Matt Ardiere, aka 49-blues, originally asked me if he could pay for the tail lamps via money order. I told him he could but I'd really prefer PayPal instead, because the instant the money hits my box I know the deal is sealed and I'll start boxing up the item.
Too many times in the past I have had people who didn't use PayPal that were "internet dreamers"...the ones that say "I want the part please hold it for me" and they never follow thru with the transaction, meanwhile I have 15 other people in line who, by the time I can give a chance to, to buy the part, have already found another like item. So that means I lost another sale due to an internet dreamer wanting me to hold the part. This has especially happened to me with people wanting to use money orders. I'm sure anyone who has ever sold anything can relate to where I'm coming from.
Anyways, Matt asked if I'd hold the part until Friday when the PayPal funds would hit his account, and I agreed. Friday comes, I get a PM at 9:26 am central time (my time) according to my PM's time stamps saying
PayPal on its way. ship to: Matt Ardiere...
Well I get home after work (and not being near a PC all day) and check my PayPal, and nothing is there. I checked my email as it tells me if anything has gone into PayPal but nothing. I send him a PM at 6:24 CST stating:
Ok I just checked my PayPal and I've not gotten your payment yet.
I get another PM from him with nothing in it several hours later, that has no wording in it, other than the quotes of old previous PM's. I still have his PM's in my box too.
I continuously check my PayPal all night looking to see some cash hit, but nothing. So now I've given Matt ample time to make things right and I held up my end of the deal. Then late last night someone who had their game together offered to buy the parts on the spot, and I had my PayPal 5 minutes later.
Matt, my address doesn't have a space in it, it has an underscore, and in the 6 years I've had a PayPal account, I've
never had anyone ever have issues sending money when I post my email addy.
But since you think I'm such a bad guy online, I welcome you to check out my trader feed back rating on here, and as you will see I'm an honest stand up guy, and anyone who has bought from me using PayPal has never had any issues. Also I've had the same email addy since like 2000.
Now, being the stand up guy I am if I see any money hit my PayPal that happens to be from you, I'll gladly reimburse it plus the 4% PayPal fee's. I can't do any better than that.