Okay, here's the updates and the facts.
1) I made a post looking to trade items for 1GB PC3200 computer memory
2) Another trader messaged me wanting to trade his item.
Here's the PM made 10/07/2005 02:37 PM:
I have a pair of Patriot dual channel PC3200 (2X512MB) sticks that I'll trade you.
3) He wants the 1GB Sony Duo memor I have that is still brand new in the box. I check the heatware and reference, mostly all good. Message back to him, we can cross-trade, but I won't be able to get mine to the post office today and it's closed monday so I'll ship on Tuesday. Once it's past lunch I can't get to the post office before it closes. 10/07 for those that don't remember is the Friday before Columbus Day. Columbus day was that Monday on 10/10 and it's a federal holiday so the post office is closed.
4) He messages back that he'll ship out today. Which means he's shipping that Friday on 10/07.
5) 10/11/05, that following Tuesday comes. I mail my item out. Sent him message about mailing confirmation. I PM'd him 10/11/05 09:37 AM.
6) I get no response from him.
7) I check tracking for the item I sent that following Monday 10/17. My item sent to him arrived 10/13. I asked for information or tracking number for the item he sent him.
8) He responds on 10/17, I'll check on it.
9) Next day, on 10/18 I message him again, since I received no word the previous day on the item he sent me. He asks for my phone number when I ask about my package.
10) I message him back my number.
11) He calls, tells me he's wanted to call so that I could hear his voice and know I'm not dealing with a troll. He said he's been busy and that he sent out my package that Friday when we last talked. He said he can't find the tracking number but is still looking for it.
12) I assumed at this point, busy meant too busy to message me back earlier. If what he meant by "busy" was the lack of message in regards to messaging me back the status of the package, that's one thing. If he meant busy in that he didn't send the package out already, that's something else. Time of the phone conversation was 1PM our time. He's in same time zone and fairly close to me.
13) Two days pass. It's 10/20/05. I PM him again. I get the excuse that he can't find the tracking number yet and is still looking for it.
14) Next day, which is last Friday and 10/21. I message him again. I ask where's the package or the information. He messages me this:
I have a DC number for you, but I unfortunately can't find it. The memory was shipped to you. I will happily return your memory to you, if you like. I can also zip you money via paypal.
However you would like to do it. Just let me know.
I would think someone that sent me something wouldn't offer to trade me back what I sent so readily nor pay for it if the item was originally sent when it was suppose to be. That made me a bit suspicious. He called me again and I asked what was going on. He said he's been busy, and lost the number. He knows he shipped out but can't pove it and will send my item back or pay me for what I paid for the item. Since my item was new in the box, I didn't want him to send it back if he opened it already. So I showed him a screenshot of the invoice of what I paid for the memory and he promptly paypal'd it to me.
15) Saturday rolls around, I check my mail. I got a package from the trader. Inside is the Patriot 1GB PC3200 computer memory sent by the guy. I check the date and time of sale. 10/18 3:04PM.
So what happened was..... the guy forgot to ship on 10/07. When I asked about it, he didn't say, I forgot, or got too busy to ship out. He said he shipped it and couldn't find the tracking number. Instead, the NEXT DAY and after I talked to him two more times about it, through PMs and on the phone, he finally ships out.
I wouldn't have minded the fact he shipped at a later date if he had told me TRUTHFULLY. He did not. He kept saying he shipped when he had not. That's not miscommunication. That's LYING. Someone willing to lie about something so trivial as forgetting to ship out an item when they said they would isn't exactly a stellar person in my book. I would have had ZERO PROBLEMS, ZERO ISSUES and this thread would NEVER HAD BEEN MADE had he simply said on 10/17 that he forgot to ship, or got too busy to ship it out when he said he would before. Instead, he told me a bold face LIE. Said he shipped when he had not. Said he lost the tracking number when he didn't have one at all.
Also, during this time, he goofed on several OTHER trades with other people who were making public claims. I won't post their stories, but we have been messaging each other about the screws this guy has had in dealing with several of us over the last few weeks. Yes, he's made "up" with each of us but not in the way everyone wanted.
So basically, we did a trade, I sent item, and he sent item AFTER asked over a week later. He lied to me about shipping item and continued to lie. However, the item did arrive. I did have to deal with the hassle though of buying some crappy PNY memory from CC and then having to return it.
I guess I'll add a poll.