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CharlieM0uze
·Hey folks
Last year I saw a too good to be true deal on ETSY, it was an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch for sale for $300 and so I thought, why not. I have PayPal buyers protection and if its no good I just return it.
So, I went ahead and gambled my $300.
The seller provided me a UPS tracking ID and I monitored it, sure enough, a package was delivered to my zipcode. No idea what was shipped but the item never arrived at my address. So something want somewhere but not to me.
I contacted the seller and they provided me another UPS tracking ID but when I checked the tracking ID it was for a package shipped a day before I bought the watch. So what fun... I put in a dispute with PayPal and they contacted the seller and later advised me that I had no proof of my story and they have proof an item was delivered.
The seller ghosted me, naturally.
So I ended up calling UPS. UPS would not confirm the delivery address for "security reasons", so I ask them just to verify if the item was delivered to my address. UPS confirmed that the delivery address was not my address at all and advised that they would willing to talk to PayPal to solve this. So, I ended up writing a full report of the entire incident and gave that to PayPal along with the UPS phone number to call to verify the tracking ID never came to me.
Happily, PayPal refunded me 100%, after several weeks.
ESTY on the other hand had no interest and there was no procedure like there is for eBay.
So beware of sellers on ETSY offering Omega and Rolex for $300-500... last time I checked the seller had 2-3 watches at a time listed and frequently changes ETSY accounts so you will see no account history.
Last year I saw a too good to be true deal on ETSY, it was an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch for sale for $300 and so I thought, why not. I have PayPal buyers protection and if its no good I just return it.
So, I went ahead and gambled my $300.
The seller provided me a UPS tracking ID and I monitored it, sure enough, a package was delivered to my zipcode. No idea what was shipped but the item never arrived at my address. So something want somewhere but not to me.
I contacted the seller and they provided me another UPS tracking ID but when I checked the tracking ID it was for a package shipped a day before I bought the watch. So what fun... I put in a dispute with PayPal and they contacted the seller and later advised me that I had no proof of my story and they have proof an item was delivered.
The seller ghosted me, naturally.
So I ended up calling UPS. UPS would not confirm the delivery address for "security reasons", so I ask them just to verify if the item was delivered to my address. UPS confirmed that the delivery address was not my address at all and advised that they would willing to talk to PayPal to solve this. So, I ended up writing a full report of the entire incident and gave that to PayPal along with the UPS phone number to call to verify the tracking ID never came to me.
Happily, PayPal refunded me 100%, after several weeks.
ESTY on the other hand had no interest and there was no procedure like there is for eBay.
So beware of sellers on ETSY offering Omega and Rolex for $300-500... last time I checked the seller had 2-3 watches at a time listed and frequently changes ETSY accounts so you will see no account history.
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