What Should I Do? Note Received Was Not The Same.

Very nice! Maybe since you handled it so well, and offered to help him with future sales, he just might throw a good deal or two your way. :)

You can also demand your shipping costs to & from. Due to the fact that this is not what you bid on. Make sure you go through pay pal. I have had similar dealings (more than once) & my shipping costs were refunded to include shipping the item back.

The note shown in the picture wasn't the one I received. Normally for these kind of mistakes, the note would be the same but something happened to it that caused the quality to drop from what was originally depicted. In this case, it was a completely different note.

As for the second part, I didn't know what I was writing, so here's what he said:




He has already refunded me by paypal, so everything's good!

Plain and simple. Don't deal with this person ever again. Once is enough for me

I agree 100% with CoinHunter53562 on this one and am glad the original poster was satisfied with the resolution.

I had an ebay transaction not go well and I too felt the outrage of the "ripoff". I was ready to neg and file a dispute but contacted the seller first. She was very apologetic, refunded my return shipping as well as the full original price/shipping and even a little extra to cover PayPal fees for the shipping credit.

I just left no feedback on the transaction.

Always make an attempt to work it out first. That's my opinion at least.

Ken

I too have felt the outrage of feeling like I was ripped off. In fact it just happened last fall with non-coin related stuff. Initially it didn't seem like the seller was going to do anything about it, but he eventually made it right. I gave him another shot and he got it right too. Now he is one of my best suppliers for items I use in my business.

When I first started doing ebay, I did nothing but buying for the first few months (one to buildup feedback, and two I was addicted...lol). Anyway, I bought a low priced baseball card of my favorite player from the 1970's. It arrived wrapped in toilet paper, and stuffed inside a regular envelope with no further protection. To make matters worse, it looked like it had been run through a washing machine a time or two. So I was irate, and sent the seller a nasty email. He got a little defensive but offered a full refund anyway. I immediately slapped him with a negative, and looking back I think this situation is very similar to that of the OP. The guy was selling something he knew nothing about as far as proper grading and shipping methods. In retrospect, it was probably an honest mistake (he claimed he thought the card was in good shape for being almost 30 years old, but to a collector of these it was in terrible shape). I wish I hadn't given him a negative, and just a neutral or no feedback at worst. So I guess I am giving the advice here so that others don't unfairly treat sellers, and also so that they don't do something they may realize is wrong down the road but can't be changed.

My guess here is that many suggesting the immediate negative or chargeback probably have little to no experience on the ebay selling side. I may be wrong, but that's the impression I get.




Very good point. He may think a note is a note, so any stock phote will be fine just the same. I think wd1040 did a good job and how he handled it and probably educated the seller on better ways to sell notes going forward. :)