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Originally Posted by sortie
Ok, you just explained why the seller should be able to leave negative feedback.
You, solely on your own, failed to contact the seller thru ebay message system and ask about the length of the cord during the auction.
You got the cord, the cord fucking works, but you made assumptions about the cord and never asked about it but now you think it's the sellers fault.
In this case you can't actually leave any factual negative feedback because the buyer did not misslead you about the length.
He didn't mention the lenght, ok.
Did he mention the color? What if you assumed the cord was black but it was red? Do you still have a complaint about that?
If you make assumptions and they don't come true then that it not the sellers fault. You have the full capability within ebay to clarify all facts about the merchandise thru messaging.
If you leave him negative feedback then he would be right to trash you in his feedback. So you are right about him waiting for you to make the first move.
Fuck him and he fucks you back.
And it's justified because you are the one that actually fucked up.
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Perhaps you missed reading my point #2.
But that aside... by your logic, if the guy sent me a printout of the picture of the thing instead of the actual unit, it's my fault, too.
To explain the situation a bit more fully:
There's a functionality issue with the cord. At work, I sit my laptop on the edge of my standard-height desk, and I wanted to connect it to a power-strip directly underneath where my laptop sits... I didn't need anything really long at all.. but the cord's so short that I can't drop the adapter down to the floor, and instead have to keep it on the desk. IMHO, that's short enough that the seller probably should have mentioned the length.
When I brought it up to him, he seemed willing enough to fix it right away, but, after following up with him twice, he hasn't followed through...
I'm sorry if it offends your sensibilities, but - where as I wasn't so sure when the situation initially went down - I'm thinking his lack of follow-through paired with my initial concerns about the product could reasonably equal negative feedback... and the idea that he's waiting to see what I do so he can do the same offends _my_ sensibilities.
Especially when what he has on me is:
the guy didn't bother asking me a myriad of questions before the sale to make sure the product would fit all of his meager expectations, but he paid in full within 1 minute after the auction's close, contacted me a day after receiving the product, expressed his concerns, and where I could have told him - "tough, you got a deal!", I didn't, and instead immediately promised him I'd send him out a replacement unit, personally... and after him following up a couple of times, I've yet to actually follow through on my promise.
Granted, that's only one example, but it is what it is... and telling me that the guy would be right to send me negative feedback if I chose to submit it in regards to him seems a bit ludicrous to me.