E-bay seller

[dragonwagon]

Be very wary of e-bay seller "redlinecarparts" - sent me the wrong parts and refuses to cover return postage when brake discs were delivered instead of the ordered drums ! Also tries to shift blame on to the buyer......
Utter pillock to be avoided at all costs

 

[Sweex]

Never had a problem with them before. Always been fine for me.

 

[dragonwagon]

Never had a problem with them before. Always been fine for me.

Your time will come with this bunch of incompetent nincompoops

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Not the same seller AgnessGP is having problems with atm is it?

 

[Andy Monty]

Be very wary of e-bay seller "redlinecarparts" - sent me the wrong parts and refuses to cover return postage when brake discs were delivered instead of the ordered drums ! Also tries to shift blame on to the buyer......
Utter pillock to be avoided at all costs

Google distance selling regs... iirc their cock up their cost tell email to arrange collection on a Saturday (most expensive but in my case only day I would be home to hand over) if they argue Toss PayPal dispute it asap quote dsr in the dispute...

 

[Cento186]

I've bought something from them, think it was rocker cover gasket iirc, anyway I found them to be good, despatched it very quickly and kept me updated

 

[AgnessGP]

Not the same seller @AgnessGP is having problems with atm is it?

No mate. Mine's wolfracedirect or something.

 

[dragonwagon]

Google distance selling regs... iirc their cock up their cost tell email to arrange collection on a Saturday (most expensive but in my case only day I would be home to hand over) if they argue Toss PayPal dispute it asap quote dsr in the dispute...

He has been reminded of the distance selling regs, trading standards etc but chooses to ignore messages hoping I'll go away.

Utter plonker IMO

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Its fine just open an eBay dispute eBay will refund you if the dispute can't be resolved and he'll end up without the money or the parts

 

[dragonwagon]

As I thought, he never had any to sell - drums now relisted at a ludicrous £280.06 each.
Obviously this dodgy seller thought that fobbing someone off with brake discs would pass muster.
Think again. Still no refund - behaving like a scammer too.

 

[dragonwagon]

At the rate e-bay and paypal are moving I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that dishonesty pays.... no parts, no refund. Nothing. Court case ?

 

[jrkitching]

At the rate e-bay and paypal are moving I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that dishonesty pays.... no parts, no refund. Nothing. Court case ?

It's one way to proceed, yes.

I'd say it's only worth considering if you are ready & willing to see it through to the bitter end. I've done it myself on more than one occasion & I can post further details of what to do next if you want to go this route.

 

[dragonwagon]

The scumbag refunded but left me £5.80 out of pocket for return carriage.

Avoid this barsteward at all opportunities - completely unethical and untrustworthy.

 

[deeyup]

Ebay will always side with the buyer, but they will tell you to pay the return costs even if you aren't liable because the seller sent you wrong stuff.

It's not worth the bother trying to claim back your post costs.

 

[jrkitching]

It's not worth the bother trying to claim back your post costs.

Deeyup is right; it's not worth the bother.

If you are feeling sufficiently bloody-minded, you could take Court action to recover your postage, but you'll have to be prepared to risk about £100 in costs & put up with months of hassle.

Something similar happened to me once; I sent the supplier a letter before action saying that I'd commence legal proceedings if he didn't refund the full purchase price (including p&p) within a week. I said he could collect the incorrectly delivered goods at his own expense & that I'd dispose of them as I saw fit if he didn't do so within 90 days.

The refund was in my bank account a couple of days later & a courier arrived to collect the item the following week.

That said, if the supplier takes it to the wire, it's a lot of hassle, and though you'll almost certainly win a County Court judgment, you still have to be able to get the money out of the supplier; if they are no longer trading by the time it gets to Court, you almost certainly won't get a penny & you'll still have to pay your own costs.

On balance, being only £5.80 out of pocket is probably a good place to call it quits; your quid-pro-quo comes from posting your story on a public forum.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Deeyup is right; it's not worth the bother.

If you are feeling sufficiently bloody-minded, you could take Court action to recover your postage, but you'll have to be prepared to risk about £100 in costs & put up with months of hassle.

Small claims is only £30ish for matters under a certain amount isn't it

Not sure as luckily I've never had to do it yet, so I could be wrong.

 

[Stu DemonD]

I put a CCJ on someone once - still no money because then you need to go down the road to recover it, so more costs to sort out an attachment of earnings [if you know where they work, if they work at all] or more costs to get the bailiffs involved, who may come out empty handed

 

[jrkitching]

Small claims is only £30ish for matters under a certain amount isn't it

The initial fee only covers the cost of submitting your claim.

If the other party chooses to defend it, you also have to pay a hearing fee (and an allocation fee if your claim is for more than £1500) .

I've done it, and the counterparty made it as difficult as possible. I also had to pay for an independent expert assessment, pushing the costs up to about £160 for a £400 claim. They agreed to settle a few days before the hearing (their case was always going to be unwinnable in Court); they paid all my costs as well.

Experience shows that most claimants will withdraw their claim once a defence is filed; they played the system, hoping I'd give up when I had to pay the additional costs.

In my case, they were wrong, but it demonstrates there is no point in threatening legal action unless you are fully prepared to see it through to the end, and risk the costs involved.

I put a CCJ on someone once - still no money because then you need to go down the road to recover it, so more costs to sort out an attachment of earnings [if you know where they work, if they work at all] or more costs to get the bailiffs involved, who may come out empty handed

This illustrates another important point to consider before taking Court action - are you going to be able to recover the money if you win?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

The initial fee only covers the cost of submitting your claim.

If the other party chooses to defend it, you also have to pay a hearing fee (and an allocation fee if your claim is for more than £1500) .

I've done it, and the counterparty made it as difficult as possible. I also had to pay for an independent expert assessment, pushing the costs up to about £160 for a £400 claim. Fortunately they agreed to settle a few days before the hearing; they paid all my costs as well.

Are right. Cheers for clearing that up.

 

[Stu DemonD]

This illustrates another important point to consider before taking Court action - are you going to be able to recover the money if you win?

Indeed but aside from the fact I am out of pocket, I know the person involved has a nice CCJ on their record - that gave me a warm fuzzy feeling :devil: