Sorry guys, I know this has probably been asked before, but how long is reasonable?
I paid for a guitar from a private seller a week ago and he still hasn't shipped it. I keep seeing similar guitars being bought and sold and am wondering how long is polite to wait before asking for a refund?
I waited a couple of days after I bought it for some kind of acknowledgement of the sale but gave in in the end and contacted him to confirm he had my shipping address, which he obviously did, but I was just lightly breaking the silence.
He said he did and would ship asap, but still hasn't.
Am I being impatient?
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Absolutely not acceptable and one of my pet hates. Once I’ve taken a buyer’s cash the item is their property and I make every effort to post at earliest possible opportunity i.e. the next working day.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Has he 100% good feedback of 40 plus transactions? any less and i dont go near .
The above is assuming that the estimated delivery date has passed already. If the delivery date on the ebay page has not passed then you might have to sit and wait a bit longer.
He has four cheapo guitars and one moderately expensive one - the four cheapies have delivery dates four days sooner than mine even though they're not even sold yet.
I suspect @Strangefan is right (the seller even says in the ad he needs the money for Christmas) but I've messaged him again anyway.
I don't really feel like being an interest-free lender, and I can't go elsewhere for a guitar while he has my money tied up.
I'd waited a fortnight and I was getting impatient and annoyed. When I looked again at delivery details, he'd stated clearly that it wouldn't be delivered for at least 2 weeks. My mistake for not reading the fine detail.