still no refund, this person is such a hag... I'll just post the transcript .
From Buyer: on 12/21/2006 14:25 PST
I will wait until you process my refund before resolving the dispute, as per pay pals recommendation; "If the seller is going to process a refund, wait until the funds are in your account before closing the dispute."... I trust members who, at the very least, follow eBay's user agreement. You have not shown me any reason to entrust you. Not by your actions, and not by your feedback. Now you can continue to threaten me with negative feedback or irrelevant policies, but you won't persuade me to close the dispute in 'good faith', the dispute will be resolved when that $5 refund is placed into my pay pal account.
From Seller: Tracy Ballard on 12/21/2006 13:57 PST
I trust my customers and I appreciate it when they trust me. If you show good faith by closing the dispute I will honor my word and immediately process your refund. If you don't trust me then I guess we shouldn't be doing any business together in the first place. Regarding the transaction interference, if you persist in this course of action I will have to notify ebay so they can investigate. That's not a pleasnat experience and at the least you will get some inquiries from trust & security - I don't want to have to do that, and normally I wouldn't bother reporting a problem to ebay, but transaction interference is the one exception. I hope we can end this in a friendly manner, I'm not an ogre, I just have big problwm with filing paypal disputes instead of just resolving an issue between the 2 parties involved.
From Buyer: on 12/21/2006 13:40 PST
I will accept a scanned copy of the postal receipt. However, why must I close the dispute before you process the refund? Once you process the refund, the dispute will then be resolved. I also believe that what I have outlined does not fall under 'transaction interference'.
From Seller: Tracy Ballard on 12/21/2006 13:07 PST
I will provide a refund, either automatically by paypal if you continue the dispute, or I will refund your payment as soon as the dispute is closed. If you wait and let paypal do it, I'll leave a negative, if you close the dispute I will refund your payment without leaving a negatve. Contacting other buyers is strictly forbidden by ebay and is called transaction interference. You might want to look it up, it's one of the few things that will get you suspended on the first offense. I will be forwarding this info to ebay unless you contact me and let me know that you don't plan to do that. If you want a scanned copy of the postal receipt and will accept that as proof of mailing, I will email it to you. It will only have your zip code, the weight of the item mailed and the mailing date.
From Buyer
n 12/21/2006 12:48 PST
I have been completely civil with you about this, and the fact that you would threaten me with a negative feedback over a dispute of a $5 refund is absolutely ridiculous. Based on your feedback, you have a history of leaving preemptive and defamatory feedback, as well as using feedback extortion tactics. If you decide to leave a negative, or decide not to respond, I will forward a log of our correspondence to the proper ebay departments, as well as escalating the claim with paypal, and returning the negative. I will also not hesitate to ask a few of your recent buyers who left negatives to open correspondence with eBay about their dealings with you as well to support my claims. If I receive the item or your refund by the time it is over then that will be the end of it. If you can provide me some proof of shipment, that will be the end of it.