16-08-2013, 14:34
(This post was last modified: 16-08-2013, 14:46 by universallove.)
the ebay seller "jesuswait4u" is an exteremely dodgy seller and i feel the need to warn you all about her. Her name is laura dillon, and she is usually the only person selling brava on ebay. I went to buy large wide domes off her and she said wed be better to do the transaction off ebay to save on ebay fees and make the item cheaper for me (and it ends up- also absolving herself of responsibility for her dodgy dealings with me!!!)
she promised me as new domes (which i hear she has promised others- but then sends obviously quite worn out domes, wich she has sold to you for a very high price)
I cant describe to you just how nasty she was about this purchase i made from her... well the domes were posted out to me many weeks after the purchase, when they were promised to be sent immediately but after that it got much worse. I received the domes and they were certainly not barely used (she claimed they were used twice). They were piling and obviously a little worn out although they didnt look so bad. I asked her for a partial refund, as she had promised as new domes. She initially agreed, but when i also raised the issue that she had charged me $123 for postage- when the box clearly showed the postage price as being $80 (i rose the issue politely by the way) she told me she would then retract the agreement for the partial refund because she felt i was trying to rip her off my asking for a refund off the extra unused postage i paid for....
crazy huh?? It did get even worse.... I noticed that besides piling, the domes had several tears in the rims, i emailed her and told her about this immediately- saying i was concerned about how quickly tears in rims deteriorate, and how much use i would get from the domes- i told her i was most likley entitled to a higher partial refund- now that i saw the domes were also torn- i did not want to totally return them, as id waited so long for them and didnt want to break my brava program... she didnt reply the email... after a couple of days of use the tears got alot worse, and after a week they got really bad. the whole outer plastic encasing of the silicon rim came away from one side, about 2 inches long, and the piling also got 10 times worse in that short time. it was shocking. when i told her this, she told me it was too late for a refund, that id used the domes now.. When i told her how much worse the tears had got and showed her pics- she said she couldnt see tears, (the pics showed the tears very very clearly!!!) she said that there were no tears, it was just that the glue must of just come away- which alerted me to the fact that shes probably gluing broken rims together and possibly even doing temprary fix it jobs on rims that temporarily make them look newer and as though they are piling less- but most likely makes them age MUCH faster soon after they are used several times!!! This is extremely dodgy!! Looking at my domes now, a week after i recieved them and started using them- they look as though theyve been used several months at the very least, when i first recieved them they looked like theyd had had probably a month of daily wear, or maybe a bit more... the way theyve aged this fast is really quite alarming and it really makes me suspicious she is doing some dodgy things to domes to make them appear newer. And these tears in them make them quite uncomfortable to wear- so now im in the position of having to look for new domes yet again- and i very much doubt these are worth more than $200, when i paid $400 for them- not includeing the inflated postage price
. I paid 580 for them including shipping which is astromonical right??? she did end up agreeing again to the $80 partial refund, but in a very reluctant and rude way and only under the condition that i didnt let forum users know about my dealings with her (as i told her in a previous email i was planning to let others know what she had done) of course i lied and agreed not to publish this just to get my refund- of which i was obviously deserving of a much larger partial refund!!!
But honestly ive never had dealings with a more decietful and down right nasty seller. im warniing everyone stay right away from her!!! and dont sell your used systems to her either as she has dominated the second hand brava market through very manipulative and horrible tactics. if you post your brava on ebay, dont let her buy it- not sure if you can block a buyer, but if you can, block her from buying it. She bought my system that i sold recently- and she is now reselling it on ebay- she has advertised it as being new but stored ina box for a long period which has caused it to discolur slightly!!! My domes were far from new! I used them a month or a little more than a month- and when i received them they had already gone through two previous owners!! their condition was good, yes, but they are very obviously well worn.
she promised me as new domes (which i hear she has promised others- but then sends obviously quite worn out domes, wich she has sold to you for a very high price)
I cant describe to you just how nasty she was about this purchase i made from her... well the domes were posted out to me many weeks after the purchase, when they were promised to be sent immediately but after that it got much worse. I received the domes and they were certainly not barely used (she claimed they were used twice). They were piling and obviously a little worn out although they didnt look so bad. I asked her for a partial refund, as she had promised as new domes. She initially agreed, but when i also raised the issue that she had charged me $123 for postage- when the box clearly showed the postage price as being $80 (i rose the issue politely by the way) she told me she would then retract the agreement for the partial refund because she felt i was trying to rip her off my asking for a refund off the extra unused postage i paid for....
crazy huh?? It did get even worse.... I noticed that besides piling, the domes had several tears in the rims, i emailed her and told her about this immediately- saying i was concerned about how quickly tears in rims deteriorate, and how much use i would get from the domes- i told her i was most likley entitled to a higher partial refund- now that i saw the domes were also torn- i did not want to totally return them, as id waited so long for them and didnt want to break my brava program... she didnt reply the email... after a couple of days of use the tears got alot worse, and after a week they got really bad. the whole outer plastic encasing of the silicon rim came away from one side, about 2 inches long, and the piling also got 10 times worse in that short time. it was shocking. when i told her this, she told me it was too late for a refund, that id used the domes now.. When i told her how much worse the tears had got and showed her pics- she said she couldnt see tears, (the pics showed the tears very very clearly!!!) she said that there were no tears, it was just that the glue must of just come away- which alerted me to the fact that shes probably gluing broken rims together and possibly even doing temprary fix it jobs on rims that temporarily make them look newer and as though they are piling less- but most likely makes them age MUCH faster soon after they are used several times!!! This is extremely dodgy!! Looking at my domes now, a week after i recieved them and started using them- they look as though theyve been used several months at the very least, when i first recieved them they looked like theyd had had probably a month of daily wear, or maybe a bit more... the way theyve aged this fast is really quite alarming and it really makes me suspicious she is doing some dodgy things to domes to make them appear newer. And these tears in them make them quite uncomfortable to wear- so now im in the position of having to look for new domes yet again- and i very much doubt these are worth more than $200, when i paid $400 for them- not includeing the inflated postage price
. I paid 580 for them including shipping which is astromonical right??? she did end up agreeing again to the $80 partial refund, but in a very reluctant and rude way and only under the condition that i didnt let forum users know about my dealings with her (as i told her in a previous email i was planning to let others know what she had done) of course i lied and agreed not to publish this just to get my refund- of which i was obviously deserving of a much larger partial refund!!! But honestly ive never had dealings with a more decietful and down right nasty seller. im warniing everyone stay right away from her!!! and dont sell your used systems to her either as she has dominated the second hand brava market through very manipulative and horrible tactics. if you post your brava on ebay, dont let her buy it- not sure if you can block a buyer, but if you can, block her from buying it. She bought my system that i sold recently- and she is now reselling it on ebay- she has advertised it as being new but stored ina box for a long period which has caused it to discolur slightly!!! My domes were far from new! I used them a month or a little more than a month- and when i received them they had already gone through two previous owners!! their condition was good, yes, but they are very obviously well worn.
