MY rotten luck[views:1168][posts:6]__________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 8:50pm - succubus ""] yeah so there was a book i had in college a rare one...details in another thread...anyhow...i actually found it on a site that sells rare books so i bought it..well at least i thought i did... i got a confirmation and everything and then.. nothing but they took my money... so i emailed them ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I cannot tell you how disappointed I am. I went on the site and saw the book :Without a Parachute" by David Fenario available. The date was November 21..I saw it and ordered it and paid through paypal. I even received a confirmation, which I am pasting below. When was it sold to someone else? Additionally, rather than me getting my $10 reimbursed, I just received a $10 payment into my paypal account and so I was charged a paypal fee and in fact did not even get my full $10 back and instead received 9.31..ok it's change but it's the principle here (no i'm not looking for my money back...I wanted the book)...Finally, in the email regarding the $10 return it stated: Note: Return of Payment for The House with the Green Shutters Well..this is not even the book i ordered... ??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ he emailed me back: Dear Carina, Sorry about the screw-up. I sell books through four internet companies, and two of those companies sell my books through other companies. Having said that, it is very rare that orders from two companies, from different people, for the same book, come over the same couple of days. This is what happened with yours and I apparently approved it twice, not realising it was different orders. The other order came in before yours, and that was why they got it. Although I e-mailed through a cancelation, once I realised my mistake, it obviously did not go through. As far as PayPal goes, I did not realise that you would be debited. I thought only the sender pays. Please let me know what I can do to put you at ease. If there is anything else in my inventory (www.come.to/flotsam) that you are interested in, let me know and I will ship for free or something like that. Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr |
| ________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:08pm - retzam ""] Wow, that sucks. Is it a really good book or something? |
| __________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:12pm - succubus ""] there are only 100 copies in print or something... it's a journal this guy kept in college for a class...and it's a college i went to for a while...the guy was basically a bum..and then he discovered writing..his teacher helped him publish it and he went on to become a famous montreal playwright..he's really awesome...and in college my english teach gave me their only copy then i was dumb and lent it out...and then i moved away... it's a great book and if i ever find it..i will make photocopies and who ever wants to read it...can..lol edit: yes it is awesome..imagine a "bum" or a self proclaimed loser keeping a journal...it's brilliant |
| _______________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:18pm - moran ""] Well, at least you can get a free book out of it. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:20pm - retzam ""] succubus said:there are only 100 copies in print or something... it's a journal this guy kept in college for a class...and it's a college i went to for a while...the guy was basically a bum..and then he discovered writing..his teacher helped him publish it and he went on to become a famous montreal playwright..he's really awesome...and in college my english teach gave me their only copy then i was dumb and lent it out...and then i moved away... it's a great book and if i ever find it..i will make photocopies and who ever wants to read it...can..lol edit: yes it is awesome..imagine a "bum" or a self proclaimed loser keeping a journal...it's brilliant So, wait, what kind of shit does he write about in it? |
| __________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:21pm - succubus ""] that's the funny part... the guy offered me free shipping....but they don't charge for shipping ddddooohhhh :( |
| ________________________________ [Dec 15,2003 9:26pm - retzam ""] succubus said:that's the funny part... the guy offered me free shipping....but they don't charge for shipping ddddooohhhh :( Hahaha, what an idiot. He has no idea what the hell is going on in his own business. |