GTSChick00? [RESOLVED]

[TRDChamp]

I bought a passenger side door lock actuator from her. I sent the payment on Tuesday night and she said she would be shipping it out ASAP on Wednesday morning. I sent her a PM saying that I had sent the payment and asking for the tracking number once she ships the item. Wednesday comes and I see that she has logged on, but no reply to my PM. I sent her another one on Wednesday night but once again she doesn't reply, yet I see she has logged on and she even posted in her FS thread. Today I sent her another PM in the morning and no reply. I also sent her an e-mail in the afternoon. Just checked her profile and it says she was online about an hour ago. I have sent her another PM asking that she provide a tracking number by tomorrow because this is getting a bit shady. Because how do you ship something out and not provide a tracking number for the buyer and then not answer his PMs or e-mails for 2 days, especially when you are logging on the site? If you have time to log on and post in your FS thread surely you have time to PM a buyer his tracking number. :shrugs:

I haven't had ANY problems with none of the other sellers I have bought from on this site, communication has always been excellent and tracking numbers have been provided as soon as the item has been shipped. I would like it to continue this way. Now, I'm not saying she is necessarily a bad seller, because perhaps she did ship the item on Wednesday morning, but there is no reason for the absolute lack of communication and tracking number for the item.

Here is the link to her FS thread: http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=326078

[lamboceliGTS]

That is bad communication. I always reply when a buyer asks.

[StrikerFury]

I also asked her about that actuator, and I didn't get a reply till the 21st. She told me that she was in the Hospital and that's why she had a delayed response to my PM that I sent a few days before. So maybe she had to go back? Not trying to defend her or trying to say anything.

[TRDChamp]

I also asked her about that actuator, and I didn't get a reply till the 21st. She told me that she was in the Hospital and that's why she had a delayed response to my PM that I sent a few days before. So maybe she had to go back? Not trying to defend her or trying to say anything.
If she hadn't logged on at all, I probably wouldn't say anything as I know people are sometimes busy. But like I said, if you have time to log on and post in your For Sale thread, I'm sure you have time to PM a tracking number to a buyer.

[StrikerFury]

Yeah I get what you're saying. Sorry don't know what to tell you, but hopefully everything turns out okay.

[TRDChamp]

I mean as long as she shipped the item on Wednesday morning and it gets here fast I don't mind too much. I definitely would have preferred a tracking number though.

[Kangaruu]

Maybe let it sit for the weekend then see if she answers.

If she still doesn't then confront her in her FS thread.

[Canon20]

Poor communication makes for a bad seller. If she has the time to log into these forums and even post in her for sale thread, then she has the time to take five minuets out of her life and answer a private message with a tracking number. My guess would be she didn't ship it out when she said she would, otherwise, there would be absolutely no reason to dodge you for the tracking number. If she had it, don't you think she would be more confident to give it to you without a second thought...yes.

[TRDChamp]

Poor communication makes for a bad seller. If she has the time to log into these forums and even post in her for sale thread, then she has the time to take five minuets out of her life and answer a private message with a tracking number. My guess would be she didn't ship it out when she said she would, otherwise, there would be absolutely no reason to dodge you for the tracking number. If she had it, don't you think she would be more confident to give it to you without a second thought...yes.
Well if anything, this is what leads me to believe that she may have shipped it:

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showpost.php?p=5257869&postcount=35

But definitely agree, if you're so busy you can even send the tracking number through your phone. It only takes a few minutes.

[hypnotik69]

i just received my control arm on 12/24 and i bought it 2 weeks ago. from what she texted me, she was in the hospital for some time and wasnt able to ship things out herself, so she left it to her boyfriend to take care of all that.

[TRDChamp]

i just received my control arm on 12/24 and i bought it 2 weeks ago. from what she texted me, she was in the hospital for some time and wasnt able to ship things out herself, so she left it to her boyfriend to take care of all that.
2 weeks?! :eek:

How much time had passed when she texted you? I had another seller for the actuator but he told me he wouldn't be able to ship it until after Christmas because he was out of town. She told me she could ship it ASAP which is the only reason I bought it from her. There's no way I'm going to wait 2 weeks to get it or anywhere near that. Not to sound like an a-hole or anything, but if you're so busy that you can't ship items yourself then you shouldn't be accepting payments for items because there is a chance problems (like mine and yours) will occur. Any chance I can get her number so I can text her and ask what's going on?

[Canon20]

2 weeks?! :eek:

How much time had passed when she texted you? I had another seller for the actuator but he told me he wouldn't be able to ship it until after Christmas because he was out of town. She told me she could ship it ASAP which is the only reason I bought it from her. There's no way I'm going to wait 2 weeks to get it or anywhere near that. Not to sound like an a-hole or anything, but if you're so busy that you can't ship items yourself then you shouldn't be accepting payments for items because there is a chance problems (like mine and yours) will occur. Any chance I can get her number so I can text her and ask what's going on?

Agreed completely.

If you are not ready to ship, then you shouldn't be selling at all. Otherwise you are wasting peoples time. There are a few things I am having a problem understanding. It just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe GTSChick00 can come in here and explain.... If you are in the hospital ... then how is it that you made it to your sale thread and posted in it? - Was it your boyfriend? If it was your boyfriend ... or even you, how come you can't respond to a private message with a tracking number, otherwise why even come online at all? If someone said they needed this item out as soon as possible and you assured that buyer you can ship this out no later than Wednesday ... then make it happen, no expectations, no excuses. Make it happen. If you are in the hospital why would you tell someone you can even make the shipment on a day you knew you couldn't? I just don't understand people like this..and the more people come around with these type of excuses the more it irritates me. Behavior like this is unacceptable... maybe I should start handing out full strikes on sellers. Mess up like this and you won't sell for six months? Maybe this will start getting ugly sellers to straighten their act, or eBay they go!!

[TRDChamp]

Still haven't heard anything from her, I hope my package gets here tomorrow if she did in fact ship it Wednesday.

[Canon20]

Still haven't heard anything from her, I hope my package gets here tomorrow if she did in fact ship it Wednesday.

I'm still in disbelief she even sent your item out. But maybe time will tell and prove me wrong.

[TRDChamp]

I'm still in disbelief she even sent your item out. But maybe time will tell and prove me wrong.
Honestly if it doesn't get here tomorrow morning when the mail comes, then I just want my money back.

[StrikerFury]

I hope you get it. Because if you didn't order it from her I'm pretty sure I'd be in your situation. Best of luck

[TRDChamp]

Thanks. Mail still hasn't come because I'm guessing it's piled up due to all the Christmas mail and it will get here later.

[TRDChamp]

Mail came but no package. Now I'm pissed.

[Geist]

I hate to say it, but if you don't get a response or package soon, you'll have to file a claim with paypal.

[lamboceliGTS]

Im willing to bet it hasnt been shipped

[TRDChamp]

I hate to say it, but if you don't get a response or package soon, you'll have to file a claim with paypal.
My problem is the fact that I need the part right now more than I need the money. Without the actuator I can't install my alarm.

