Yes, that’s this issue Countess. It reflects badly on all of us really, Chinese or not.
The actual product is an exceptionally good one. We’ve bought three now over the years. My usual supplier couldn’t give me the colour I wanted, hence my shift outside my Chinese ‘comfort zone.’ Never again!
Quick version: I bought and paid for the item. About 14 days later I receive a message from the seller saying, ‘Sorry, being returned to us cuz no can find you.’ I messed about with local post, distribution centre, local courier etc., but there was no sign of it. Seller refunded. I enquired about re-ordering. I couldn’t get black anywhere else. “Do you definitely have stock of the colour black?’ Answer, ‘Yes, yes we do. Black in stock. Re-order please. We send fast, sorry about other one.’ I suppose most wouldn’t have re-ordered, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. I re-ordered.
Less than a week later I receive the same message as the first, ‘Dear friend, you must check address. No find you. They sending item back to me.’ Words to that effect. Now, I’m not the shiniest penny, but I twigged straight away this time - not enough time lapse for it to have hit the beaches here in the first place, and then on second thought, most likely not the first one either.
The rest is just all about bad behaviour, lies, backtracking and all that goes with the type of seller this one obviously is. And outlandishly a claim that one of the items was unpaid for, despite eBay and PayPal records. Once this hit the deck I let eBay sort it out. They did, quickly.
So, in all there was a fair bit of corro between me and the seller, prior to eBay stepping in and even though I struggled with the red issue, I thought no, other buyers need to know, so I went ahead. Again, outlandishly his own response to that feedback was to suggest I should have been in contact with him. Clever, don’t you think? Sly, but clever nonetheless. Future buyers are still left in a quandary.
Lots of valuable time wasting on my part on behalf of the seller, trying to locate the item, emails back and forth etc., but lesson learned - stay within the comfort zone and very sadly, ‘Don’t trust Chinese Sellers. They will burn you.’
And honestly Dear Countess, that is indeed the short version. This bloke had more moves than you see on a billiard table .... lol.
Gawd! I’d better do some work for a change. Hope you are all healthy and happy 🙂
Melina.
