so has Internet access) but he hasn't responded to you, <u>then</u> you can decide if you want to give him a negative or neutral.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, everything will get resolved soon! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brocster, post: 52436, member: 2744"]Hi David! I know this situation must be frustrating for you... especially because you [u]still[/u] just want your 10 sets of P & D buffalo nickels. Just out of curiosity, were your e-mail messages to the seller sent through eBay or directly from your e-mail account to the seller's? I only ask because I've seen a couple of situations where e-mail messages I received from a seller through eBay came from [u]one[/u] e-mail address, and then shipping notification/updates came from [u]another[/u] address. Sometimes people don't keep up with all of their various e-mail addresses on a regular basis. Also, have you tried calling the seller? If you don't have his number, you can request the "contact information" from eBay. You'll receive an e-mail message (from eBay) with the seller's name, address and phone number. This might also be a good idea because, when you request contact info for another member, eBay sends [u]your[/u] contact info to that individual as well (with some kind of message that you initiated a request for the seller's contact info). That way, the seller will be doubly aware of the fact that you are trying to get in touch with him. Finally, when I took a look at the feedback that the seller has left for others, I noticed that the last date he posted feedback was [b]May 17[/b] -- a day [u]before[/u] you sent your first e-mail message. He hasn't made a bid or listed any new auctions (as far as I can tell with my limited eBay searching abilities) since May 17. So, indeed, he might be on vacation or away (at least from eBay and/or the Internet). I know that doesn't resolve [u]your[/u] situation (in wanting to get your P & D nickel sets), but I think you might want to give this one a little more time before you post any negative or neutral feedback. After all, you still have plenty of time to neg the guy... if you wish. Check out his "Left for Others" feedback during the coming week or two. If you see that he [u]has[/u] left feedback (which means that he has logged onto eBay and so has Internet access) but he hasn't responded to you, [u]then[/u] you can decide if you want to give him a negative or neutral. Hopefully, everything will get resolved soon! :) - Andrew[/QUOTE]
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