She hasn't even logged in since the 23rd. These transactions should be smooth and simple, there is no reason they should be so damn troublesome. :thumbdown

[Canon20]

If I were you TRDChamp, I'd open a paypal dispute claim and go ahead and purchase an actuator from another member ... Just because while you are sitting around waiting for her to log in you could have one shipped and on it's way to you. If you end up getting the one from another member first and then get hers )and that's saying if she even sent it out - which by the looks of it she didn't) just don't accept the package and have it returned. Obviously she hasn't logged in for a few days so chances are if you open a paypal dispute NOW she won't respond to the paypal dispute and it will end in your favor. So without wasting anymore time, do that now and order from someone else.

[TRDChamp]

If I were you TRDChamp, I'd open a paypal dispute claim and go ahead and purchase an actuator from another member ... Just because while you are sitting around waiting for her to log in you could have one shipped and on it's way to you. If you end up getting the one from another member first and then get hers )and that's saying if she even sent it out - which by the looks of it she didn't) just don't accept the package and have it returned. Obviously she hasn't logged in for a few days so chances are if you open a paypal dispute NOW she won't respond to the paypal dispute and it will end in your favor. So without wasting anymore time, do that now and order from someone else.
Honestly, I've thought about this. The other seller that I have for the actuator has a lot of great feedback and told me he'd be able to ship it right after Christmas. Only reason I got it from her is because she said she would ship it ASAP meaning I would have it today or tomorrow by the latest. Now here's the thing, I made the PayPal payment with my Credit Card, is there a way I can call my credit card company and ask them to cancel it or reverse that payment? Because from what I've heard PayPal disputes don't always get you a full refund. If I could be sure that I will get all the money back on the card I won't hesitate to buy the actuator from someone else.

Also, how would I go about filing a dispute, is this done through the PayPal website or by phone?

This is the first time I've had to deal with something like this so any help I can get is extremely appreciated.

[TRDChamp]

Ok I checked the PayPal website and I just filed a dispute. Guess I have to wait a bit before I can escalate it to a claim?

[24wicked7]

maybe her inbox is full? have you tried talking to her in her FS thread? good luck

[TRDChamp]

I posted twice in her For Sale thread. Since then it has been locked. I have sent 3 e-mails in the rare case that her PMs would be full. She really has no excuse.

Thanks.

[TRDChamp]

Alright I escalated the dispute to a claim today. I also ordered the actuator from someone else.

[MaxximumRage]

Be prepared for the usual BS.... Thats why I am weary on dealing on here, I'll pay more for local parts IF i need it rather go through what a lot of people post on here...

[TRDChamp]

Got a PM back from her just now, but I'd rather let her come on here and post herself.

[evensen007]

So basically you had to escalate a paypal claim against her to get her to respond... Nice.

[blkcelica01]

Got a PM back from her just now, but I'd rather let her come on here and post herself.

ok, what did she have to say :eatpop:

[Canon20]

So basically you had to escalate a paypal claim against her to get her to respond... Nice.

Yup. Sorry but that's exactly the way it looks. You open a claim and then she so happens as to come online the next day and respond. Go figure. If I were you, I would still go ahead with the refund but that's up to you. You were promised to have the item shipped out Wednesday and no later. If that didn't happen you should have been notified, especially if she or her boyfriend came into the forums and posted in her own thread. Failure to keep your buyers notified will result in loss of business. You kept your part of the bargain by making the payment as soon as possible, however, she couldn't send the part out on the date she told you she would!

[mnwolftrack]

I would be very cautious on future purchases--looks like you also tried to get a sticker from R K E 1 CA recently during his latest attempt to scam people.

[lamboceliGTS]

I'm curious what it said as well. WTF 2 weeks of more with no contact and she came on and bumped for for sale thread?

Why not post in here mam?

[TRDChamp]

I sent her a link to this thread along with my reply, but I guess she hasn't logged back in since then.

Here's her PM to me:

hey if you watch the news u would know my state was hit with a horrible bliZzard that dropped 3 feet of snow ... bc of that it knocked out my cable/tv/Internet so I couldn't get on tonpm you back and have been stuck inside my house due to unplowed roads ... I sent it via ups thru staples and called them today and they said all deliveries have been stopped due to the weather and will resume tomorrow so u should have it the next day ...I have never screwed someone over and u can ask anyone on the forums I am very reliable I'm sorry for the inconvenience but I could not help the blizzard thanka

Here's my reply:

I know that the East Coast was hit pretty hard with snow the past weekend and I live in Maryland myself so I felt some of that snow too. But my problem is you got on the website on Wednesday AND Thursday when you HAD POWER and I had sent about 2 or 3 PMs by then. If you had time to post on your thread twice, then I'm sure a simple reply to one of my PMs with my tracking number wouldn't have been a problem since you said you would send it Wednesday morning (before the Blizzard hit). If you had done that, I wouldn't have minded waiting a few extra days for the package to arrive, but unfortunately you didn't. Put yourself in my position, what would you have done when you didn't hear back from a seller after more than a week when you had already sent the payment and they said they would ship the item ASAP the next day?

By now I have already ordered the part from someone else because I needed it urgently so I don't want the item anymore. I had opened a claim on PayPal for a full refund a couple of days ago, so if you refund my $60 I will gladly close the claim and also post in the Buyer & Seller Feedback thread I made so that your For Sale thread may be re-opened.

I'm sorry our business ended up like this, but communication is crucial to a successful transaction and there was none of that here.

[TRDChamp]

I would be very cautious on future purchases--looks like you also tried to get a sticker from R K E 1 CA recently during his latest attempt to scam people.
I got the decals from him just fine, but thanks for the heads up either way.

[lamboceliGTS]

Did she say when it was shipped, has she sent out a tracking number?

She couldn't get on to PM you, but could bump a post hmmmm....

[Canon20]

Yup .. when you get that package from her. Just refuse it, and have it returned. You will save on return shipping cost. Has she responded to your paypal open claim? If no, then hopefully she doesn't and you will be rewarded the claim.

[TRDChamp]

Did she say when it was shipped, has she sent out a tracking number?

She couldn't get on to PM you, but could bump a post hmmmm....
This is what I find funny, she said it would be shipped Wednesday morning. I sent her a PM on Wednesday and Thursday asking for my tracking number, but no replies. Yet she had time to post in her For Sale thread twice during those two days.

