Just got screwed out of $28 in shipping back to China, and Ebay refuses to make it right.
Lesson to be learned. NEVER pay return shipping for any item. It's the seller's obligation to pay that, and if you do pay, you'll end up eating it.
And NEVER trust Chinese vendors. They too often sell junk, defects, and returned items, betting that Americans will toss it into the bucket, rather than fight to return it.
Buy American!!!!!
It's only the sellers obligation to pay for return shipping if they state that the return will be processed for free and that they will pay return shipping.
Buying American doesn't mean squat. I bought a TS850 from a scammer on qrz. He got scammed as well, figured he would just send it on down the line. I used paypal to pay him.
I ended up having to pay for return shipping just to get my refund. And then I saw it posted on another well known ham classified site a couple days later.
AE1CT had his PayPal killed because of shady deals. So he was using a friend in Florida, ex law enforcement officer, to process paypal for him. Felt bad about the guy in Florida, he seemed oblivious to the problems his "friend" was involved in.
Lesson learned. If you expect free shipping on a return, get it in writing. Even if PayPal or Ebay find in your favor, you still have to get the item back to the point of origin unless they state in the ad free return shipping. Free returns just means there is no restocking fee or otherwise.
Not sure what EBay is supposed to make right here.
Yes. Buy American. Made from foreign and domestic parts. I deal with the "Buy American" act almost every single day in my job. Most American's can't afford to purchase American made products. Sad, but true. Buy American act compliant products are about 30 to 300 pct more than imports.
--Shane
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