15 March 2008

Don't put your trust in Paypal

In another post I explained how disappointed I was with Laconic Records. To summarise, I ordered a controller from Laconic Records, the delivery company lost the package, but Laconic Records refuses to answer any of my communications. As the seller it is necessary that they contact the delivery company to initiate a lost package claim, but apparently they'd rather forget about the whole thing.

This was all very inconvenient, I had to pass up the chance to play at two shows i would have loved to attend. But I found consolation in the idea that Paypal's dispute resolution system would come out in my favour, eventually. To my great surprise, my claim was closed in the sellers favour.

Paypal, in their infinite wisdom, ruled that since the seller could produce the receipt from the delivery company with with my name and address on it, that was sufficient to establish that the package had been delivered to me. Despite having been alerted to the fact several times, Paypal somehow continue to overlook the fact that the delivery companies own package tracking system shows that the package in question has been delivered to an unknown third party.

I filed an appeal, explaining again that the package had gone missing and that the seller is the only party that can correct the situation. This was the start of an ongoing string of exchanges with Paypal's complaint department.

I keep explaining the same thing to different Paypal agents, each time my appeal is reopened, and then closed again a short while later. Deeply frustrating.

Today I found out that the case had been closed again. This time i didn't receive even an email notification that its status had changed. Here's the history log of the dispute resolution case so far, a sorry litany indeed!


Date
Actor Action Details
5 Mar. 2008 PayPal Case closed
5 Mar. 2008 PayPal Appeal denied
26 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
26 Feb. 2008 Seller Decision appealed
26 Feb. 2008 Buyer Email sent to PayPal
26 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case closed
26 Feb. 2008 PayPal Appeal denied
26 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to buyer
22 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
22 Feb. 2008 Seller Decision appealed
22 Feb. 2008 Buyer Email sent to PayPal
22 Feb. 2008 Buyer Email sent to PayPal
20 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case closed
20 Feb. 2008 PayPal Appeal denied
20 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to buyer
20 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
20 Feb. 2008 Seller Decision appealed
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to seller
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to buyer
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case closed
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Documentation received from seller
19 Feb. 2008 PayPal Phone call with seller
17 Feb. 2008 PayPal Additional information requested
17 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to seller
16 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
12 Feb. 2008 PayPal Additional information requested
12 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to seller
11 Feb. 2008 PayPal Case under review
7 Feb. 2008 PayPal Additional information requested
7 Feb. 2008 PayPal Email sent to seller
4 Jan. 2008 Buyer Email sent to PayPal
1 Jan. 2008 PayPal Case under review
29 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to seller
29 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to buyer
29 Dec. 2007 Seller Tracking information received
28 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to seller
28 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to buyer
28 Dec. 2007 Buyer Dispute escalated to claim
28 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to buyer
12 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to seller
12 Dec. 2007 PayPal Email sent to buyer
28 Dec. 2007 Buyer Dispute filed


To Laconic Records: please reconsider your approach. With a minimum of effort you could set this right and counter the bad publicity you're getting because of your inaction. Do the right thing!

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