I recently sold some red cherry shrimp on eBay and the auction description listed them as:
The buyer claimed:
Have I always included adults in smaller shipments -- not always, just depends on what I can catch that day. I'm not saying that there was an adult in his shipment. There may or may not have been, but I'm 100% certain that every single one of those shrimp were larger than 1/4".
The money isn't the big deal, but rather the audacity of the guy to claim that there was "nothing larger than 1/4 inch" in the shipment. Claiming that I never sent any adult shrimp is one thing -- and I admit that if he claimed that, then he'd probably be entitled to a partial refund because of my wording on the auction description -- but claiming that there was nothing larger than 1/4"?
I wonder where the dispute is going to go now.
When the buyer received the shrimp, they filed a dispute with PayPal claiming that there were no adult shrimp in the batch and that due to the wording of the auction, they were entitled to a refund.You are bidding on 15 Red Cherry Shrimp plus 3 FREE in case of DOAs.
They will have some plants to hang onto during shipping!
They will range from 1/4" juveniles to adult shrimp.
...etc...
The buyer claimed:
I've sold shrimp on this forum as well as eBay before, and I've always shipped out shrimp larger than 1/4". Most people know (and I informed the buyer) that smaller shrimp handle shipping and acclimation better and that's why they're shipped, rather than adults.From Buyer - Jeff XXXX -- 9/25/2008 19:01 PDT said:In auction seller quoted "They will range from 1/4" juveniles to adult shrimp." Tin there was not one adult in the shipment nothing larger than 1/4 inch adults are 3/4 to1 inch
Have I always included adults in smaller shipments -- not always, just depends on what I can catch that day. I'm not saying that there was an adult in his shipment. There may or may not have been, but I'm 100% certain that every single one of those shrimp were larger than 1/4".
The money isn't the big deal, but rather the audacity of the guy to claim that there was "nothing larger than 1/4 inch" in the shipment. Claiming that I never sent any adult shrimp is one thing -- and I admit that if he claimed that, then he'd probably be entitled to a partial refund because of my wording on the auction description -- but claiming that there was nothing larger than 1/4"?
I wonder where the dispute is going to go now.