What's really stupid is the fact that in the PM she sent me recently she said it had already been shipped out through UPS, yet she didn't provide a tracking number. :faint:
Yup .. when you get that package from her. Just refuse it, and have it returned. You will save on return shipping cost. Has she responded to your paypal open claim? If no, then hopefully she doesn't and you will be rewarded the claim.
Yeah I will definitely be refusing that package. No she has not responded yet and I honestly doubt she will. Thanks for the help man. :)

[GTSChick00]

you know what i do not appreciate my forum being blown up when i contacted the buyer and told him all the problems i was having.... i have never had a problem with anyone and peopl have given me great feedback about how fast i ship items ...; i like how i end up in the hospital and fell behind on some stuff and now i am being com pletely bashed like i am horrible ...no body here knows what went on and if you would all like me to forward u the messages i sent to him i would gladly do so..... like i told him io recently got out of the hospital and in the midst of everything my state got hit with 3 feet of snow and he night of the blizzard i was traped in my car on the news for 24 hours on the road.... only to return home and have no internet/phone/or tv...as soon as i could get on the internet i got in contact with the buyer which i informed him i hav had nothing to be able to get online ....ad when i could get on he was the first i would contact.. i dont understand why in his pms he is so nice and then on here acts like i am some scammer... i guess in his life nothing pops up or unexpectedly goes wrong...i also contacted him telling him i had no problem refunding his money and now that he put a claim in i am having problems with fixing the claim while his money is on hold and i have repeatedly asked him for help so this clearly made eveything worse for him when i could have just sent the money back... i am very angry that in the past year i have had great and fast service and can have alot of members on this site vouch for me ...and this has never happend before but like i said come the hell on stuff can happen in life but i did my best with contacting him when i could get to a friends house with the internet any please to all of you stop assuming what kind of person and seller i am because to everyone else i have hooked everyone else up, given away alot of free stuff and went over extreme measures to make people happy thankls

[GTSChick00]

i really cant believe how far you guys have gone with this what do u all live in a perfect world where bad stff doesnt happen ? have u not seen my feedback and what good comments people say about me ? i just cant believe how there is not 1 comment here about how i contacted him or the effort i made on my side?

[GTSChick00]

oh and btw canon since u are "mr know it all" i have never had one time when i was to busy to answer my pms for over a year i have been selling stuff and always stay on stiop of it so please do not put out assumptions that i post stuff for sale and do not have time for it ... i am very tired of hearing these comments about how i have no time ..like seriously?? can i help when emerencys happen?

[GTSChick00]

1 more thing i did ship the part also the day before the blizzard hit the north east and i live in jersey and i was contaxcting ups and bc of the 3-4 feets the whole are got ups was all messed up and half the packages were scatter and not where they were suppos to be..staples informed me 3 days after the storm that hopefully everything was found andback on track and geting shiipped...WHICH I TOLD TRD CHAMP...i told im every day was ups was saying to me about all the mix ups bc of the storm and how delayed a ton of packages were in the warehouse and they EVEN GAVE ME A CREDIT TOWARD MY NEXT FEW SHIPMENTS since all the problems i had received with the shipment .... so yesi had to go back and contact ups and sfindthe shipment and stop the process of it so i could get it back when i finall had a comp to go on to find out he wanted a refund ...SO YES I DO NOT SEE ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THAT ? SINCE HE KNEW AL THAT BY TH PMS I SENT HIM AND HOW I WAS TRRYING BUT JERSEY GOT HIT THE WORST 100s of people died in that storm , the state had no money to plow til 4days after is when the roads were cleared so please do not blame something i could not control on me and maybe canon u should wait till u hear both sides before you jump to conclusions

[fathorsejr]

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[GTSChick00]

LAMBO- i never came on and bumped anything-BC I HAD NO INERNET AND IF THERE IS A BUMP THEN THAT WAS NOT ME THANKS

[TRDChamp]

Whoa, first of all, let's get some things straight:

I sent the payment Tuesday night which was 12/21/10

You were supposed to ship the part Wednesday morning 12/22/10

I sent you a Private Message saying that I had sent the payment and asking for the tracking number once you shipped the item. Wednesday comes and I see that you have logged on, but no reply to my PM. I sent you another one on Wednesday night but once again you didn't reply, yet I see you have logged on and even posted in your For Sale thread (Link: http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=326078). Thursday (12/23) I sent you another PM in the morning and no reply. I also sent you an e-mail in the afternoon. I checked your profile and it said you were online about an hour ago that day (it was 9:05pm, your last login was at 8:04pm). I then sent you another PM asking that you provide a tracking number by the next day (12/24) because this was getting a bit shady. Because how do you ship something out and not provide a tracking number for the buyer and then not answer his PMs or e-mails for 2 days, especially when you are logging on the site? If you have time to log on and post in your FS thread surely you have time to PM a buyer his tracking number

This thread was made on 12/23/10 at 9:41pm. If you read carefully, you will notice that I never "bashed" you as you claim, I just simply made this thread to raise awareness of what was going on and to see if I could get some type of response from you since you were not replying to my PMs or e-mails.

After waiting for 5 days with no response whatsoever from you, I followed some good advice in this thread from some very helpful members and I filed a dispute on PayPal on 12/28 and then escalated it to a claim the next day.

When I got your first PM on 12/29, I sent a reply along with a link to this thread. I figured I'd let you say your story on here, but a whole day went by and you didn't reply, post in the thread, or even login again so I decided to post your PM to me along with my reply (http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showpost.php?p=5261860&postcount=35)

On your PM to me you said you had some problems, and I said I understood, but I had ALREADY filed a claim, made a thread about the whole situation, and also ordered the part from someone else because I needed it urgently. I asked that you simply refund my $60 and I would close the claim as well as post in here saying that everything had been resolved so that your FS thread would be opened again. The weird thing also was that even though you said you had shipped the item out, you never once provided the tracking number.

After that I didn't get another response from you until 01/02/11.

In your PM you said:

Sry I have no Internet at myy house and no car so it is had to communicate I have no problem refunding your 60 that is not a problem I have to contact ups they have been really messed up with everything and apologized to me for all the mix ups I can forwarded u everything they sent to me but once I contact them I will refund the 60 later. Tonight ok? Thank you and sorry for everything this has never once happened before and I have been selling parts every week for over a year ... It is one of my min sources of income and I have very good feedback like I said tonight you will have your money back thanks

I didn't save a copy of my reply, but I basically told you that it was ok and that once you refunded my money everything would be good.

I received my actuator from the other seller on 01/03 and installed it the next day.

On 01/06 I got another PM from you:

Hey I went on paypal to refund the money and it shows it was already taken out of my account but it's on hold or something then when I go where it says to resolve the complaint it gives me 3 options like the first one is saying I shipped it te 2nd is saying Somethin else and the 3rd is saying that I refunded the money but there is no other options so when I say j refunded the money since it was taken out of my account it asks for a transaction number so when I put it in it's says it's not the right one '.... I don't know how to get the money out of hold bc of the complaint and I don't know what option to pick I wAs gunna call paypal but I thought I would ask u first if u knew what to do cuz I'm trying to get ur money back ... I just wish there was no complaint filed bc it would have been so easy just to send the money to u like I have done in the past... I just don't know how to get the money off hold I've been trying all day

My reply:

This is the first time something like this has happened to me, so I wouldn't know. I had to file the claim for security measures. If you don't know what to do, just simply don't do anything because they will just end up refunding me my money on the 8th if there is no action from you. I guess you could always try calling them.

