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I have gotten a few things from them and the only problem I had was when I ordered a 250Mhz High Voltage scope probe(2kV). I contacted the service department about 3 times over a 3 week period and it seems that the workers there are either trained well in dodging you or they are just plain stupid and out in left field. They seem to be lost each time they checked my order status.

I finally got an E-Mail to some higher up and it was assured me that I would receive the probe. I did receive via fedex along with a bunch of swag which I still have the wrist straps, fluke coffee cup and fluke hat!

Jamie

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They used to ask you not dispute a charge, but they can't. Its in their agreement with the credit card companies. It's also a federal law at this point.

Rick

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rickman

If you do it that way. I never put a balance on my PP account. I pay through PP for items. That is always disputable through the CC.

I have disputed PP charges and won. There are two things eBay doesn't like, both of them have to do with losing money. CC chargeback is the big one.

Rick

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rickman

I had completely forgotten about resellerratings.com. They list a huge number of online retailers and the reviews are from users. I swear by it for anyone I am not familiar with. You can't go by every review. Sometimes there are just a couple of pissed off customers no matter what you do. But if you see they have a rating below 8 out of 10 and the complaints seem valid, I stay away. Keep in mind that most don't report if there is no problem. So an 8 is likely more like an eBay 98% approval rating or higher. The real info is in reading the reviews. How they treat the problem customers is what is important.

Rick

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rickman

If it is six months, that is new. It has always been two months from the date of the statement (or in Maryland when you received the statement). That's why I never let it go beyond 60 days without filing a claim. But lately all my problems have been through eBay and vendors there are very worried about their rating, so they make you happy if they can.

Rick

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rickman

Although I do purchase items from Ebay via a credit card, I have been thinking of getting a PP account, but after comments on this thread I am starting to question if I really think it's worth the trouble?

The problem is that I seem to be having issues lately getting some components that would otherwise be common among US dealers, but the chinese market seems to be flooded with what I need and they seem to accept PP just fine.. So having a separate bank account for that would seem to be the move to make and keep a small balance in it.

I have an up coming project (business I do on the side) that requires materials and components that only seem to be available from china, now. uC chips don't seem to be much of a problem but supporting components and hardware is.

I needed some FR5 not to long ago, no where in the states could I find a supplier that had anything in stock but a couple of places were willing to get it if I waited 3 weeks. I used a PP account from work and got it from a chinese source in something like 3 days to our factory and costing less, much less actually.

This country is going down the tubes..

Jamie

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On a sunny day (Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:11:11 -0400) it happened Jamie wrote in :

I do not like to give my credit card details online, so paypal works great there. Yes China has everything. Communication seller - buyer is very good in my ebay experience, think I am close to 100 items now. Ordered a lot of SMD resistors last week. On somebody elses recomendation here I also ordered nice boxes of SMD caps long time ago, been using them, OK, ebay nr 350252063648

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long time ago,

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Michael A. Terrell

How do you purchase from eBay without a PP account. I find that some

99% of the vendors only accept credit cards through PP. I don't know if you can pay through PP with a CC without an account. I do know that you don't need to link the transaction to any balance in your account.

Why do you need to link a bank account at all? I never have!

Or, like everyone else, they just do what is profitable and that is not the same as it was 30 years ago.

Rick

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rickman

It worth it just for the fact that you place another layer of security between 'them' and your credit card details.

I have had to use the dispute mechanism three and it worked great. Once was with someone who didn't understand what COD meant - they wanted me to come pick it up and pay for it at their address,

The other incidences were more serious and with a Chinese company leadme-eshop (they also use the name hotsale-eshop) - twice I sniped an auction for what must have been below costs and they simply did not deliver. When more than long enough time had elapsed I contacted them and they tried to stretch out the time to make the pay pay refund time expire. I told them which orders and which parts had not arrived and they kept coming back with questions that had already been answered and the situation clearly explained - very dishonest. I suspect Pay Pal knew of them because they did the refunds is less than 12 hours.

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Evan Cirelli

Pay with credit card.

On eBay you can pay with credit card without having a PayPal account, even if the seller only accepts PayPal.

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Dombo

For merchants I deal with online that definitely works. But I went to a little symposium last month, and the registration payment link dumped me straight into a PayPal login-or-create-account page. I need another account like I need a hole in the head, so I emailed my explanation to the symposium organizers and paid cash when I got there. Maybe bigger operators get some leeway from PayPal that smaller operators don't.

Mel.

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Mel Wilson

Ok, maybe I've done that, I'm not sure. I guess because I have both an eBay and PP accounts when I pay it always asks me to log into my PP account.

Rick

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rickman

When I buy from a seller that only accepts PayPal, I get a page that asks me to log in with a PayPal account (which I don't have) or pay with credit card (this option is a bit more hidden). When I pay with credit card the payment still goes through PayPal, so I assume it is all the same as far as the seller is concerned.

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and

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Really? Just doing what is profitable is older than the industrial revolution. Did you learn nothing in your history courses?

Some variation between short term profits (or most currently stock appreciation due to a lower tax rate) and long term corporate survival is driven by legislation and regulation.

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$3K

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years

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I bought a Rigol DSO from Saelig. The Rigol went out of stock before they could ship my order (big run due to the price drop), they were honest and up front about the situation from the get go. They offered me an in stock Owon that out-spec'd the Rigol, i chose to wait for the Rigol. Maybe i chose right maybe i chose wrong. I am still a satisfied customer.

YMMV

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I've heard many good things bout Saelig, but have not personally used them.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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I mean the things that are profitable now are not the same things that were profitable 30 years ago. Stuff happens...

Rick

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