What would you guys do?

[J_Alexander]

ok if you go to my winning auction and type in zip code 61704 you will see i paid 36 bucks for gauranteed 4 days from ups. well 3 days after the auction i get a tracking number from them and its from fedex and wont get here till the 31st. thats 5 days and no telling what it cost them. what should i do. first i pay 5 mins after the auction ended and it takes them 3 days to ship. they dont return phone calls or e-mails. they ship with a different company then what i payed for and will take a day longer. what would you guys do or think i should do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...DME:B:AAQ:US:1

jim

[Warg Master]

Personally, I like fedex more then UPS.....especailly after working for both companies in local hubs...may be different in your city though.

IMO, I'd wait until the guitar arrive to jumpp to any conclusions, what's a few more days? Oh, and when you sell on eBay(though Ive not done it for a while) I don't think Fedex is even an option to display when you set up the auction... on the other hand they could have put it in the description....

[J_Alexander]

very good point

[brentrocks]

i would leave neutral feedback to make people aware of his shady shipping practices

nice guitar!!!

[brett8388]

The Fed Ex / UPS debate reminds me of the old Ford / Chevy debates. Both are equally bad IMO.

If your guitar was packed correctly, it will arrive fine. 1 additional day is nothing to worry about, and I'm sure he paid about $30 to ship the guitar.

If you're happy wiht the guitar, I'd leave positive feedback.

[blackspy]

Looks like the seller is a shop. Sometimes those people don't even really know all their auction status' until a couple of days have passed. They put up so much stuff, and then do everything once a week.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Either way the shipping would've cost roughly what you paid. If the guitar is as described, and shipped well. I'd leave positive feedback. I don't think anyone was being shady there.

[Warg Master]

Good grief...I HATE FedEx ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've had so many problems with them. UPS me ASAP.

"What's a few more days"? The answer is...a "lifetime" to the guy who just dropped "a grand" on a used Music Man. I'd be pissed too.

I'm sure the guitar will arrive in one piece via FedEx...just a couple of days late.

Gary

Wow, people are impatient.

[Tim O'Sullivan]

As long as you get it, does it matter?

[Larry]

eBay doesn't offer FedEx. I just put in the auction UPS ground. And ship it FedEx ground it usually costs the same. I've yet to have any problems.

[PeteDuBaldo]

what should i do. first i pay 5 mins after the auction ended and it takes them 3 days to ship. they dont return phone calls or e-mails. they ship with a different company then what i payed for and will take a day longer. what would you guys do or think i should do.

Would I be out of line to say that you should have bought my black Axis for a bit more and already be loving the birdseye neck?


Running a store (or two) I know that sometimes there are unforseen circumstances which delay the shipment of merchandise. Yeah, it sucks, but if that happens I generally wind up biting the fat one and upgrading the shipping on my dime. Shipping via another carrier than what the buyer requests though? NO WAY!

[Larry]

Pete I remember you had that Axis back when I was looking for mine. I should of got it when I had the chance. Its a very nice looking Axis. Black on Black.

[J_Alexander]

no pete you wouldnt and next time i will check your inventory first. i will just let it go. i got a e-mail from them chewing me out saying how many times are you gonna e-mail us and i was like hey when you leave 4 messages and send one e-mail a day and dont hear anything i dont like that. hell what do i care i gots another axis on the way and as long as its in the described shape thats all i care i wont even remember who i bought it from after the first tapping run and a few beers. lol

[Larry]

Hope it works out for you.

[tommyindelaware]

after the guitar arrives...& IF...... it is in stated condition....contact the seller....& inform him that because the shipping part of the deal is renigged on by him.......he should pay for the shipping to adjust the deal to insure mutual satisfaction.......otherwise your feedback will reflect your dis-satifaction w/ the deal.
this gives him a chance to reasonably compensate you fairly. give him every fair chance to satisfy u. cause negitive feedback can have reprocussions on u too....even though u did nothing wrong. he can claim anything too. try to stay out of a pissin contest on ebay if u can.
sometimes dumbass folks just back ya in a corner....
good luck.

[candid_x]

I'd have to be extremely dissatisfied before I'd leave negative feedback. Getting to shipping a couple days later than promised or using a different carrier doesn't justify the black eye, imo. Just because I'm anal about living up to my part of the deal doesn't mean I can expect others to be so.