Today (01/07) you posted in this thread and then you sent me this PM:

did you really make a forum about me to bash me? i clearly explained to u i had no internet and i was doing my best to contact you .... i do not uderstand what u dont understand about things that come up or why i couldnt just refund the money...but seriously i have had GREAT feedback and have went through extreme measures to hel people i have given free stuff wit mypurchases had many buyers come to my house and i canhave alot of people tell you that i am a great seller and because of a problem i have you are now goin all over the forum basicalybashing me .... if you would like to know i was in the hospital, then got stuck in my car for 24 hours in the snow storma and was onthe news only to come home and have nothing no internet /tv/phone nuthing at my house.... maybe you should wai to see what was going on bc clearly have not logged on to my ac**** in a while and clearly u can read my feedback and what everyone else could say to me ... all i am saying is i have a sick mother i lost my house and family and job and now thans to you and the forum craop myou posted about me this was my only chance in having a few dollars in my pocket by selling stuff

A few minutes after that you sent this one:

oh and by the way can u please delete that thread about the bs about me bc if not im going t contact the administrator with all my proof and have it taken down thanks?

I haven't replied yet because I saw that you posted in this thread, so I figured I'd just reply on here instead.

After all the facts and proof that I just posted I don't see how you can try and make me look like I'm the bad guy here. I mean, seriously? Come on now.

I'm honestly just tired of dealing with all this, I hope that tomorrow I will get my refund so that this can be over and done with.

[lamboceliGTS]

YOU - 12-22-2010, 07:30 AM
bumpppp pms answered!

YOU- 12-22-2010, 08:45 PM
no shift cables and both lock actuators are gone sorry :-(... i still have a ton more though people! :-)

TRDChamp - 12-23-2010, 12:46 PM
Please check your PMs.

Still no refund? Shady as ****. I would've made a claim much longer ago.

[GTSChick00]

i am not trying to make u look like the bad guy but im sick of u saying i am the bad guy when i explaine everything in detail and i responded to you the first chance i got ..... what do u want me to do if it was staples/ups fault for the delay in delivering? really kept up on it for u so i made sure everything went ok with u ? im am sorry i am not god and cant control a blizzard that messed up 90 percent of the packages delivered staples and ups said .. i even got a credit from ups for the problems they gave me so i can ship my next few items for free! like what r u god or something do bad things not happen in ur life or something and btw ur delay on getting ur money is 100% percent ur own damn fault i would have refunded ur money as soon as i was able to get on a computer bc i have no internet at my house and i even explained that to you i had no problem refunding ur money as long as ups returned my package that is exactly what i said .... im sick of the fct that i am being nice to you and ur out here making me look horrible....

LAMBO- honestly ive been selling stuff for a long time on here and never onceeven came close to having a problem i have always been 100 percent great to whoever purchased my products this is bs and no s*it i bumped my thread bc thats the day i shipped the friggan actuator that was the last day before the blizzard when i lost my whole internet connection u idiot! did u not just hear that everything in jersey was shut down till the 29th and since the 27 until a few days ago i have been fighting with ups and after they found the shipment i had to go through the trouble of getting it returned when it already made it to maryland right before they took it to his house.. so what the hell r u talkin about oh and lambo I JUST MADE IT CLEAR IT IS HIS FAULTFOR NO REFUND I TRIED REFUNDING THE PAYMENT DAYS AGO FOR HIM BUT BECAUSE HE DECIDED TO OPEN A CLAIM FOR NO REASON WITHOUT JUST LETTING ME SEND HIM THE MONEY BACK , THE CLAIM IS HOLDING THE MONEY TILL THEY RELEASE IT ON THE 8TH.... I HAVE EVEN CONTACTED HIM ASKING HOW I FIX THAT SO HE GETS HIS MONEY QUICKER BCI DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE CLAIM ON PAYPAL AND HE SAID IT WAS FINE HE WILL WAIT TILL ITS RELEASED....THE REFUND IS NOT MY FAULT

[GTSChick00]

this was my convo and his answer when i tried to send his money to him

TRDChamp:
This is the first time something like this has happened to me, so I wouldn't know. I had to file the claim for security measures. If you don't know what to do, just simply don't do anything because they will just end up refunding me my money on the 8th if there is no action from you. I guess you could always try calling them.

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Originally Posted by GTSChick00
Hey I went on paypal to refund the money and it shows it was already taken out of my account but it's on hold or something then when I go where it says to resolve the complaint it gives me 3 options like the first one is saying I shipped it te 2nd is saying Somethin else and the 3rd is saying that I refunded the money but there is no other options so when I say j refunded the money since it was taken out of my account it asks for a transaction number so when I put it in it's says it's not the right one '.... I don't know how to get the money out of hold bc of the complaint and I don't know what option to pick I wAs gunna call paypal but I thought I would ask u first if u knew what to do cuz I'm trying to get ur money back ... I just wish there was no complaint filed bc it would have been so easy just to send the money to u like I have done in the past... I just don't know how to get the money off hold I've been trying all day




ave to contact ups they have been really messed up with everything and apologized to me for all the mix ups I can forwarded u everything they sent to me but once I contact them I will refund the 60 later. Thank you and sorry for everything this has never once happened before and I have been selling parts every week for over a year ... It is one of my min sources of income and I have very good feedback like I said tonight you will have your money back thanks

[GTSChick00]

since u wanna call me shady by the way and not know anything about me does that give me the right to call u a fruit cake mr "lambo"? no it doesnt right? simply just a question stating the facts that i dont go around saying assumptions about u so please dont about me ... if u were in the hospital or a close relative died to u does that give me the right to go on the forum and tell everything ur a scammer bc u copuldnt get on the celica forum? ...exactly ... i did everything i could to the best of my ability to make sure everything got fixed... i got scammed a few weeks ago from some guy from ireland or some crap for my side skirts and paypal caught it.. so if im getting scammed by someone and have sold to most the people on this forum then how the hell am i a scammer?

[TRDChamp]

Wow, I can't put it any clearer than I already have in my last post. I even bolded the dates to make sure you didn't miss them, but obviously you still don't understand.

I'm going to make this part really clear for you though:

I OPENED THE DISPUTE ON DECEMBER 28TH AND ESCALATED IT TO A CLAIM ON THE 29TH. YOU OFFERED TO REFUND MY $60 ON JANUARY 2ND, 5 DAYS AFTER I HAD ALREADY FILED THE CLAIM. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU OFFERED TO REFUND MY MONEY AND THEN I WENT AND OPENED THE CLAIM, I HAD ALREADY DONE IT WAY BEFORE THAT. I WASN'T GOING TO CANCEL THE CLAIM WHEN IT WAS ALREADY SO CLOSE TO THE DATE THAT I WOULD GET MY REFUND GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU WERE STILL BARELY LOGGING IN EVERY NOW AND THEN.

You also claim to have a lot of great feedback, yet you have been here since 2008 and you only have 2 iTrader ratings.

This has got to be the most unpleasant and troublesome transaction I've ever had in my life.

