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Here's the scoop.... On December 29th, I bought 6 brand new Atlas switches on a Buy It Now auction. On talking to the seller, he said he also had 19 'used' #4 switches, but they were in excellent condition, and if I wanted them, he'd let them go for $4.99 each. I didn't want to buy them sight unseen, so he sent me a couple pictures. I liked what I saw, so I decided to buy them all. $142.75, he waived shipping and gave me insurance for free. I paid for them all that night, using PayPal. He didn't actually ship them out until January 17th. He had a great feedback record, with a score of around 1900, 99.97% positive, but I had noticed several neutral's due to 'slow shipping' where he waited nearly a month to ship. Very few negatives, and I don't think there were any in the last year. I just got the package today. All the brand new switches were fine, in excellent shape, never opened. He was supposed to send 9 #4 Left, and 10 #4 Right. Here's what he actually sent.... 2 #6 Left, (rails coming loose from ties) 8 #4 Left, (2 of which are completely unusable, missing points and bent rails) 6 #4 Right, (2 of which were in the same condition as the bad #4 Lefts) 4 Left Snap Switches 3 Right Snap Switches. Now that totals 23 switches, or 4 more than he said he was going to send, but 4 are completely unusable, and 7 are not even what I thought I was buying. I want to leave him negative feedback for the slow shipping, and misrepresentation of product but here's where I run into problems.... the used switches were bought through an email agreement... not on Ebay. So other than ths slow shipping, the brand new ones were sent exactly as represented on Ebay, but I can't leave feedback regarding the used ones, because they weren't an Ebay Auction. I only have a score of 8, 100% positive, and I've checked his other buyers feedback, and anytime they leave him a neutral or negative, he flames them right back, ruining their positive scores. I'm going to email him and ask him what the deal is with the used switches, but as far as the feedback goes... should I just not leave him any, rather than posting a neutral or negative and risk getting flamed myself?
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