Hi All Im looking for some advice here regarding some mysteriously dissapearing albums and a Bank cheque that was stopped by the sender after the albums had been delivered to him.
Back in early March I had some records for sale on Ebay and was contacted by a guy in York via email who wanted me to end the auctions early on 2 LPs:
JJ Barnes / Steve mancha 'Rare Stamps' Volt demo & Ripple Blast Singers 'Funny Girl'.........
I emailed him back and said I didnt want to end the auction as both of the items had a few people 'watching' them.
A couple of days later, there was a message on my answerphone asking me to contact the guy regarding the 2 Lps, so I did and foolishly agreed to sell him the 2 Lps for £125.
His cheque arrived the following day so I packed the Lps up and mailed them to him, paid the cheque into my bank then set off for a holiday in Spain
I came back from Spain and there was a letter from my bank saying the cheque had been stopped by the issuer!
I emailed the seller asking for an explanation and a replacement cheque, he did not reply. I went to the Prestatyn weekender and hoped there would be a replacement cheque posted in a couple of days.
Still no reply to my emails, after a few weeks I finally had a reply saying the LPs had been returned to me, the reason being:The Volt demo LP was not sealed (it did not say it was sealed in my ebay advert, but it was Mint-!)The Funny Girl LP had the wrong version of the song on it, I told him on the phone that I didnt rate the Lp at all etc!
So I asked for proof of posting, again no reply for ages.
I asked people I know in York if they knew this person and to make enquiries to see if he had proof of posting. He finally said he would replace the Lps......on 3/4/07
I am £125 out of pocket and im not happy about it!!What really annoys me is the lack of communication from this guy, probably 3 emails since early March.He has not responded to my last couple of emails, hence this posting.
I am not saying he did not return the LPs, but they are not here and the lack of emails from him and no proof of posting does pi+s me off!
I dont really want to have to file a Small claims Court summons (although I recently won a refund using that method) and I will use this again as a last resort Any advice would be appreciated
thanks
Paul