[GTSChick00]

i wasnt talking about just ratings im talkin about with everything...and i even give away alot of free stuff to people to help them none the less i have alot of people on this forum come to be house to look at parts and buy them.. would i really be a scmmer... and im sorry but opening this thread was pointless no matter what reason you have other than to make me look bad over things i could not control yet i did my best with having to go to the library at times just to message you back so u would not think anything bad of me ... but of course you already did ... im sorry but i love this forum and this is where i spend most of my tme during the day on andall u have one is make me look bad to people when i am the sweetest person to everyone on here .. i help people out with payment plans i am constantly asking questions, and meeting friends and if this were u then u would be mad too i am not going to be happy until this thread is gone... i just cant believe that after doing the best i could with the circumstances gven to me and not being able to emphasize enough how sorry i was for the mix up this is what i get in the end....aftyer all this i regret spending day after day on the phone with UPS and staples arguing and fighting and hours of them searching and sorting through the mess just so i could make sure nuthing happened to ur package and u were still getting it , and the taxis i had to pay for while still sick and out of commission from just getting out of the hospital, to get a ride to the library bc my celica is in the shop that this is what i get in the end..basically it was completely worthless of me being nice and trying to help u out and care about people who are nice enough to give me their money for my parts.. i should have just sold my part for alot more to the other person i am in communication now with in the first place atleast he would have understood that sh*t happens in the world to cause inconveniences and maybe he watches the news to see how much a blizzard screws things up.. sad to say if it wasnt for the bizzard you would have gotten ur part the day after christmas if not prob the day before xmas... and on top of that after knowing all this and after all the PM's and everything being straightened out i still do not see u saying i am not a scammer to people or ending everyones assumptions. but no u just opened up the door for people like lambo to call me shady...thanks guess it does not pay to be nice to strangers who could care less

[TRDChamp]

I'm just going to post my reply to the PM you just sent me:

Like I've said before this is my first time dealing with anything like this. The thread was made just so I could get some help from other members, if you read my original post I even stated in bolded letters that I am not trying to say you are a bad seller by any means. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being scammed or anything.

I am really sorry about your problems, but it was not my intention in any way to make your life worse. I've simply posted facts and the conversations between us. Nothing more.

Once my money gets refunded by PayPal (which should be tomorrow), all of this will be resolved. Your For Sale thread will be re-opened and I will not leave any negative iTrader feedback for you since I know what you told me about the blizzard is true.

Once again I'm sorry our business had to end like this, but it was neither my fault nor yours. **** happens I guess.

[jester24]

I dont see why you guys are fighting with her if she was in the hospital.. ive bought stuff off celica chick and i can say it was a good experience.. i got the items i bought off her quickly.. it so happens that u ordered ur items around the holiday seasons so of course ur going to get delays in ur shipping! DUHHHH!! ive bought an intake off her and i got it quickly.. plus if u got your money back i dont see what the big deal is... i would still buy off her... good prices and fast shipping in my opinion... i also got a third break light off her and some coils... dude ur itrader is only 3 and u just joined the forums.. im not saying im like a long time member either but u cant be dissing someone whos been here longer than you and probably knows more about it then u... just my opinion!

[TRDChamp]

I dont see why you guys are fighting with her if she was in the hospital.. ive bought stuff off celica chick and i can say it was a good experience.. i got the items i bought off her quickly.. it so happens that u ordered ur items around the holiday seasons so of course ur going to get delays in ur shipping! DUHHHH!! ive bought an intake off her and i got it quickly.. plus if u got your money back i dont see what the big deal is... i would still buy off her... good prices and fast shipping in my opinion... i also got a third break light off her and some coils... dude ur itrader is only 3 and u just joined the forums.. im not saying im like a long time member either but u cant be dissing someone whos been here longer than you and probably knows more about it then u... just my opinion!
First off, no one is "fighting" here. At least I'm not. I'm just trying to get everything cleared up and resolved.

Second, the holidays have nothing to do with the shipping delay, it was the weather. Please re-read the thread before making inaccurate assumptions.

Third, I still haven't gotten my money back. Not yet anyway.

My iTrader rating is actually 4, and that's not bad for having only joined 2 months ago; especially considering I've only been buying and not selling. Like I said before, I'm not saying she is a bad seller, I see that she does have some good feedback so I'm not taking that away from her. Once again, no one is "dissing" anybody here, what is this Middle School? Please... :faint:

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I sincerely hope that all of this gets solved by tomorrow. In my short time here I have grown to love this forum, had some excellent trouble-free transactions, learned a lot about my car, been to a Celica meet and met a lot of cool fellow Celica owners in my area. I don't want this to interfere with any of that and I can only hope that nothing like this ever happens again.

[jester24]

im not starting a fight man just seems like everyone is ganging up on her... im sure youll get your money back... all im saying that i had good experience and that one bad sale shouldnt mess up her rep..

[lamboceliGTS]

Simple lack of communication on sellers part and now it's an issue.

Hospital or not you were logged on. Without taking two seconds to write a simple pm.

I wouldnt wait two weeks with no communication. Papal and credit card charge back.

It's january 8th and he still has no product nor refund? Yep, good seller. I say this based on your actions, you csn sit behind a computer and type all you want but it won't change the fact it was never shipped and I'm guessing isn't anytime soon.

[evensen007]

He has every reason/right to make a paypal claim. Gtschick just sounds like a broken record making excuses. All she had to do was say sorry it worked out like this and it would be done. Instead she is fighting with everyone and making it worse.

[hulkster]

i just skimmed over this thread so i dont have all the details. only that i have delt with her and she did sell me a piece for cheap. so i had a good experience.whatever the issue is just resolve it,not give excuses or what not.

[TRDChamp]

i just skimmed over this thread so i dont have all the details. only that i have delt with her and she did sell me a piece for cheap. so i had a good experience.whatever the issue is just resolve it,not give excuses or what not.
The only post needed to understand what's going on is this one:

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showpost.php?p=5267156&postcount=46

[FrostsCelicaGTS]

Bought my gt wheels from her for a good price drove there and picked them up. She gave me from stuff for free . Def not a scammer good seller . **** happens in life. People get sick companies forgot to ship stuff . She's a good seller her reputation shouldn't be ruined by one transaction

[TRDChamp]

My money was refunded by PayPal today; we can consider this resolved.

Thanks to everyone for all the help!

[lamboceliGTS]

From GTSCHICK

listen u need to shut the hell up first off did u not just see trdchamp said this is not my fault and im not a bad seller....second stop talking about me being logged on of course i was logged on the 23rd thats when i shipped the piece to him but maybe ur family isnt big with the holidays but mine is so im sorry if i tried to log in to do eveyrthing i needed to do and only got half done bc i had family things to take care of in my house and then my internet got shut off .... u have no right to talk if u dont know the pms that were sent between me and the buyer. i did everythig i needed t do and the problems were out of my control which he even stated the last 4 times ...and u also need to stop saying i didnt refund ghis money i tried to refund his money a week ago! but if u knew anything about paypal u would know tthat when a claim is opened the money is on hold by paypal and neither party can get to it till a certain dat whhich was the8th of jan... i would have gladly and tried to give his money back but i couldnt so it was not my problem and he even knew that ... i even spoke to him and paypal last week and he agreed to just wait bc it was his fault he opened the claim in the first place... do u have anything else better to do but sit there a sh*t talk people u dont know and get involved in situations u have no idea about.... mybe u should learn what ur talkin about before u voice ur opinion bc apparently i just proved evertything u have been posting that u have been wrong about... also if the buyer is apologizing to me and saying im not at fault maybe u should shut up and realize ur wrong too

Seriously? Chill out and learn to spell check. Thanks has a good day.

