How long do you wait before posting bad news?
 

Like the titles states how long is enough. Say you bought something from a OSO member, sent the check ($850.00) out on 1-17-2015, it gets cashed on 1-26-2015 and its 2-20-2015 and still no parts. You make contact 1 1/2 weeks ago via Email with a promise the items would be shipped that day but still no tracking # or parts. 2 days ago I try to contact again via phone message, PM from OSO, and Email with no response. I see this member has been on here since messaging him from his profile but still no response. I did make a much larger purchase from him 2 months ago and received those items within 10 days.

I'd say... times up...

That's slow shipping and poor correspondence for sure.
I'd be pissed too.
As for outing the guy...........
I'd call his cell one more time and if he doesn't make an effort to talk to you, I'd spill the beans.

+1.
Maybe give him a day for him to run into this post also and then spill the beans.

call him out on here......that usely works.

Text him and suggest he checks the Beware & Stolen forum.

Is the part that u bought something radially available, or did it have to be taken off a boat (motor) that is outside or not able to get to the part because of the weather. That would be the only excuse for not sending it yet, but no response from email ,phone or text is BS. Communication is key in selling parts........ And shipping the item as soon as u get paid...

The lack of communication usually means only one thing and it ain't good .

Just got a E-mail from him that states "I shipped them yesterday" I will have a tracking # "later today"

If they shipped yesterday one could assume that's when the tracking numbers were assigned also . Something don't smell right to me . Hope I'm wrong .

Translation: He saw this thread and is now scrambling to get it shipped this afternoon.

thats sux ballzzzz I wish these wads would stop selling products if they have no intention of shipping them...... we need to start lynch mobbing these people

My thoughts when I read the E-mail.

Brian I'd say it's been enough time. My view is he sure had time to cash the check so he must certainly have time to ship it. It shouldn't take a thread like this to get someone to send you something you paid for.

Hopefully now you're parts will be as described. The little bit I've bought in the swap shop have been better than, and shipped quick being I'm also a dinosaur with a check book. Good luck!

If someone is willing to send me monies before I ship them the part or they come to pick it up, I do everything I can to accommodate, that means shipping right away. Almost a month? I'd give him 24 hours after that email was sent, one last chance.

He is ruining it for the rest of us too. I took a big leap of faith last year on drives and such, ended up working out, but it was a toss up at the time. I also received payment for parts sight unseen, and I made sure I was available whenever was convenient for the buyer to get them parts, that means staying in touch. Poor etiquette at the least.

I say get the parts and then out him anyway name and contact information. ... people like that need to be tea baged by as many people as possible. ..... even if u get the parts u shouldnt have to wait. This is what makes me hesitate to buy parts on here

I'd take care of OSO member before I paid my gas bill, my rep is more important to me then anything, especially amongst my peers who are always helping, taking a chance and trusting me, Ive sold on here before,, shipped within a hour of payment, I've bought on here and received the same, I'm not saying someone didn't forget or worked or had life get in the way, but a call upon payment received and every step in between is how i work, the nerves go both ways and I hate the them..

There always can be valid reasons why someone may not be able to ship immediately, stuff happens, but if you can't ship and you've taken the money, you have an obligation to communicate to the buyer why and give a reasonable ETA of when you will. Like I said earlier, times up. Now, I'd wait for your tracking number and parts and make a decision. No tracking number today = no more time...

As I've always said... when someone shows you who they are... believe them...

Big boatload of truth right here .

The tracking number should show the origination scan.

Some of what the Captain's dishing out would help cure this kinda chit .

http://youtu.be/452XjnaHr1A

Frisini?

Update?

I would say it is going alittle like this..... I haven't gotten the tracking number yet and he is now not ancering my calls again. But he did say it was shipped but lost the tracking number in a fire that he had to run into to save a puppy.

Pretty much how its going.....haven't got to the puppy in the fire part yet.

Pretty old routine here on OSO. Another spin is how many "death in the family" excuses have we seen in the past years? If I had a dime for every one I'd be in an OuterLimits.

Any word on the condition of the puppy?

I sell a lot of motorcycles and parts on ebay. When you as a seller get paid and funds are clear, the merchandise no longer belongs to you. Stuff like this really sucks.

when i sell something as soon as the funds are cleared i ship the parts within two days.almost 30 days is three weeks to long.at this point it is time to let us know who this person is.i don,t want to buy from him and im sure nobody else does either if he can,t find the time to ship YOUR parts.

he is doing good but not out of the woods yet that is why I haven't shipped the stuff yet..... im saying with the puppy to make shire he is ok I will get your parts out buy the end of the year.....


this dude needs an a$$ beating and teach him a lesion.... some one on here is in his back yard and needs to take care of this.

let him be a ohio islands boater..... we will take care of him for u .... let him try to tie up to me or one of my friends...I dare him tooo try

thats sucks.. out the guy. he is just playing you in hopes you either give up or can seek no recourse

Good deal....I sure do like puppies...

Is this another Hypothetical situation ?:evilb:

If I don't have the items when UPS comes tomorrow I will post his info...I still do not even have the tracking number he promised and as of this morning he had not been on OSO since the evening of 18th.

Don't go skimpy on the info eather with just the name on here. I think it needs to be every thing. Phone number full name and screen name. Thats what I would do...home address to fu ck it let all of us help take this guy down. I will blow this d bags phone up I have time....

go steal the puppy,that will pizz him off,lol.

I'm not sure but I think he's still paying on a loan on the CC. I wonder if the bank has a serial # on the boat for the loan? Of corse it may be payed off by now.

I hope you get your parts. People that do this need to be hung by their teabags!!!!!!