grimslade
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OK, so about two weeks ago, I won an auction for some shoes. Price was about $250. I paid, via paypal, and received a USPS tracking number from the seller. A week went by and I received nothing, so I went back and checked the tracking, which showed that the package had been delivered to my building several days earlier. I inquired in the mail room and tried to check with the loading dock people, but to no avail. No one seems to have seen the package.
So, what to do? I don't really want to walk away from the money (obviously), but I'm not sure whether it's the seller's fault, the building's fault or just some weird snafu. The possibilities are that it was misaddressed, such that the company name/floor number were not marked (the seller says they were); that someone in the building's mail-routing system lost or swiped them, or that they were misdelivered internally and someone kept them. Lastly, it's just possible that they were returned to sender, but the tracking doesn't reflect that.
So, does one contest the CC charge? Dispute it with Paypal? Suck it up?
Thots welcome.
So, what to do? I don't really want to walk away from the money (obviously), but I'm not sure whether it's the seller's fault, the building's fault or just some weird snafu. The possibilities are that it was misaddressed, such that the company name/floor number were not marked (the seller says they were); that someone in the building's mail-routing system lost or swiped them, or that they were misdelivered internally and someone kept them. Lastly, it's just possible that they were returned to sender, but the tracking doesn't reflect that.
So, does one contest the CC charge? Dispute it with Paypal? Suck it up?
Thots welcome.