01-13-2010, 04:20 PM
For a guy with three feedbacks, he sounds like he knows an awful lot about how to work the system. I think the odds are 50/50 that he's pulling a fast one on you but 95% that you lose this.
The only way you're going to win this is if he's telling the truth, AND the package arrives in the next day or so, AND he calls off the dispute. Even if he's telling the truth, if the package shows up he has no incentive, aside from chivalry, to call off the dispute.
I don't think one negative will affect your ability to do future business on eBay.
Nor do I think $60 or so is all that much to lose considering the chances that the guy is telling the truth and you realize for future transactions you need to have proof of delivery. You have probably gotten a lot more than $60 of value out of your other successful eBay transactions.
I shipped several items at one time out of my office building's mailroom early on in my eBay career. Not one of them got to the recipient. I ate it and learned a lesson.
The only way you're going to win this is if he's telling the truth, AND the package arrives in the next day or so, AND he calls off the dispute. Even if he's telling the truth, if the package shows up he has no incentive, aside from chivalry, to call off the dispute.
I don't think one negative will affect your ability to do future business on eBay.
Nor do I think $60 or so is all that much to lose considering the chances that the guy is telling the truth and you realize for future transactions you need to have proof of delivery. You have probably gotten a lot more than $60 of value out of your other successful eBay transactions.
I shipped several items at one time out of my office building's mailroom early on in my eBay career. Not one of them got to the recipient. I ate it and learned a lesson.