will this be a fake marble ebay tale of woe?
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isee said:
it was 8 minutes to end of auction when i saw it. Now I never really seem to get a bargain and though perhaps this is the one. Description said solid marble, no bids, 50 quid start. Worth a punt I thought. Didn't really think i needed to investigate the seller etc as I was relying on listing's description.
Alsways check the person you are buying things off wherever possible.. Still i see your point, item isnt as described, simplez really log it with Fleabay and job done.. Not much else you can do.. Dont leave neg feedback though untill the case is resolved as it will go against you in the claim...He's got 100% positive feedback and lots as a seller too, so I'm not sure how more research would have helped, short of emailing and asking for more details.
I think you deserve a refund, but you've paid £100 to have it shipped, so you'll have to pay that again to send it back (presuming you use the same speedboat
). If I was the seller I'd not agree to reimburse your shipping costs, the ad clearly says collect only.
Write it off, seems you got £50 worth of fire surround for £50...
M.
I think you deserve a refund, but you've paid £100 to have it shipped, so you'll have to pay that again to send it back (presuming you use the same speedboat
). If I was the seller I'd not agree to reimburse your shipping costs, the ad clearly says collect only.Write it off, seems you got £50 worth of fire surround for £50...
M.
marcosgt said:
I think you deserve a refund, but you've paid £100 to have it shipped, so you'll have to pay that again to send it back (presuming you use the same speedboat ). If I was the seller I'd not agree to reimburse your shipping costs, the ad clearly says collect only.
Write it off, seems you got £50 worth of fire surround for £50...
M.
I tend to agree, except that the seller has clearly and obviously misrepresented the item and that should figure in the buyer's feedback. Seller's attitude when challenged also stinks. ). If I was the seller I'd not agree to reimburse your shipping costs, the ad clearly says collect only.Write it off, seems you got £50 worth of fire surround for £50...
M.
Seller describes the item as 'solid Italian marble'
Item is not solid, and not marble (and 90% sure not Italian)
Item is fake.
Fake Items do not require return to seller
Bought a watch off eBay a year or so ago. Description was good, feedback good, photos clearly real (with sellers name on a piece of paper in photos). The watch arrived and it was clearly NOT the one pictured and very clearly fake.
Contested it with the seller, refused full refund, raised case and eBay not only gave me a full refund but advised that I should not return the fake product.
(Obviously I'm posting in jest, slightly, if seller gets arsey and refuses full refund the above is a possible if you were feeling particulaly nasty, I had a valid case in doing this, yours maybe open to interpretation. But even if you get all funds back you will still be out of pocket if you return it. Think it's a 'cut your loses' situation)
Item is not solid, and not marble (and 90% sure not Italian)
Item is fake.
Fake Items do not require return to seller
Bought a watch off eBay a year or so ago. Description was good, feedback good, photos clearly real (with sellers name on a piece of paper in photos). The watch arrived and it was clearly NOT the one pictured and very clearly fake.
Contested it with the seller, refused full refund, raised case and eBay not only gave me a full refund but advised that I should not return the fake product.
(Obviously I'm posting in jest, slightly, if seller gets arsey and refuses full refund the above is a possible if you were feeling particulaly nasty, I had a valid case in doing this, yours maybe open to interpretation. But even if you get all funds back you will still be out of pocket if you return it. Think it's a 'cut your loses' situation)
No question in my mind that this is "significantly not as described"
Who arranged delivery, you or the seller?
If it was you I don't think you have any chance of getting a refund, "you" have collected the item in person:
If the seller, then they should accept return of the item and refund purchase plus courier costs, but you have to stump up the return courier cost. I would use parcel2go or similar to try and get the very cheapest possible tracked delivery method.
Who arranged delivery, you or the seller?
If it was you I don't think you have any chance of getting a refund, "you" have collected the item in person:
eBay said:
What if I collect the item in person and discover that the item is Significantly Not As Described?
If the aspect of the item, which was not as described in the listing (“defect”) is obvious (for example, a crack in a television screen), we will decide in favour of the seller. We strongly recommend that all buyers check the condition of the item upon collection and, if they find it is Significantly Not As Described, leave it with the seller.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buyer-protection-faq.htmlIf the aspect of the item, which was not as described in the listing (“defect”) is obvious (for example, a crack in a television screen), we will decide in favour of the seller. We strongly recommend that all buyers check the condition of the item upon collection and, if they find it is Significantly Not As Described, leave it with the seller.
If the seller, then they should accept return of the item and refund purchase plus courier costs, but you have to stump up the return courier cost. I would use parcel2go or similar to try and get the very cheapest possible tracked delivery method.
I'm siding with the OP here but could the seller get out of it by saying it is a marble surround?
Ie, it's surrounding marble. In the picture you have some marble ( in the middle, behind the fire ), what he is actually selling is a marble surround ( as per the picture ).
He does have 100% feedback after over 200 transactions.
Ie, it's surrounding marble. In the picture you have some marble ( in the middle, behind the fire ), what he is actually selling is a marble surround ( as per the picture ).
He does have 100% feedback after over 200 transactions.
B17NNS said:
I posted this back on page 1!!! and nobody seemed to appreciate it 
Junior Bianno said:
Have you really discussed this in detail with the seller. He has 266 feedback at 100%. You are obviously going to leave negative feedback and spoil his perfect record. Is he really going to want this to happen for £50. Seems unlikely..
Then again, £50 for -1 is probably worth it. One -FB wouldn't put me off buying from someone, and it's cancelled after a year anyway.Simpo Two said:
Junior Bianno said:
Have you really discussed this in detail with the seller. He has 266 feedback at 100%. You are obviously going to leave negative feedback and spoil his perfect record. Is he really going to want this to happen for £50. Seems unlikely..
Then again, £50 for -1 is probably worth it. One -FB wouldn't put me off buying from someone, and it's cancelled after a year anyway.z4chris99 said:
it paint it in Farrow and Ball Railings, will look lovely
Or do what I do regularly and take the Farrow and Ball brochure into my local Johnstones Trade Paints shop and get them to match the exact colour and make me up some tins for 1/3rd of the price...Then paint it.
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