Should Have Guessed

[Old Mike]

I was doing a search for replacement drawer pull hardware for our bedroom set. I really wanted to replace all of it, but finding a nice piece with the right center to center measurement and not paying and arm and a leg was proving difficult. I found this site with an exact replacement for somewhat less than an arm and a leg. I didn’t want to get the same thing figuring it will break again later on, but as I said, finding something suitable was getting difficult, so I ordered enough to have a couple of spares. As you can see, the site I was as shopping at says one thing. Then look at my email receipt.

 

[polara71]

Get a refund quick! You can find one in the antique store for five bucks.

 

[thrashingcows]

Yeah I hate sites that don't list "where" the parts are coming out of....

 

[commando1]

Jeezes. Almost anybody could have fallen for that.

 

[CBODY67]

Just curious . . . what's so special about the spacing? Wider than normal?

Didn't realize that Etsy was another re-seller of Chinese products. As Wish seems to be. What projected delivery time did they quote?

Might have been better to find a large hardware wholesaler and looked in their catalog? Which probably had the same things, but come from a USA warehouse.

Hope everything works out ok!
CBODY67

 

[Wollfen]

Etsy doesn't sell anything, sellers use Etsy to sell their stuff, it's the same as Ebay in that respect.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

I'm fighting the same bullshit. The other day I bought an $80 book through abe books which was a partner link to amazon since it was out of stock.
They sent the wrong $3 book. Can't do **** about it. Everyday a different person sends an email with a fake phone number requesting I call. It goes to a google facilitated voicemail service.

The whole thing led me to think that online sales have gone to ****. I was an early adopter of sorts. My ebay account is 20 years old and I've been on Amazon a long time too.

In the beginning some of my friends would not join for fear of being ripped off over the internet.

I did not have any issues for years. It was reputation based sales.

Now I get ripped off all the time, on all platforms.
Ebay has been **** for years. I no longer do feedback at all. Everytime I get porked I read their feedback comments and assholes that trade a positive for a positive give 5 stars then say they got ripped in the verbage.

Never been on etsy. Wife does it. I don't need anymore bs.