[GTSChick00]

thaqnk u guys for backing me up
TRDChamp- thanks also im glad everything is resolved and u made it clear that sh*t does happend and i am not a scammer.... i wish you could have gotten ur money quicker when i WANTED to refund it but we both couldnt do anything bc paypal took the money and put it on hold

and lambo- y the hell are u even still ion this threead u have no idea what ur talkin about ARE U BLIND TO SEE Y THE MONEY WASNT REFUNDED IT WAS NOT MINE OR TRDS FAULT THE MONEY WAS PUT ON HOLD ... I TRIED TO REFUND IT LAST WEEK.. but either way ur still sh*t talkin when the buyer himself said it wasnt my fault it was UPS fault... so do urself a favor and please get a hobby instead of butting in to peoples business u have no idea about ...but please beore u sh*t talk can u atkleast read the damn posts before u comment u can atleast know what ur talking about and make comments that are actually right and not wrong


either way this is done and over with with TRDs hep everything will be fixed from this miscommunication

[lamboceliGTS]

Chill little girl... The whole point was miscommunication on your part which you acknowledge.

[AZgts]

Chill little girl... The whole point was miscommunication on your part which you acknowledge.

Lambo I still don't see where you come into to all this... STFUP. Now I'm not siding with ANYONE, both sides have/had reason to be upset. It's done and over. BOTTOM LINE... Take your own thoughts out of this whole experience, IMO and from what the other buyers from GTSchick have to say I wouldn't slate this as a bad seller just a lack in communication. Both parties were in the wrong... case closed, move on. If we wanna talk about bad sellers please feel free to view the following examples...

MIDO (http://newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=316940)
2NDchanceCELI (http://newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=291492)
APRCelica (http://newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=317336)
oh wait... MIDO AGAIN (http://newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=312972)

[lamboceliGTS]

^It's a public forum. Not that difficult to comprehend.

[Omnious]

Chill little girl... The whole point was miscommunication on your part which you acknowledge.
Lambo I still don't see where you come into to all this... STFUP. Now I'm not siding with ANYONE, both sides have/had reason to be upset. It's done and over. BOTTOM LINE... Take your own thoughts out of this whole experience, IMO and from what the other buyers from GTSchick have to say I wouldn't slate this as a bad seller just a lack in communication. Both parties were in the wrong... case closed, move on. If we wanna talk about bad sellers please feel free to view the following examples...^It's a public forum. Not that difficult to comprehend.

However, you tend to run your mouth in every single complaint thread in the feedback forum, regardless of whether or not you are involved in the transaction.

Sometimes, it's justified (Mido, APRCelica). In this case, the situation is resolved, so you have no valid reason to continue blasting GTSChick00.

Enough already.

[Canon20]

Glad everything worked out int he end TRDChamp. GTSChick00, hope you learned a valuable lesson here; Communication is absolute KEY. Note to yourself: If you are going to have your boyfriend or whoever it was post in your thread updating people on whats available while your 'disappearance' then they should learn to respond to private messages from people who are waiting on their parts or at least update them on YOUR current situation. Responses don't come out from no where. No excuses.

[TRDChamp]

Thanks for all the help Canon! :)

[Klint]

glad it worked out!

[mnwolftrack]

What I still see as a discrepancy is how the posts were made in the "for sale" thread that LamboCeliGTS quoted in post # 47 above. If she didn't make them, who did? I highly doubt someone "hacked" her account and made these 3 convenient posts. People speculated her boyfriend typed them (he makes the same spelling errors and uses smiley faces?), but unless I've missed it, it was not confirmed. The only thing I caught was that she said that if her post had been bumped, it wasn't done by her. This ISSUE is huge in terms of buyer/seller trust, as it does indeed look downright suspicious. Trying to cover something up will only backfire.

Which brings me to something else--proper spelling and grammar are required for successful communication (in any aspect of life). I'm sorry, but GTSChick00's posts are downright painful to read. And as an outsider to this situation, the way GTSChick00 is responding to this issue in public is also rather "off the rail" meaning it doesn't seem to take much to set her off (not good from a buyer's perspective). TRDChamp wasn't calling anyone a scammer or bad seller. He was simply trying to get communication going, and had every right to post this publicly. There have been enough bad transactions on this board, and a lot of people are on edge now.

P.S. touting how great a seller you are, etc.... will likely end up backfiring on you in the end. YOU don't define how great a seller you are. Your buyers do. Feedback also means nothing. There are other threads, including a sticky, describing this. That, and she only has 89 posts total (in other words, not much "public" history on this forum).

All that being said, I do not see GTSChick00 as a "shady seller" and she hasn't "earned" the honor of being on the Shady Seller's list. This is just my .02, and I do not know either party involved, but this issue overall is a great example of how proper communication is important, and what you say, or do not say, IS publicly monitored and people ARE watching. People these days (especially buyers--their hard earned money is at stake) will call out conflicting public information or anything even remotely suspicious.

[Canon20]

What I still see as a discrepancy is how the posts were made in the "for sale" thread that LamboCeliGTS quoted in post # 47 above. If she didn't make them, who did? I highly doubt someone "hacked" her account and made these 3 convenient posts. People speculated her boyfriend typed them (he makes the same spelling errors and uses smiley faces?), but unless I've missed it, it was not confirmed. The only thing I caught was that she said that if her post had been bumped, it wasn't done by her. This ISSUE is huge in terms of buyer/seller trust, as it does indeed look downright suspicious. Trying to cover something up will only backfire.

Which brings me to something else--proper spelling and grammar are required for successful communication (in any aspect of life). I'm sorry, but GTSChick00's posts are downright painful to read. And as an outsider to this situation, the way GTSChick00 is responding to this issue in public is also rather "off the rail" meaning it doesn't seem to take much to set her off (not good from a buyer's perspective). TRDChamp wasn't calling anyone a scammer or bad seller. He was simply trying to get communication going, and had every right to post this publicly. There have been enough bad transactions on this board, and a lot of people are on edge now.

P.S. touting how great a seller you are, etc.... will likely end up backfiring on you in the end. YOU don't define how great a seller you are. Your buyers do. Feedback also means nothing. There are other threads, including a sticky, describing this. That, and she only has 89 posts total (in other words, not much "public" history on this forum).

All that being said, I do not see GTSChick00 as a "shady seller" and she hasn't "earned" the honor of being on the Shady Seller's list. This is just my .02, and I do not know either party involved, but this issue overall is a great example of how proper communication is important, and what you say, or do not say, IS publicly monitored and people ARE watching. People these days (especially buyers--their hard earned money is at stake) will call out conflicting public information or anything even remotely suspicious.

Very well put.

