Stan M.

Like many people I've used eBay to sell unwanted items to raise cash. Nothing major, just a few things here and there that I could get a few bucks for and free up some room in my garage or basement.

I'm really not a huge fan of eBay these days because it seems there is less and less room for small scale guys like me. I'm not a power-seller and I don't want to be. I just want to unload a few things I don't need instead of throwing them away.

Anyway, most of my transactions have been pretty smooth. I sold a large lot of old VHS tapes and a couple smaller lots of books, and a few other random items.

The last item I auctioned off was a Linksys wireless router. I had picked it up on Amazon for $48 when I first bought my laptop so I could be free to roam the house and not be chained down to the desk. I used it for about six months and everything worked perfectly. Then I switched internet providers and I no longer needed the router because FIOS gave me one to use for free.

So rather than have an unused router sitting around collecting dust I figured I'd just pack it up back in the box and sell it. After all it was barely used and looked as good as new. I had the original box and everything else that came with it.

I auctioned it off on eBay but all I got was a lousy $14. The seller sent me $22 (eight bucks for shipping) but after mailing it off and paying paypal and ebay fees all that was left was about $12.

"Oh well," I thought. "I wasn't using it anyway and $12 is better than nothing."

After a few days I received an email from the seller complaining that I ripped her off and sold her a router that didn't work. I wouldn't say she was nasty about it but there was certainly the implication that I knowingly sold her damaged goods.

I responded as nicely as possible that the router was working perfectly when I boxed it up and mailed it and is she sure she's using it right? I suggested reseting the router back to default settings as that might clear up any problems.

She then wrote back that she tried everything and it doesn't work and she wants a refund. She'll mail the router back to me but I need to pay the return shipping.

I was hunting quails with this company in Romania. I had a very good time, everything was great. We hunted quail for 6 days, in the Teleorman area, 4 guns around 200 quails daily, it is not bad at all. The accommodation was also very nice, and the two persons that guided the hunt, George Dina, the professional hunter and Mircea Pauleanu, the pr guy are the best. I will come back again soon for sure. P.S. The dogs they had for the quail hunt are great too :)