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Thread Number: 5659
Blue Maytags arrive Damaged !!! |
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Post# 118680 , Reply# 2 3/29/2006 at 21:46 (6,596 days old) by neptunebob  (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Temporary fix | ||
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Post# 118703 , Reply# 3 3/29/2006 at 22:43 (6,596 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Still on the fence about filing a claim for minor cosmetic damage from when Beltmann delivered my washer. They put themselves clearly in the wrong when the item was NOT cushioned/blanketed as per the instructions. Just for the record, Beltmann contracts out lots of their shipping, it's not like they own all the trucks and the delivery guys work for them. Rather they simply put things out for bids,IIRC from local truckers/shippers in a certian area. How was the item supposed to be shipped? Crated? Blanketed? As for replacement cost,did you specify to Beltmann when placing the order that the item was vintage and irreplacable? Maybe you can take the entire glass panel to a glass place and have them cut another plate. Doubt if they will have an exact match, but at least something to keep until you can find another from a washer being parted out. Sorry for your ordeal,,,, L. | ||
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Post# 118706 , Reply# 4 3/29/2006 at 22:49 (6,596 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Oh that is sad. Surely there's one sitting somewheres in a junk yard that still has some intact glass on it. I received my first damaged Ebay purchase the other day. A little Kenmore sputnik can opener. When I opened the box it was cracked and broken in about 3 places. All the sellers did was stuff newspaper around it, the box was totally intact and didn't look to have been damaged. They refunded my money thankfully. well, minus the shipping. | ||
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Post# 118726 , Reply# 5 3/30/2006 at 00:33 (6,596 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Pete!
We have the same tastes, as I was "watching" that can opener! Sad to hear it arrived damaged, one would think what some sellers are charging these days for shipping, they'd go the extra mile for some good packing material. Most use any old box they can find, with the MOL sellers using USPS Priority Mail boxes, but little to no padding/filling. For goodness sakes, pass by any rubbish bin outside a store and usually one can find huge bin liners full of peanuts waiting to be carted away. Oh yes, speaking of our "mutual" tates, how did that Hoover Pixie vac work out for you? L. | ||
| Post# 118758 , Reply# 8 3/30/2006 at 06:08 (6,596 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
have a glass | ||
| Post# 118829 , Reply# 9 3/30/2006 at 12:18 (6,595 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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John, there are spares out there. I think I have a set in NY. One thing that goes bad is the gold dots rub off after a while with detergents and pre-wash sprays. I will check for you when I get home to NY. Bobby in Boston | ||
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Post# 118831 , Reply# 10 3/30/2006 at 12:36 (6,595 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Hi Laundress, The Pixie vac is another story, I won it on Feb 23 or there abouts, on March 2nd the guy emails me that his puter was down and he'll mail it tomorrow (the 3rd?) and I'm still waiting for it. It's not even caught in customs because the seller is in Canada. Now I'm trying for 3 days to make an "item not received" claim on PayPal and it's been "temporarily out of service", no response from PayPal on that problem. My gut feeling is the guy selling the Pixie vac wasn't thrilled it went so cheap, I think I got it for $11, so he never did mail it to me.