[GTSChick00]

ok first off i I HAVE ADMITTED 13 TIMES THAT I WAS ON DEC 23RD NOT MY BF TO POST AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG BC I HAD ALREADY SHIPPED OUT THE ITEM TO TRDCHAMP ,I LEGIT WAS ON OR 2 MIN I OPENED UP A TAB WITH THE FORUM AND WITH MY PRIVATE MESSAGES AND IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING I GOT CALLED OUT BY FAMILY AND NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO IT , WHEN I DID RETURN BACK THE FIRST CHANCE I GOT MY INTERNET WAS SHUT OFF AND STILL IS SO I EITHER HAD TO GO TO THE LIBRARY OR WAIT TILL I WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE TILL NOW...

THE BF PARTED OUT MY WHOLE CELICA AND WE ARE SELLING EVERYTHING TOGETHER...W BOTH KNOW THE 100 % SITUATION BUT HE HAS NEVER NEVER POSTED ON MY ACCOUNT...YOU GUYS ARE MIXING UP WHAT MY PREVIOUS BUYER SAID A FEW POST BACK THAT MY BF SHIPPED HIM HIS PART WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WHICH SHOULD [PROVE HOW INPORTANT THE PEOPLE WHO BUY FROM ME ARE BC EVEN WHILE I WAS IN BAD CONDITION I STILL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT WHAT THEY PAID FOR


i am convinced that no one here reads the pots 100 percent...

THANK YOU omnious and AZGTS
LAMBO- seriously just stop we just admitted it was both our faults NOT JUST MINE ....

I COULDNT HELP THAT THAT I HAD NO INTERNET OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERING EVERY HOUR LIKE I NORMALLY DO...IT IS NOT MY FAULT I GOT HIT WITH THE WORST BLIZZARD IN ALMOST 60 YEARS AND EVERYTHING WAS SCREWED UP IN THIS STATE FOR WEEKS...DO U KNOW I WAS JUST LISTENING ON THE NEWS THAT PACKAGES ARE STILL NOT BEING RECEIVED BY PEOPLE.

MNWOLFTRACK- THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD THINGS YOU SAID BUT ALSO I DONT THINK U REALIZE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE ATTACKED LIKE I WAS I COULD NOT HELP ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AS MUCH AS IT LOOKED LIKE MISCOMMUNICATION ...EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF MY CONTROL AND I DID MY BEST..BUT I COULD NOT HELP UPS SCREWING EVERYTHING UP AND CONSIDERING MY HOUSE IN FORECLOSURE I AM BEING EVICTED IN 7 DAYS WITH MY FAMILY AND HAVE NO WHERE TO LIVE YET ALONE THEY HAD TO SHUT MY INTERNET OFF WEEKS AGO , SO IT WAS IN NO WAY LIKE I JUST COULDNT ANSWER... ON DEC 23. WHEN I LOGGED ON I ONLY HAD 2 MIN AND LIKE I SAID WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK TO MY COMP MY INTERNET TV EVERYTHING WAS SHUT OFF ....BUT LIKE I SAID U DONNT KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE ATTACKED BY EVERY ONE LIKE I WAS AND BE CALLED SHADY WHEN I DIDNT EVEN DO ANYTHING WRONG AND I WAS TRYING MY BEST , EVEN AFTER WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET HIS MONEY QUICKER TO HIM AND I WAS CALLING PAYPAL EVERYDAY, I WAS STILL BEING CALLED SHADY. I HAD TO PAY 25 DOLLARS EACH WAY FOR A TAXI JUST TO GET TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PM TRDCHAMP...WOULDNT U THINK THAT IS DEDICATION? SO YES IM SORRY FOR THE MIS SPELLING AND AGGRESSIVENESS BUT EVERY DAY WAS JUST NON STOP ATTACKING AND I WAS VERY UPSET, WHAT WOULD U DO IF U COULDNT GET 1 PERSON TO BELIEVE UR STORY EVEN IF U HAD PROOF LIKE I DID? AND U HAD TO WASTE 50 DOLLARS TO HEAR BAD STUFF ABOUT URSELF LIKE I DID FROM PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EVEN KNOW THE SITUATION AND WERE 99% OF THE TIME WRONG...I ALSO DONT THINK ITS FAIR TO CRITICIZE ME BY SAYING SINCE I CALL MYSELF A AWESOME SELLER BC OF MY FEEDBACK THAT MAKES ME BAD... I REALLY HAD NO CHOICE I WAS SAYING EVERYTHING I COULD TO DEFEND MYSELF BC I HAD NO ONE HELPING ME IN THE BEGINNING ... IM JUST HAPPY TO SEE PREVIOUS BUYERS CAME ON THIS THREAD AND PUT A GOOD WORD IN... I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I AM BEING CALLED BAD STUFF AND BASED BUT LOOK AT LAMBO-LOOK HOW MUCH SH*T TALKIN HE DOES AND TROUBLE HE STARTS BUT YET I HAVENT SEEN ANYONE OTHER THEN OMNIOUS AND AZGTS TELL HIM HE IS WRONG


I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND HOW A FORUM COULD BE RUN IF THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT DONT UNDERSTAND OR READ WHT PEOPLE ARE SAYING CLEARLY LIKE ME TO UNDERSTAND MY SIDE...I AM A GOOD PERSON THAT WOULD NEVER 100% NEVER SCREW ANYONE OVER THAT BOUGHT ANYTHING FROM ME BUT YET LOOK IT HOW BRANDED I GOT FOR BEING INNOCENT WHILE THEY LET HLF THE PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM THAT ARE HORRIBLE AND BAD PEOPLE JUST SAY AS THEY PLEASE... I WOULD HOPE THE PEOPLE RUNNING FORUMS WOULD CARE ABOUT THEIR VISITORS AND MEMBERS BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY DONT AND I DO NOT FEEL LIKE I WAS TREATED THE WAY I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN I WAS CLEARLY EXPLAINING MY SIDE AND CLEARLY DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG OTHER THEN THE THINGS I COULD NOT CONTROL LIKE UPS AND MY INTERNET...AND ALSO WHILE I AM GETTING TEAMED UP ON AND BASHED I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE THAT HAS CONTROL ON THIS SITE TRY TO HELP STOP THE BASHING TO AN INNOCENT MEMBER .. MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD RETHINK WHO THEY ARE GOING AFTER AND WHO THEY ARE LETTING WALK AROUNND LIKE A SAVAGE ON HERE


I STILL DO NOT FEEL JUSTIFIED FOR BEING INNOCENT AND "NOT SHADY' BY ALL OF U THAT GANGED UP ON ME AND IM GLAD THAT YOU ALL WERE SO GUNG HO ABOUT SAYING THE STUFF YOU DID AND NOW THAT YOU ALL SEE IT WASNY MY FAULT NON OF U CARE TO MAKE IT BETTER U JUST SAY "OH IM GLAD ITS RESOLVED BYE "

I AM JUST VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH MANY PEOPLE AND THIS FORUM ALONE

[GTSChick00]

Btw to get this cleared up for the 100th and last time..

I was on dec 23 and i did post a bump!

I am not trying and did not try to cover it up i am admitting i logged in so pease people stop saying i am trying to cover up like someone hacked my account!

