Then I had to open a paypal claim for some jerk eBay seller - I'd made a little purchase - I was worried the item would sell so I asked the seller if he'd just sell it for his opening price and he shut the auction down and did - sent me a money request via paypal and that was that. I had a question about the item and I also wanted to know when it was shipping. I got no response to my first e-mail, sent through eBay. He did respond to my second e-mail sent through eBay saying he hadn't gotten the first one, that it had gone into a spam folder and been automatically deleted from his iPad for space reasons. Um, I don't think so - why would anyone need to delete any spam automatically for space reasons??? It makes no sense, especially as the jerk has a gmail account. He asked what my questions were - this time I wrote him back via eBay AND his direct gmail account. No response. I have written him six times now to no response. I used a people search and got several addresses on him and two phone numbers - one is disconnected and the other rings incessantly. So, I opened the dispute - what that does is automatically put a hold on the funds I sent him until we resolve - that means if he already withdrew the funds they will place a hold by using his secondary source of funds, i.e. his bank account or cc. Hopefully, that will finally get a response out of this putz and I will not resolve until the item is in my hands and he's answered the question I asked about it. And that's why I like paypal.
