Am I Being Unreasonable?

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Posted By: petecld

Gilbert,

I bought a magazine that was NM in the photo, dumb jerk mails it in a bubble pack with no cardboard, no wrapping, nothing.... needless to say it was barely a GD condition magazine when I got it. Do I feel bad asking for a refund - NO. It's common sense to protect an item for shipping. I also received a card that the guy put in cardboard but didn't completely cover the card and the tape he use was STUCK TO THE CARD. I didn't leave negative feedback only because I received a refund.

I was going to say leave the neg. feedback if you didn't get your money back but you said you are keeping the item so I don't see how you can be so upset enough that the item was damaged to slam the guy but then keep what you got? In a way aren't you rewarding his stupidity? ...unless you demanded he use a Fedex envelope then that would be a different story. It would be nice if he gave you back something for the error but if that doesn't happen then what? You are completely in the right asking for a refund but what message are you sending by agreeing to keep the item?

If you are happy paying what you did for the item in the condition it is in now and are keeping the item then maybe just leave a NEUTRAL saying the seller has poor shipping habits.



General thought:
I think it's interesting that people always seem to be more worried about negative feedback then being out $XXX amount of dollars they spent on a deal gone bad. I don't care if a seller leaves me neg. feedback all day long - I want my money back.