I got screwed on ebay
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Squid
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I got screwed on ebay
i bought a fairing from some guy on ebay for the right side said was in good shape except except one small crack that was repaired and couldnt be seen i paid 90 dollars for it got it today and the whole top peace of it that mounts to the windscreen is broken off after the mirror bolt hole, any one got a decent right side fairing im in the lookoout for one
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Squid
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Here is the link to the auction. This guy is no top seller by all means, but you never know.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
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SuperBike
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: thorold ontario
yup thats your best bet, shame things happen like this, i ind you leave some nasty negative feedback and people are quick to resolve your issue for you and to ask for you to change the feedback score.
is there a chance it was damaged during shipping?
is there a chance it was damaged during shipping?
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SuperSport
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Delmar NY
Eddie - something similar happened to me back in December and EBAY stepped in and made it right.
First contact the seller and tell him what is wrong. Provide details - pics will help. Specifically ask for a FULL refund. Full includes shipping costs. If he doesn't respond or if he argues, take it to EBAY resolution center. They will ask each of you to present your side of the story. You only get one chance and ther is no appeal so write up your side with great detail.
They will make a final determination who is right and who is wrong. If you win EBAY will reimburse you and go after the seller on their own. It is possible that they will say both the seller and the buyer have a legitimate case (this is what happened to me) and ebay will still reimburse you and from what I can tell they eat it.
REMEMBER provide a detailed logical case. Take pics to support your position. Start with the seller and then elevate if no satisfaction.
Good luck
First contact the seller and tell him what is wrong. Provide details - pics will help. Specifically ask for a FULL refund. Full includes shipping costs. If he doesn't respond or if he argues, take it to EBAY resolution center. They will ask each of you to present your side of the story. You only get one chance and ther is no appeal so write up your side with great detail.
They will make a final determination who is right and who is wrong. If you win EBAY will reimburse you and go after the seller on their own. It is possible that they will say both the seller and the buyer have a legitimate case (this is what happened to me) and ebay will still reimburse you and from what I can tell they eat it.
REMEMBER provide a detailed logical case. Take pics to support your position. Start with the seller and then elevate if no satisfaction.
Good luck
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MotoGP
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I was crossing my fingers that he wasn't gonna post one of my auctions! 
Believe it or not Eddie, eBay is on your side from the get go, when buyers are afraid to buy online eBay loses a lot of money. They used to only cover payments made via PayPal, but they now cover all approved payment methods. Like it was said before, try to work it out with the seller, if he is unresponsive then take it to eBay.
Believe it or not Eddie, eBay is on your side from the get go, when buyers are afraid to buy online eBay loses a lot of money. They used to only cover payments made via PayPal, but they now cover all approved payment methods. Like it was said before, try to work it out with the seller, if he is unresponsive then take it to eBay.
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Squid
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yeah i tried contacting it may be to early to respond but i dont think it was broken in shipping cause there is a 5 inch part broken off and it was not in the box plus i could see where it was painted with the part missing you know i dont think a hawk owner could honestly mistake that the fairng is not complete in this condition just my oppinion though
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Superstock
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Melbourne Australia
It is disappointing when you do not get what you were hoping for. But you can clearly see in the ebay listing photo that the piece behind the mirror is missing ! Did you ask any questions before you bid ? You have also said the broken off part was never there from the start because it has been painted with the part missing. Maybe the seller honestly didn't know what he was selling, there are some honest people that make mistakes. Try contacting the seller & explain your situation & if no luck then take it to Ebay. I do feel for you, but as i said you can see in the listing the part is missing. If you can not resolve the situation it may be possible to visit a bike wreckers to get the missing part & get it plastic welded. Good luck with it all.
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Squid
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you know at the angle the pic was taken to me it looked pretty straight and i needed a fairing took a good glance but another thing the crack he said u couldnt even see and was repaired , the reason u couldnt see it was cause the picture was taken so u couldnt see it im gonna try and download some pics just looks kinda shady to me u be the judge
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Superstock
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From: Westchester Co. NY
When I bought my entire SH it looked great in all of the pictures. And with only 4500 miles when I bought it I figured how bad could it be. Lets seee...
New left, right and front fairing, new windshield, repaired/painted rear fairing and repaired and painted tank. Now it looks great! Who knew? Now I can spot bad parts from pics.
New left, right and front fairing, new windshield, repaired/painted rear fairing and repaired and painted tank. Now it looks great! Who knew? Now I can spot bad parts from pics.
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Massachusetts
"Small crack from bike falling over in garage has been repaired and cant even be seen. painted origional red and ready to be fitted to your bike."
Sounds like the guy is trying to pull a fast one. His quote indicates no other damage and we're not talking a scratch here. If he knew so little about what he was selling that he overlooked a piece that big missing from it he should get out of the parts selling business until he does.
Sounds like the guy is trying to pull a fast one. His quote indicates no other damage and we're not talking a scratch here. If he knew so little about what he was selling that he overlooked a piece that big missing from it he should get out of the parts selling business until he does.
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Squid
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i agree dan I started a claim with the ebay program so the selle calls me today and said he just took it off his bike there was nothing wrong and that it fit his bike fine he said people mod bikes all the time and he said he wasnt going to give a refund so i guess we will let ebay handle this situation
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From: This side of hell
You might try what I did.
I bought a Simpson Street Bandit helmet off of Ebay last winter. The *** clown emailed me two weeks later saying the helmet was back ordered from Simpson. No problem, winter time. He puts me off a couple of times past the 45 day limit that PayPal has so they were absolutely useless to me. (They're basically useless even before the 45 day cutoff period) I then contacted my credit card company and told them the story. They pulled the funds from PayPal. I didn't know they could do that. At any rate I got a full refund. Your CC company is your best bet to resolve this.
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Squid
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filed the ebay program got my original price back but the deal was i had to send the fairing back first and pay the shipping so it cost me thirty dollars anyway cause i had to pay shipping back i wanna kick this dudes ***
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MotoGP
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From: Boynton Beach, FL
Yeah I guess it's easy for me to say after the fact but you can pretty clearly see the missing piece in the photo. That said he's an *** and should've clearly pointed that out anyway. It's the $50 shipping where you got hosed-I've mailed several of these and if you size the box right it'll only be $20-$25 to mail...sorry for your bad luck. It's hit or miss when you buy from someone who doesn't have alot of good feedback and is too lazy to post proper pictures and description of wear and damage.
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