wierd situation for me

Well as some of you know I bought a crt .5 (used) set up for brushless but still has all the nitro stuff with it including the engine...anyway I paid the guy with paypal $170 and he said he shipped it on monday the 6th of this month parcel post which supposed to take 2-9 business days.....well we had a labor day which I think makes monday the 20th the 9th day....I have never lost anything in the mail......parcel post says theres no way to track this package

my question is do I have any recourse with paypal or usps?...or anyone with any experience here?...am I just sol?

oh buy the way it was shipped from chino hills California to my city Jupiter FL

[lucias]

You have plenty of time to dispute with paypal.. I think you can call USPS but you have to wait until a week after the last due date or something before they will do anything.. Wait it out till Monday, it will show up...

[jhautz]

USPS says you must wait 30 days before filing a lost package claim IF you purchased insurance. If not.... dont even waste you time. Its gone.

As for your recourse through.... If you file a claim with paypal they will probably refund your money (provided the seller still has it in their account) if the seller cant product "proof of shipment" which usually means some sort of tracking number or something traceable. Of course if he did ship it then he will be the one getting screwed becasue he will be out the money and the truck.

LESSON HERE: Always ALWAYS ship anything you are not willing to loose with a tracking number and insist on the same from the seller when you buy. It just prevent hassels, or simplifies the solution when/if problems arise.

[lincpimp]

Paypal will give you money back, and put his balance into negative value if necessary. They always go with the buyer, that is why it is stupid if he did not put delivery confirmation. 75 cents could cost him 170 bucks. His fault...

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Paypal will give you money back, and put his balance into negative value if necessary.

Weird... I had almost exactly the same situation once and Paypal recover 47 cents of my $140. I had to file a Credit Card dispute and they refunded me my money imeadiately. After that I got a nasty gram from paypal telling me I shouldn't have filed a CC dispute and that I should have worked through them to resolve it. I did... it got me 47 cents... idiots.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by bustitup

..well we had a labor day which I think makes monday the 20th the 9th day....

ummmm.....the "labor day" was the first of September, not Ocotober...
The ninth day would have been yesterday, the 16th.

well he did send me a copy of the reciept he got when he paid for shipping to me.....I dont think hes scamming at all...hes got 232 posts on rctech with a trader rating of 4...i'v seen his posts on other forums and feel he is legit

I hope monday brings good news or maybe even tomarrow

[rootar]

sometimes the mail is SLOW just give it awhile and besides they get off on every holiday ever thought up and those really back up some shipments, id say give it till next weekend and if you havent gotten it then you will need to do something.

Originally Posted by JThiessen

ummmm.....the "labor day" was the first of September, not Ocotober...
The ninth day would have been yesterday, the 16th.

sorry it was a holiday monday the 13th Columbus Day and there was no mail that day
and I dont think you count the day it was sent (the 6th) at 3:52 pm...so the time would start on tuesday the 7th


monday the 20th will be 9 business days

Originally Posted by rootar

sometimes the mail is SLOW just give it awhile and besides they get off on every holiday ever thought up and those really back up some shipments, id say give it till next weekend and if you havent gotten it then you will need to do something.

I agree..I'm just super anxious...lol

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by bustitup

sorry it was a holiday monday the 13th Columbus Day and there was no mail that day
and I dont think you count the day it was sent (the 6th) at 3:52 pm...so the time would start on tuesday the 7th


monday the 20th will be 9 business days

Ahh...I guess if you arent in a government job or in school, you have no idea when all these abstract holidays are.

I bet you have it by Wednesday. Sometimes slow shipping is, well, slow. Be patient.

thanks for all the great posative advice...it came today with some extras

[Snowman 78]

Originally Posted by bustitup

thanks for all the great posative advice...it came today with some extras

That's good news