eBay - purchase experience

# 13 for April 3, 2002

Complaints.com received the following consumer message on April 2, 2002:

From: RICK [Email User]

RE: eBay - purchase experience

WELL WHERE DO I START, I USED TO BE A E-BAY BUYER/LOOKER.BUT NEVER AGAIN.

I BOUGHT AN ITEM AND I KNOW I SAW A PAYPAL ICON ON THE ITEM BID PAGE,BUT AS THE SELLER TOLD NO HE DOES NOT DEAL WITH PAYPAL SO WROTE BACK TO HIM AND AS NICE AS I COULD BE I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BUY THE ITEM AND IF HE WOULD PUT THE ITEM BACK UP FOR SALE AND SAID HOW SORRY I WAS FOR MAKING A MISTAKE HOPE HE WOULD UNDERSTAND.

BUT NOE HE GOT MY PHONE NUMBER FROM MY INFO SHEET ON E-BAY AND HE CALLED ME ,TOLD ME I HAD BUY THE ITEM AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT OR WAS GOING TO GO TO E-BAY AND ASK THEM TO TAKE MY MEMBERSHIP AWAY.

I TOLD HIM GOOD I WAS TRING TO GET E-BAY TO DO THAT MYSELF BUT HAD NO LUCK WITH IT.HE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT I WAS LEGALY BIDDED TO BUY TO ITEM FROM NOW .

SEND MONEY OR I`LL TELL ON YOU ,I SAID SO GO AHEAD.HE WAS SO BRASSY TO CALL ME BUT HIS PHONE WOULD NOT LEAVE HIS NAME OR NUMBER.ANYWAY I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET E-BAY TO TAKE ME OUT OF THERE BS SYSTEM AND GET NO WHERE WITH THAT. TO THIS DAY THEY KEEP E-MAILING ME TELLING TO SETTLE THIS WITH THE SELLER.

I WRITE BACK SAY OR WHAT ?