Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Suspicions

Around Christmas I won some eBay auctions from the same seller, but it didn't look as though anything was getting shipped to me.  The estimated delivery date was 3rd January, so I decided to contact the seller.  When I initially contacted them a week ago, they said the order was on track to ship shortly.  So I waited patiently, but still no change in status.  And then out of the blue I got partially refunded today.  It looks like the partial refund was only for one of the items in my order, so I have no idea what is going on.  Am I going to get the other items?  I just sent another message today to try to find out - but I am not hopeful I am going to see any of the items I won.  And if so, at the very least I expect to be fully refunded.  And it all seems very suss.  I won all the auctions at a decent price, but a lot of the same items are currently on sale on eBay by the same seller at a higher price.  The seller is one of the biggest out there, and I have bought plenty of stuff from them before, so I wouldn't expect to be fleeced like this.  But this interaction is really leaving a sour taste in my mouth.  Perhaps a sign that I need to stop buying so much.