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    Default Digital Press member and eBay seller Bombman a scammer?

    Last month I won an eBay auction from DP member and eBay seller Bombman (Bombman7 on eBay). He has been selling a lot of Japanese Mega Drive games lately. The auction in question was for 37 Japanese Mega Drive and a few 32X games and it ended on December 28th. I paid for the auction on December 31st and everything seemed Ok. Bombman has 100% feedback on eBay plus he lists his location as being in Des Moines, Iowa which is just a couple hours from Omaha where I live. I thought this would be an quick and easy transaction considering Bombman is a DP member plus our locations are so close. Unfortunately that has not been the case. The auction was paid December 31st and now here we are on January 15th and I have received nothing. Not only that, I have sent Bombman multiple messages through eBay and also through DP and have never gotten a response. While he does have 100% feedback his DSR for shipping time is pretty low at 4.5 stars. So does this guy just have bad customer service and slow shipping times or is he a scammer? I couldn't find DP feedback for him. I don't know what his plan is but a Paypal claim will be filed shortly and that will be followed by negative feedback, his addition the the DP eBay blacklist and a new thread about him opened in the DP feedback forum detailing his unscrupulous behavior. Does anyone else have other suggestions about how to resolve this?


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    Thinking positively, perhaps he just shipped out the games using Parcel Post or Media Mail. That could explain his low DSR's on shipping. Or perhaps he takes his sweet time shipping out items.

    I would suggest to give him until the end of this week, perhaps until Sunday, to see what happens.

    You could start a dispute, so the funds can stay frozen on his account, but don't jump to a claim until a few days, just in case.
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    If you don't count holidays and sundays since your purchase, its only been 12 days. A lot of ebayers wait for payment to clear before shipping which takes 3-5 days to move to bank.

    On his page did it say what type of shipping and when to expect it shipped by? Most state priority mail and three days after shipped payment.

    Going by most ebay sellers standards the latest he would have shipped is the 5th and thats 9 days which is still within the range for shipping priorty mail according to ebay.

    I say give it 1 more week before claiming. I do a lot of purchasing and some stuff come in like 2 days and others several weeks (usually media mail).

    Good luck though and I hope you are not getting scammed.
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    His last post here was back on Dec. 29 - about the time you say he stopped communicating. So, not sure what to tell ya.,
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    Quote Originally Posted by nebrazca78 View Post
    ... plus he lists his location as being in Des Moines, Iowa which is just a couple hours from Omaha where I live.
    Yeah, those games should've arrived by now.

    File a claim. That'll get his attention.
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    Yea Id say open a dispute if you have no tracking by now from him and no replies.If by 2 days he hasn't replied to the dispute, just bump it to a claim.

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    I bet that he will reply once a dispute is formed.

    It always happens...except in one ocassion in which the seller never even replied to the dispute...
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    This thread seems to be enough for now. He just sent me a message saying my package will ship "sometime next week" and that tracking will be provided. I guess he's just taking his sweet time on this one.

    I will wait until "sometime next week" and if communication stops or no tracking number is provided I'll file with Paypal.


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    FILE A DISPUTE ANYWAY! Don't take any chances, what happens if he just feels like he won't ship them next week but much later?
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    Yea I agree, hes waited too long. Pop that dispute on him now to ensure he ships. For that matter if he cleans out his account first, youll have a hard time being refunded on non-delivery unless you used a credit/debit card and can do acharge back. As of now all hes doing is stalling you. Even when he provides tracking, leave the dispute open until the stuff arrives and checks out ok.

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    some people dawdle until its too late to file disputes.....

    and then you're hosed!

    Definitely file it as a Plan B
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    I bought some stuff, paid before Christmas, got back after New Year and nothing had arrived - sent a message and got a quick response saying that there had been a bit of a delay in posting out .. and the stuff did arrive a few days later (with a couple of extras in the package actually) - so yes, does seem that he takes his time to post, but I don't think he's a scammer. Everything I got was in excellent condition, and as I say, there were even a couple of extras - so I'm pretty happy overall. Does sound like you've had to wait a particularly long time, but my guess is that you will get what you've paid for
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    According to his ebay post he only ships on saturday. So in his mind its only 3 days late
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    It has been too long already. I think he will probably ship my package but at this point I took people's advice and filed just to make sure.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune Sniper View Post
    FILE A DISPUTE ANYWAY! Don't take any chances, what happens if he just feels like he won't ship them next week but much later?
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    The games arrived today, one day short of a full month since they were paid for. Also of note the seller used zero packing materials, the games were carelessly tossed in boxes. I didn't leave negative feedback due to the quality of the games and the overall value but the seller's customer service and packaging were terrible. At least it's over and I got the games. As a consolation they are in really nice condition.


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    Quote Originally Posted by nebrazca78 View Post
    The games arrived today, one day short of a full month since they were paid for. Also of note the seller used zero packing materials, the games were carelessly tossed in boxes. I didn't leave negative feedback due to the quality of the games and the overall value but the seller's customer service and packaging were terrible. At least it's over and I got the games. As a consolation they are in really nice condition.
    ... *facepalms*

    They were a month late, they were horribly packaged and you still didn't leave a neg?!

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    I'm agreeing with Kitsune. Sounds like he deserves a neg to me.

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    At least ruin his DSRs.

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    Definitely sounds like a neg to me. Neg his ass.

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