Started refinishing a couple of older sliding glass doors yesterday and they need some new hardware. I'm in a hurry for parts as refinish requires dismounting the doors and I'm running out of warm weather. Amazon has most things I need, but bottom of door has a unique U-shaped metal backed brush seal that is discontinued and impossible to find. Original (now unavailable) part listed for $60++ each. Deep google searches showed a plastic substitute available and even better found them on closeout for $25.
Tired and in a hurry, sent in the order last night without looking at anything else on seller site. Checkout had a slightly primitive, sketchy feel and I use PayPal. When my order goes through PayPal it kicks me back to the site, my cart is still full and it's asking me to pay again. Full stop, look at the site and it has all sorts of random home goods and everything is 70% off - blatant, obvious SCAM site. As best I can tell it's possibly based in North Korea.
Overnight seller sent 3 USPS tracking numbers, all bogus. PayPal made it slightly hard to dispute and I simply bent the truth (umm, made up stuff?? Well, lied actually....) by claiming I had requested to cancel sale via email and seller promised refund with return #1234567. Total BS, but I figure the seller won't bother disputing my bogus return of their bogus sale.
TAKEAWAY:
Desperation to procure a discontinued, hard to find part is another type of greed and I got sucked into making a transaction not that different than chasing a too good to be true deal on tool or electronics item. New rule will be to always go to an unfamiliar seller's home page and scrutinize before ordering.
Tired and in a hurry, sent in the order last night without looking at anything else on seller site. Checkout had a slightly primitive, sketchy feel and I use PayPal. When my order goes through PayPal it kicks me back to the site, my cart is still full and it's asking me to pay again. Full stop, look at the site and it has all sorts of random home goods and everything is 70% off - blatant, obvious SCAM site. As best I can tell it's possibly based in North Korea.
Overnight seller sent 3 USPS tracking numbers, all bogus. PayPal made it slightly hard to dispute and I simply bent the truth (umm, made up stuff?? Well, lied actually....) by claiming I had requested to cancel sale via email and seller promised refund with return #1234567. Total BS, but I figure the seller won't bother disputing my bogus return of their bogus sale.
TAKEAWAY:
Desperation to procure a discontinued, hard to find part is another type of greed and I got sucked into making a transaction not that different than chasing a too good to be true deal on tool or electronics item. New rule will be to always go to an unfamiliar seller's home page and scrutinize before ordering.
