Hello everyone:

Last month I prepaid for a product which was supposed to be delivered in a few days. The deadline came and the vendor apologized and requested an extension. That date came and went. Only after I wrote to him did he acknowledge that the product was not ready. He set another deadline, promising to give 100% refund AND the product if he didn't meet that date. He did not.

I asked for a refund. None came. After several email exchanges, with more promises that were not kept, I saw a pending refund on my Paypal account. According to the vendor he had not processed the refund earlier because he was waiting for his Paypal account to be funded. That was on the 2nd. On 8th, in response to another email from me, he had mentioned that he had initiated transfer of funds the day before (that would be the 7th, though he was supposed to have done it on the 2nd).

Today is the 15th, and the refund is still pending in Paypal - obviously meaning that he has not funded his account.

I'm not gonna die poor if I lose 200 bucks, but I can't stand this man's dishonesty.

Any suggestions on what I can do - so that at least he doesn't try similar stunts on other people in the future?

Nadin

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I have a feeling that I know what and who you are
referring to. I am in the same boat that you are.

However, I also know that there was a death in the
family, and the person you're referring to has been
away for the last couple of weeks.

Just hang in there. I really don't think this is a case
of dishonesty.

I am more than understanding in most cases and have little interest in public confrontations on such trivial matters. However, repeated failure to deliver on promise and the lack of communication does look extremely suspicious.

Hope there's a good reason behind it all.

Nadin

I agree with Alan. I had an email exchange with this person a couple days ago and was also informed about a death in the family. I don't believe this person is being dishonest, just miscalculated about when he could deliver. I think if you can wait about a week, it will all come out in the wash.

Thanks for the info. In that case I would have no problem waiting. But the pattern looked disturbing.

Nadin