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| Post# 118931 , Reply# 12 3/30/2006 at 20:13 (6,595 days old) by harvestgold (Deland, Florida ) | ||
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Blue maytag washer Hey guys Thanks for all the good words and morale support thats what a club like this is all about!!! any help for a replacement glass would be a miracle i may try gluing the glass an see what happens john | ||
| Post# 118935 , Reply# 13 3/30/2006 at 20:21 (6,595 days old) by duetboy () | ||
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And it continues Next ebay purchase arrived today, broken in 3 places and dented. I can't win for loosing! duetboy (with a broken vintage coffee pot!) | ||
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Post# 119002 , Reply# 14 3/31/2006 at 02:08 (6,595 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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| Post# 119022 , Reply# 15 3/31/2006 at 08:50 (6,594 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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I got a coffee pot (Silex glass vacuum) and the thing was wrapped SO damn tight, I broke the bottom piece trying unwrap it. Never got to use it. | ||
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Post# 119081 , Reply# 16 3/31/2006 at 14:46 (6,594 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Post me a snap,
Have lots of Silex and Cory vac pots/parts lying about spare (vintage vacuum coffee makers were a passion, before vintage laundry),so maybe able to help. These days really only use my SS Sunbeam C50 pot, as the glass pots are just too much bother early in the morning. One false move and one is mopping up coffee/sweeping up glass bits. Launderess | ||
| Post# 119150 , Reply# 18 3/31/2006 at 20:24 (6,594 days old) by fixerman () | ||
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Here is a glue to consider. CLICK HERE TO GO TO fixerman's LINK | ||
| Post# 119271 , Reply# 19 4/1/2006 at 07:11 (6,594 days old) by bingwsguy (Binghamton NY) | ||
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broken glass I was on Marcone.com, Repairclinic.com, and Appliancepartsworldwide.com, and I believe one of them had the glass inserts....when I have a little more time I will look at all 3 and see if I can help you further...until then check them out...good luck. Joe | ||
| Post# 119287 , Reply# 20 4/1/2006 at 08:50 (6,593 days old) by duetboy () | ||
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Coffeepot Sunbeam CoffeeMaster C30a. It WAS in mint until the seller didn't pack it well enough! duetboy | ||
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Post# 119470 , Reply# 21 4/2/2006 at 13:23 (6,592 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 119632 , Reply# 22 4/3/2006 at 11:34 (6,591 days old) by mint46 (North Eastern Pennsylvania) | ||
Cost of shipping verses seller's mood for the day
I recently got three vintage manual can openers from Ebay and paid $13.00 to have shipped. When they arrived I find they are only shipped in a shoe box with the lid taped down only on two sides. The bottom of the box was boasting a 6 inch hole and two of the corners on the box were completely ripped out. Inside the box was only "packed" with the paper that comes wrapped around your shoes, just that paper laid across the openers for "padding". I mean, these openers are HEAVY and shoe boxes aren't thick. The box was never wrapped on the outside or anything. I was so upset in what she charged. I could have lost all three items through the holes in the box due to the seller's neglegence. Her response to my email was that she must have been having a bad "packing day"!! UGH. Ebay is such a gamble anymore, turns my stomach when I search for vintage items there these days.
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Post# 119697 , Reply# 23 4/3/2006 at 19:24 (6,591 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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What one will find on eBay these days are quite a few people eeking out a living/running a business selling items for profit and or to put meat on the table. The larger interets like the "ISoldIt" chains and truly professional sellers tend to go the extra mile in terms of packing/shipping. However have had very bad experiences with those whom troll estate sales, attics, thrifts and from the looks of some items even rubbish to find items for sale, only to skimp on packing supplies. Seems that things have gotten worse now that the USPS has cracked down on people taking scores of priority mail packing boxes for their own use. What really get's my goat is people who charge a vast sum for shipping, only to have the parcel arrive poorly packed (usually with any cheap old box found in the rubbish), with only less than half of the shipping cost shown as postage. These sellers when caught out on this will say "oh I have to charge extra to cover my "shipping" costs, driving to the post office, blah, blah, blah". Well correct me if I'm wrong, but unless told otherwise,those costs come under "costs of doing business". When it comes to vintage appliances, think pretty soon it will be only self pick up, unless the auction is from one of the "big guys". They have no shame some people. Launderess | ||
| Post# 119741 , Reply# 24 4/3/2006 at 21:25 (6,591 days old) by mint46 (North Eastern Pennsylvania) | ||
