Awful eBay seller

[cbuchman]

That's terrible!

I believe eBay has a vendor feedback process. You should use it!

[Jayfar]

That sux! Also, I've never heard of a stuartiana without mottled leaves, so it may not even be a stuartiana.

[orchidsarefun]

e-bay has a buyer protection programme

About our buyer protection programs

though I don't know whether it will help in your circumstances. If they specified priority shipping on the listing, you may claim against that clause. By stating representative plant, they may have got around you not getting what you paid for.
Does the seller have a returns policy ? Maybe you can use that ?
Anyway GL, its unpleasant being ripped off....

[escualida]

Originally Posted by cbuchman

That's terrible!

I believe eBay has a vendor feedback process. You should use it!

I did, but I wanted to give you guys the heads up just in case as well.

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Originally Posted by Jayfar

That sux! Also, I've never heard of a stuartiana without mottled leaves, so it may not even be a stuartiana.

The one that I got is in bud and thankfully only 99% of the buds blasted so I am able to see that it at least looks like stuartiana, here is a picture and you guys can tell me:





---------- Post added at 11:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 AM ----------

Originally Posted by zxyqu

I'm looking at the item now, and it says that shipping is 11.50, not the 23.95 you listed? Maybe something is wrong, but it does sound like it was poorly packaged or mishandled. As such, I do feel it is their responsibility to discuss with the post office/etc about this, but I can't say for sure.

They lowered the shipping price to $17.95 after my first email, and I guess now after my second and bad feedback they've lowered it again. Glad they at least learned something from this exchange.

---------- Post added at 11:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 AM ----------

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

e-bay has a buyer protection programme

About our buyer protection programs

though I don't know whether it will help in your circumstances. If they specified priority shipping on the listing, you may claim against that clause. By stating representative plant, they may have got around you not getting what you paid for.
Does the seller have a returns policy ? Maybe you can use that ?
Anyway GL, its unpleasant being ripped off....

I've already had to deal with eBay from an issue with another seller that had sold me a virused plant and it was a real hassle. In the end I have a plant that I'm OK with keeping (provided it survives this ordeal), and I don't know if it's worth arguing for the shipping charge at this point... (I'm going to have it tested for virus and depending on what happens there we'll see)