The item was already shipped out!

I was only on the forum for 2 min till i got called away by my family before i could pm trd to notify him of the shipment being shipped and when i came back a few hours later my internet was shut off

i am very sick of people not reading my posts like 5 days ago i clarfied this just like i clarified i tried to refund his money earlier than he even wanted but i culdnt be paypal took and and had it on hold and i even fought withpaypal to help him

most of everything i read still has most of the information wrong about the situation so please people read the posts before anyone comments im tired of repeating myself and fighting

[lamboceliGTS]

Typing in all caps doesn't necessarily add credibility.. At least it seems you attempted to use spell check.

It boils down to this:
-Poor communication
-No tracking number or conformation sent
-Lying about bumping a FS thread

Your story keeps changing.

Glad he finally got his money back and it's resolved.

[mnwolftrack]

GTSChick00--your reputation is NOT ruined. But you do need to calm down. While I do not know what it's like to be on your side of the fence, I do know what it's like to be on TRDChamp's side. I've been involved with 2 sellers that ARE on the Shady Seller's list, so I guess you could say I've "worked with the best of them." One of them still owes me a few hundred dollars. Either way, I'm not defending either side of this issue. Rather, I am providing an outsider's perspective (and possibly how other people see the situation). In post # 45 (1st page of this thread), you stated to Lambo that: "LAMBO- i never came on and bumped anything-BC I HAD NO INERNET AND IF THERE IS A BUMP THEN THAT WAS NOT ME THANKS" when he commented that you had time to bump your for sale thread but did not have time to reply to your buyer's PM(s) or provide the tracking # he had been expecting. So, this initially appeared to be a cover up of some sort (sorry, but it did). But you've explained it more fully now (e.g. only had 2 minutes before being called away). At that time when you bumped your thread, I'm assuming you meant to bump your thread, AND continue reply to PM's, etc... and finish up your communications. I doubt you anticipated a massive storm to barrel down on you and cause a series of issues beyond your control that were going to prevent you from getting back on the Internet to finish up (and prevent your package from being delivered on time even though you DID ship it when you said you did). Perhaps TRDChamp could provide the tracking info himself for the package, and post it in this thread so we can have further proof that you really did drop it off when you said you did. The tracking info will show when the drop-off by you was made and the package entered into the tracking system. You (GTSChick00) could post the tracking info yourself, but it will look better coming from a buyer. Nothing personal against you, but it looks more "believable" coming from anyone else BUT you.

I live in Minnesota and we get a lot of snow too, so these "mother nature" issues can certainly happen. I had an online order (from an actual store) delayed an extra week and a half because of a storm system at about the same time. I think the biggest issue/red flag, as I see it, was when you stated in public that you didn't bump your thread (when you actually did). This raised suspicions, and I'm sure it significantly changed how TRDChamp was viewing this transaction (though only he would know). Hopefully you've learned something about this from a buyer's perspective.

Hindsight is always 20/20, and "shoulda coulda woulda," but this transaction would have been a lot different had you had a chance to send off a tracking # or quick note following up that you shipped when you said you did. If anything, please just see my words as friendly advice on helping to make sure you are the best seller you can possibly be, and to be consistent about it.

There have been plenty of "good" sellers, and some of the "best" ended up being the worst in the end. They weren't consistent, and they faltered towards the end and caused their own demise. Why? Because they no longer kept communication open, were telling people different stories, were frequently coming on to the forum but ignoring people's PM's (why people got jumpy with you), and basically just took people's money and didn't do anything more than that.

I know becuase I was involved with 2 sellers, one of which had lots of "good" feedback. Something went very wrong on their part, and we don't know what, but they took people's money and left, despite having many previous good transactions. One of these people tried to come back after a couple years of absence to try and sell more junk, and he apparently hoped we'd either forgotten about his serious mistakes, or just didn't care, but once he was confronted about "righting his previous wrongs" he conveniently disappeared again.

One additional comment. You (meaning any of us) can say anything we want to, but actions speak louder than words, and "proof" means everything. You can say you were in the hospital, you can say you were in a storm, etc.... but if there are "trust" issues going on, those statements can mean very little and people won't believe you (regardless of the truth of those statements). I was almost going to comment in this thread that there sure are a high # of NC.org sellers that mysteriously end up in the hospital right after taking someone's money but before they were able to ship the package. I was told the same story by one of those previous sellers I mentioned above. Then the story changed to "busy at work," "ill family member," and so on and so forth. I think he actually forgot who he was telling what excuse to. Other buyers were communicating to each other about one particular seller, and we found out we were getting different excuses for the delay of our packages. Talk about a break down in trust at that point.

But in your case, yes, we believe you that a major winter storm was present. It was all over the news, and you'd have to be living under a rock to NOT know the storm was present. I have first hand experience in weather-related shipping delays too. This was about the time our Vikings football Metrodome roof had collapsed from a similar storm (possibly the same storm before it moved East).

Whether or not you were actually in the hospital is none of my or anyone else's business and you don't need to provide proof of it--but please understand some consequences of making that sort of statement. If you are going to say "I was in the hospital," people like me might roll their eyes because we've heard this reason/excuse before and sometimes statements like that can haunt you for a while, even if they are true (because they are hard to prove).... And when you combine such statements with other things going on (such as the issue of your thread being bumped), it just doesn't help the seller's "character." Also note that there will always be people who are NOT involved in the situation making comments that aren't true, or as you said don't know the real facts, and it's just something we all have to deal with. This forum in particular is "sensitive" because of all the issues that have been happening, and people are chomping at the bit to jump on someone. Moving forward, you now better understand that sensitivity and why it exists.

[TRDChamp]

Perhaps TRDChamp could provide the tracking info himself for the package, and post it in this thread so we can have further proof that you really did drop it off when you said you did. The tracking info will show when the drop-off by you was made and the package entered into the tracking system. You (GTSChick00) could post the tracking info yourself, but it will look better coming from a buyer. Nothing personal against you, but it looks more "believable" coming from anyone else BUT you.

I never received a tracking number.

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And just to clear something, I never said it was "both our faults". I said it was neither mine, and not yours either because of the things you said happened to you. I never did anything wrong in this transaction.

[evensen007]

No tracking number was ever provided!? :faint: Enough said. GTSChick would do well to just drop this.

[fathorsejr]

:eatpop:

[Canon20]

This case is resolved ... why exactly are we still going on with this?

[mnwolftrack]

To further clarify why things happened as they did, which can perhaps help change things for the better on future transactions. As it was, things were still "hanging."

[GTSChick00]

i know no trans # was provided bc i lost my internet when i was going to go on to pm u the trans # this is what i have been saying and by the time i went on this whole mess started so i was dealing with this mess and the refund so it was unecessary at that point ...either way trd champ got his refund back i wish it would have been quicker but thanks to paypal there was a little but of a hold up, i got my shipment back from UPS and trd champ and canon both agreed it was a bad mistake and im not a bad seller ...i am really getting sick of thinking bout this thread!! so lets be done with it and move on lolol !