Comments on: What Would You Do With Someone Else’s Money?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:19:07 +0000

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Thankfully, the issue has resolved itself

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By: Jim Walton

Jim Walton — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:58:37 +0000

What if you leave her positive feedback (she did pay promptly) and in your feedback, ask her to contact you. Find a way to communicate to her that you have found you can’t ship to her.

Just a thought

By: LuxLivingFrugalis

LuxLivingFrugalis — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:04:37 +0000

Contact the post office in her area and get a correct zip code then ship the item. Sitting on the money shouldn’t be an option. If you’re not comfortable with the post office information then I’d do as the other poster suggested and refund the money.

By: eR0CK

eR0CK — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:28:26 +0000

I agree with broknow.

I work at a computer place and sometimes people pay us to fix their PC’s, but forget to pick up the PC. We give them 30 days, then we sell the PC.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:45:19 +0000

MossySF, zabasearch gave another two potentional phone numbers, I’ll try them tomorrow, thanks!

CleverDude, I wondered the same thing.

Tim, I’d really like to close this deal. I’ll probably keep digging until I’ve exhausted all possible ways of contacting her.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:53:31 +0000

no, it is still his responsibility. I would simply refund her paypal account with a note as to your efforts thus far and reason for refund. then relist the item.

By: broknowrchlatr

broknowrchlatr — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:02:09 +0000

You have done more than enough on your end. It is her responsibility to get in touch with you. She sheould be wonderring where it is and it should be very easy for her to get in touch with you. I would keep the money, regardless of the outcome. She enterred a contract to buy the item.

The odds are, she’ll try to get in touch with you within a couple weeks. So, keep the cash and keep the item for now.

Normally, I’d say you have to keep the item for maybe 6 months and then you cna sell it. But, you have to deal with a bad rating if she finally comes back.

Throw the item in your attic and forget about it. Wait for her to come to you.

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By: Henry @ Binary Dollar

Henry @ Binary Dollar — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:40:52 +0000

If it’s just the zip code part you don’t have, just find it using the rest of her address on Google maps or something.