The Energon Pub

[ZenPrime]

I had the same problem recently with a Beast Wars lot I brought from a seller in Canada. The seller threw the entire lot into a plastic shopping bag and put that in a beat up shipping box without any packing meterial. The lot arrived broken and most were missing parts which was not mentioned in the auction. I contacted the seller but he would not claim responsibility. So I took pictures and filed a claim with Ebay and Paypal, but that was no help. Paypal ruled in the seller's favor. So I just have to chuck it up as a lost cause. I've brought a lot of transformers from ebay fortunately most from decent sellers with a few bad eggs here and there, not enough to make me stay away tho. It's still a good place to get a good deal if you're lucky.

[Foallen]

Too bad about those... I've generally had positive experiences with ebay. People usually pack the stuff well and the latest items I've gotten have been in excellent shape.

I guess the worst one was a while back I bought some Dinobots which were in the description in excellent condition including being "tight". Well, when I got them anywhere that a screw holds them together the guy had just tightened up the screws a lot, so that they barely moved. In all the places without screws they were loose as possible.

Overall, I was really disappointed with the quality compared to the full description, but technically the guy didn't lie so there wasn't much I could do.

[Lapse Of Reason]

I won an auction recently for a G1 Gnaw. I paid, and have been waiting for a week. I checked my eBay account today and found that the seller (who had over 100 feedback) is now no longer a registered eBay user and had four recent negatives for non-delivery.

PayPal dispute has been filed. I hope they can help.

For the most part, however, most sellers are honest and fair.