And how, exactly, does PayPal propose to determine if the USB input is faulty? Are they going to send out an "audio expert" to inspect the unit and determine if the input is faulty? Of course not.
I absolutely will NOT conduct any more transactions where PayPal is the method used for payment. I say this because PayPal boned me last year when I purchased (via FleaBay) a brand new Seiko watch from a Singapore-based seller.
My postman, when he made the delivery to me, said "What did you buy, an orchid?" because of the return addresss and the fact that the box was so very light. I was immediately suspicious and asked him to standby while I opened the package. And inside the package was a Seiko watch box and NO watch - surprise, surprise!! And, BTW, the package was *very* well sealed, there is NO way that it was opened in transit and then re-sealed
I offered the postman an ice cold lemonade and asked him to stick around for 5 minutes while I drew up a document stating the facts and had him sign it. Luckily for me, my next door neighbor, who happened to be at home at the time and is also a Notary, notarized the statement within minutes of my opening the package.
I then contacted the seller and told him of the problem. The seller vehemently denied my claim and called me a liar. Within 24 hours, I had also contacted PayPal and told them my story and also offered to send them a copy of the signed, notarized statement.
PayPal refused to accept the statement as proof of my claim and told me that I had to go down to the local police station to file a police report AND to the Post Office to get the Post Master to make out a sworn statement. It would have taken me at least half a day to do so, hardly worth the time and effort for a $125 watch. Why they required me to jump thru these hoops instead of accepting the notarized statment I already had is still a mystery to me.
I never did get the watch nor a refund. Since then, I have stopped doing business with FleaBay and PayPal entirely. However, over the course of the next few weeks, I *was* able to run-up my PayPal and FleaBay bills enough to cover the amount I was taken for.
I then shut down my PayPal and FleaBay accounts and also closed down the bank account I used for these transactions and left them holding the bag. Naturally, they badgered me for several months, demanding payment. And, of course, I ignored their demands and told them to go pound sand. An eye for an eye, so to speak...
Additionally, it would appear that PayPal and FleaBay are running what is essentially an illegal operation and I feel no guilt whatsoever for having done what I did.
It still amazes me that the US Govt. has not gone after PayPal and FleaBay for their criminal activities. And why do I say that they are criminals? Simple, open your wallet and look at ANY dollar bill of any denomination - it CLEARLY states on the left side of the bill: "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private"
The fact that FleaBay requires that ALL tansactions be conducted using PayPal as the only form of payment is CLEARLY illegal. If every FleaBay user would simply stop conducting business with them for just one week, they would be out of business within 8 days...
-RW-
