this is the end of the dispute for me, i'm going to file the claim and leave the idiot the negative that s/he craves.
From Buyer: on 12/24/2006 11:04 PST
It seems to me like your goal is to screw around with me for the fun of it, with the way you've treated me. I can't rightly see how you can think I am insulting you, It really is telling, though, that you call 3 other buyers 'jerks', yeah all of your buyers are jerks when they mysteriously don't get their merchandise and want their money back. If you really wanted to clear this up you would have refunded the money instead of dancing around it, now wouldn't you have? I would hardly call negating eBay & pay pal policy 'FAIR PLAY'. By the way, I could care less how much you sell, any idiot can sell things on eBay, but it takes a truly vile person such as yourself to show this kind of contempt towards your buyers. Grow up.
From Seller: Tracy Ballard on 12/24/2006 09:06 PST
well, like I said, if you think my goal is to take all this effort to rip you off for your $5 payment then you go right ahead the way you're going, keep spouting your paypal recommendations and insulting me and maybe you can share your negative with paypal. This is such a low priced item that I'm going to stop carrying them, it's just not worth it. I had over $14,000 in sales the last month, but yeah, you go ahead and worry about that $5 that I would have to keep and I wouldn't want to refund to clear this up. I really don't want you to drop it - I want to give you a negative for all this trouble you've caused, but I believe in fair play and that's why I gave you an out where you could get your money back without getting the negative, if you don't want to take it I don't care!!! I love giving people their first neg when they bug me, and you're about to find out how ebay really works with that.
From Buyer: on 12/23/2006 23:56 PST
That opens me up to not receiving the refund and getting that negative as well... What other incentive is there for wanting the dispute closed before refunding the payment, or reshipping the item?
From Seller: Tracy Ballard on 12/23/2006 23:26 PST
if the dispute is dropped I will agree to reship it with delivery confirmation or refund the payment, your choice.