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Originally posted by pHaestus
This isn't a grey area really.
When you pay for something, you expect to get it. If you don't then you want your money back.
That's pretty simple.
If you are a seller you are responsible for getting the item to someone's door. You can minimize your liability by buying insurance (NOTE: the shipping companies offer the insurance to the person shipping the item and not to the person receiving it. Why? It's the shipper's responsibility!) and by getting verification that the package made it to the right spot.
How is it the buyer's fault that the seller shipped the item to the wrong address? Why would the mistake of the seller warrant a loss of money on the buyer?
This isn't rocket science guys.
I can put myself in both shoes here pretty easily:
If I am the buyer then I want my stuff or I want my money. Seems reasonable.
If I am the seller, then I feel like I got screwed because I spent probably more in parts and materials and time than I should have, and then I shipped the final product out and it never got there. Shit I shipped to wrong address and so I cant get it back and can't get the USPS involved. How about we just split the difference? I eat the $45 I was going to charge you on receipt, and you eat the $45 I already paid? That's reasonable, right?
NO. The buyer took care of everything on his end, and the seller ****ed up. Pay the money back or ship another block and chalk it up as a learning experience.
That's what happened here in the end so it all worked out. Just took a bit of public outcry.
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Buyer gives the wrong shipping address.....