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Cost of business
I agree. I know most people are just trying to make a few bucks, but some people have these mini enterprises now and they expect you to pay three times what could be considered reasonable just to "handle" the merchandise for you. It kills me these actual businesses I keep seeing on Ebay who don't charge a handling fee if they ship to you, but if you go pick it up from them, there's a handling fee tacked on. I could go on and on about the nerve and no shame that emanates from some of those people. YOu just dont' know anymore. OMG, I almost forgot, actually I did forget....Harvestgold, that is one GORGEOUS maytag up there at the top of this thread. I hope you find some glass soon. It sounds like a few of the members here can help you out, hopefully you won't be in dispair too much longer. Good LUck!! *damns the shipping company on my way out the door* | ||
| Post# 119840 , Reply# 26 4/4/2006 at 09:49 (6,590 days old) by mint46 (North Eastern Pennsylvania) | ||
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Whirlcool
I should have been buying stuff from you all this time! I am not knocking ALL people who sell on ebay, I'm just not satisfied with the ones I've been dealing with lately. As for the feedback game, I was just talking to my husband about that. I have a paypal account and I pay the day I win the auction, yet I still don't get feedback until I've received my package and posted feedback about the seller. It's insane. I did my part straight away by communicating and paying promptly, yet I get nothing until I leave feedback. I see so many wars between buyer and seller left in feedback, why can't they just take it to email and be done with it?? OY! It looks like you have an EXCELLENT policy and you stick to it. I always read the fine print, I see loads of that too. Items relisted because someone didn't read the whole auction. GAH.....*runs away from EBAY for a long time* | ||
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Post# 119851 , Reply# 28 4/4/2006 at 11:08 (6,590 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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ebay feedback policies...
I dunno guys. I almost never leave feedback for my buyers until they have done so for me. In my About Me page, I explain why. I don't believe its blackmail. If you don't want to leave me any feedback, you don't have to. Feedback isn't required. I used to leave feedback right away for my buyers but stopped after I got burned by buyers who would rather leave a negative feedback for me if something didn't go their way, instead of communicating with me. I find that waiting until I know my customer is happy is a very good idea. Sadly, there are too many people out there who won't do the right thing unless someting is held over their heads. The buyer is more likely to work with me, and we are both more likely to get satisfaction with the transaction if we both have something to loose. That being said, I think my policies are VERY customer friendly. I charge around 50 cents over postage for expenses like packaging material, tape, labels, toner, electricty, gas, time, and eBay fees. If something never arrives, I just ship out another item, no questions asked, or refund your money. If both arrive, you can keep both. If you get something and its broken in shipping or DOA, I will just ship you a new one, no questions asked, or refund your money. You can dispose of the first one. If the item doesn't work the way I said it would, I'll refund your money and the shipping, and you can keep the item. Everything is USPS Priority, and its all insured. Only take PayPal - no checks, no money orders, so no fraud. This formula works well for my auctions, because most of the items I sell generally go for 50% of retail, and most items are under $5. Now, if the item was larger, like, lets say, a washing machine or a laptop computer, thats a different story. If I am earning more than a few bucks on an auction, I am more than willing to eat any costs and just charge the auction amount plus str8 shipping. Or you can pick it up and pay cash. Or you can use your shipper. I don't like having to hold feedback over peoples heads. I'm not in this for the feedback, I'm in it for the money - so I don't care if the transaction earns me a positive feedback. At the same time, I don't want some jerk sullying my reputation because they are not willing to be civil and play by the rules. Oh, and HarvestGold... thats a beautiful Maytag... I'm so jealous! Poor thing. Hope you can get it ship shape soon. | ||
| Post# 119852 , Reply# 29 4/4/2006 at 11:09 (6,590 days old) by mint46 (North Eastern Pennsylvania) | ||
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item descriptions
That drives me up a wall when people list something and there's either NO picture or it's a crap one. Then have the nerve to ask $1,500 on the premise of "I've seen others like this on here go for $2,000-5,000, so you're practically stealing this from me." I just want to email and say, "Do you realize if you actually include a photo or one that's worth a shoe, you might bring in another group of bidders? And I'm not paying $1,500 for something that is solid orange with rust on the outside and "worked when it was unplugged back in 88' but hasn't been run since" Oh, I digress.... | ||
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