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Originally Posted by Yobber76
I have read most of this thread, and I'm not trying to blame anyone, but it struck me that I was having a conversation with an AD about 3-4 weeks ago and he brought up this exact scenario as the reason to buy from AD's vs the grey market.
His main point was that once you wire your money, and this happens, the seller has all the rights to pursue any insurance claim, and the buyer has no power to pursue the shipping company, since the buyer did not contract nor pay the shipping source. Often times, the buyer doesn't really get a receipt, with proper serial numbers, etc, making it even harder to pursue.
It just seemed odd to see his scenario so quickly, does this happen often?
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Yobber, after this experience I am 1000% sold on buying from ADs. The most frustrating thing is I probably could have paid a few hundred dollars more to do the transaction through a credit card and remained protected, which in hindsight would have been completely worth it to avoid all of this worry and uncertainty.
While a lot of people are saying that we should let the UPS claims process play out, it does suck to be sitting here with an empty box and be out a pretty huge chunk of money after doing everything above board. While the seller may be in a bad position too, at least he at this point has not suffered any monetary loss as he is still in possession of the funds from the transaction. The opportunity to get rid of the worry of never getting my money back is worth any premium a future AD charges me.