im having a problem with an ebay transaction and im wondering what i should do about it. im sure others have had similar problems so i'd asking for suggestions / courses of action to take.


- i bought 2 razors from the same ebay seller on aug 20th.

- directly after bidding ended (same night) i sent the seller a note asking for a total shipping price becuase he stated in the auction he would combine shipping

- on aug. 22nd i got a paypal invoice from the seller for the total amount including shipping of 24$. which was great as the seller only asked for 2$ total shipping.

- on aug 29th i sent the seller a message asking if he had the opportunity to mail out the razors yet as i hadn't recived them.

- on aug 30th the seller replied saying he had mailed them out on aug 23 or 24.

- on sept 7th i sent the seller another message saying i hadn't recieved the items and asked if if he had a tracking number and by what carrier he used to ship.

- on sept 8th the seller wrote back that he used USPS and mailed them on 23/24 of aug. there was no tracking number and that he didn't have the reciept from the post office.

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SO, its now sept. 16th which is 26days after the auction, i do not have the razors. they never arrived in the mail. this ebay seller has a feedback of 99.8% on a total of 2300+ replies. so i figure he uses ebay enough and maybe he did send it and maybe it got lost in the mail. OR he didn't like how cheap i got the items and he didn't want to send me shit. who knows... all i know is i paid him via Paypal in reply to his invoice and i don't have the items. twice he stated he sent the items out aug 23/24 which means no matter what carrier he used they should be here by now, or mailed back to him if the address was wrong or there was problems but he never mentioned any problems just that he sent them.

so what do it do? do i file a paypal claim about the situation. they will have my invoice and payment on file since it was thru paypal and the guy has no tracking number for the package as he stated in his reply's to me. i read paypals grievance proceedures it says i have 45days to make it into a claim but i have to file a problem report first which they send to the other party and if no agreement can be reached then i escalate it into a claim which has to be done before 45days. should i file this grievance on sept. 20th as 1 month has pasted..give the seller a week to reply then escalate it to a claim on sept 27th?

i think i will try to call/write the seller again on monday sept 18th saying i still didn't get the items and would like him to refund my payment i will have to file a greivance as its been a month.


thoughts on what i should do?

~J