Certainly there were holidays, but as I worked the week after Christmas, I'm not totally sympathetic to his failure to ship until the 29th. This would have been fine if it had not been combined with long shipping times and a PayPal complaint deadline. This guy is a professional eBay seller and should have known about both. In fact, he emailed other buyers to expect 8 weeks delivery but only after they complained about delays. His attitude is that he will deliver when and if it happens to be convenient for him. Sorry, but I am not a member of the MTV generation and do not accept their "to hell with everyone but me" attitude. Don't know how old Klaus is, but he certainly seems "modern" in his attitude. Guess it creates a problem with old farts like me who believe in in the antiquted notion of personal responsibility and integrity. The big problem I have here is attitude and the willingness to accept responsibility. I've been spoiled, perhaps, but the 99% of classic bike people who feel honor bound to make sure anything they sell is totally satisfactory and delivered fast. Klaus doesn't measure up to that. Neutral is generous.
But someone complained we should stop talking about eBay and get back to bikes. Having properly acknowledged that Klaus did in fact ship goods and therefore is not a crook or a deadbeat, maybe we should do just that.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Jerry wrote:
>
> > > He probably doesn't deserve Negative, but given his week delay in
> > > shipping
>
> Jerry,
>
> Have you ever given any thought to the fact that your payment likely
arrived after the close of business on the day of payment (the 22nd?) To
prepare shipments usually takes a day if all the packing materials are
already on hand, bringing us to close of business on the 23rd of December.
This leaves the 24th to bring things to the post office. The German Post
office was then closed on Thursday the 25th of December and Friday the 26th
(both legal holidays) maybe on Saturday the 27th (I'm not sure whether they
would have been open) and then closed again on Sunday the 28th. So
effectively he mailed on the 2nd or 3rd possible day... doesn't seem to be
too slow to me, especially during the holiday periods with most people
having many previous engagements.
>
> --
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
> > He failed to ship for a week, which helped force me into filing a PayPal
> > complaint before the deadline ran out. He didn't advise of the long
> > shipping time to be expected. He asserted that uninsured shipments were
> > "not his problem" an argument which both I and PayPal rejected. He
doesn't
> > meet my standards for Positive, but then I don't grade on a curve. When
I
> > sell something, I deliver, and promptly. Anyone who sells to me will be
> > held to the same standard. Fortunately, the people on this list never
seem
> > to have had in difficulty in meeting that standard.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]PayPal and German eBay Purchases - Postlog
> >
> >
> > > jerrymoos wrote:
> > > >
> > > > (cut) I think I will leave Neutral feedback
> > > > stating that the goods were as represented, but received 6 weeks
after
>
> > > > payment. He probably doesn't deserve Negative, but given his week
delay
> > in
> > > > shipping and his "not my problem" attitude, he doesn't deserve
Positive
> > > > either. Hopefully PayPal and I got his attention in regard to his
> > > > responsibility for shipments insured or not. (cut)
> > >
> > >
> > > The seller, Klaus Jeworowski, deserves Positive feedback, and if you
> > > don't pay for insurance, the arrival of goods becomes your problem
> > > Jerry, not the seller's.
> > >
> > > You believe that if a seller doesn't ship in a week that they deserve
a
> > Neutral???
> > >
> > > Oh my...
> > >
> > > Chuck Schmidt
> > > South Pasadena, Southern California
> > >
> > > .