warning: buying off ebay

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Wonderwoman

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Oct 22, 2002
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so I paid a whopping $13.99 for what was described as a "softball-size clump" of java moss, plus bonus java fern for using the 'buy it now' option.

got them in the mail today. bagged in sandwich baggie, a clump maybe the size of a ping pong ball. :(

java fern? hahaha right. after throwing the moss into a spare tank to clean it out, i see this tiny tiny tiny (1cm?) java fern babies, i assume, since i don't know what else they could be. they were tangled into the java moss, it took me an hour to separate those tiny little buggers and put them into a jar.

i know there's a little risk always involved when buying from online auctions, but this is...ridiculous.

maybe i should just lie down and be a polite customer. :rolleyes: :
 

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Wonderwoman

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Oct 22, 2002
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i don't think they would accept anything except paypal...said they wouldn't take the 'ebay checkout' process. i'm settled and accepting my fate, and waiting for my moss to grow to what it was supposed to be :) haha

by the way, where have you been? :) people have been looking for you, dattack~!
 

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aznpanther98

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Oct 22, 2002
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who was the sellers name? i'm sure u'd probaly have better deal on this board in trading or buyin from them i've traded plants with someone on here and it was a good trade u were kinda ripped off with the java moss i got mine by accident on ebay too with a plant package i got a very tiny strand of the moss along with duckweed and riccia, i just let that moss grow and now i got alot of them riccia i'm haveing trouble with alge in it and the duck weed just a pain i got it off of a ebay seller floridasdriftwood over a year ago dunno if they still on ebay only thing i bought quarium related including a magnum filter
 

lizwinz

lizwinz

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Oct 22, 2002
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wonder woman--would you private message me too...i was going to buy some stuff off ebay, some snails and plants from acouple of different sellers and i'm wondering if the one you had bad luck with is one i'm looking at

i'd really appreciate it

--liz:)
 

Vyache

Vyache

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Oct 22, 2002
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Remember that eBay is a lot of different people. Check their feedbacks before buying and see if their other customers were happy. I've bought and sold things on eBay and had almost all positive experiences. I've probably had 200 trasactions one way or another and only had problems a few times. There are people who will try to rip you off in any buisness. Also, its hard to complain about somthing subjective like "ball size" since there is no statement of density. It might have started out fluffed out softball sized and then compacted down to golfball size. I'd email the guy and say that you were dissapointed; If he's a jerk about it leave him bad feedback. Most people want to keep their customers happy and will make concesions to do such. Either way leave informative feedback to his potential future customers.

P.S. I'm looking for a little piece of Riccia to start out. Most of the online sales are for huge mats of it. I'd pay shipping if someone was willing to send me a little piece. :D
 

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