My First Dispute Though eBay/Pay Pal

[Donald Hanson]

Well, after 10+ years of buying and selling (mostly buying) on eBay, I finally must file a dispute and probably escalate that to a claim. I purchased an Olympus OM-1 camera body in "excellent condition" which never arrived. When I called the seller, he just hung up on me. He may have other than honorable intentions here.

I am feeling somewhat lucky that it was not for many hudreds of dollars in audio equipment or something.

I was surprised at how simple the dispute process is. If it must become a claim, I am certain it will get more complicated!

In the meantime,,,,Yep, you may have guessed it,,,
and wait n see.

[alb]

This system works quite well.
I think you have to wait thirty days, then make a claim, then wait for Paypal to refund you.
Which they have done for me in reasonable time.

[Donald Hanson]

Well, Pay Pal posted my message to the seller yesterday and the seller has already responded with a tracking number for shipment of the camera. They must use some pretty convincing language to get a quick response such as this. I contacted the seller on no less than 10 occasions in an attempt to complete the transaction and he just hung up on me.

Now I hope the item is as described and we can move on.

[alb]

Sounds hopeful then, i hope it works out for you.
A good OM1 is a very nice camera.

[Donald Hanson]

Sounds hopeful then, i hope it works out for you.
A good OM1 is a very nice camera.

Yeah, I love that camera. This will make 3 of em, all with the winder 2 and about 6-7 lenses and all the other stuff that made someone feel the need to invent digital photography.

[Prince of Darkness]

Still love my OM-1n and OM-2 Spot/Program, beautifully built cameras. Don't get as much use as they deserve, due to the convenience of digital (Olympus E-330).

[Donald Hanson]

Still love my OM-1n and OM-2 Spot/Program, beautifully built cameras. Don't get as much use as they deserve, due to the convenience of digital (Olympus E-330).

I see you stayed loyal to Olympus too. When I bought my digital it was an Olympus Zoom 4000. Kinda antiquated now, but still functions very well.

[Donald Hanson]

WOW!!!!!
How Kewell iz dis? My GF Jus called from her office (all things are sent there) and the camera has arrived.

Must admit, I am impressed with this time through the process!

Now to get an up close and pesonal looksee at it and make sure it is as described.



Hey, what happened to the dancing carrot? Did it go away for good?

[Mike Reed]

Similarly to KEVIN, I don't use my OM1 or OM2; at all, in fact. I rarely use my OM4Ti, either, which is a shame.

However, developing and processing options around nowadays hardly make one want to go out and shoot a roll of film. Locally I'm stuck with an expensive (£6), four day service for GLOSSY (yuk!) 7 x 5 prints. Lustre/matt a quid extra and a fortnight's wait.

Three Olympuses and a host of lenses and accs, collecting dust. Wonder if they'll ever become collectors' items? Doubt it, somehow!

[alb]

If you are storing cameras.
A camera repair man once told me how important it was to occasionally get the camera out and fire the shutter a few times at different speeds and just generally move all the controls. This avoids things getting sticky with lack of use.
I sold all my camera stuff years ago but kept a couple of cheap SLRs for the kids to use at college.
Even they are redundant now.