24 hours Status post

Being the apparent winner of the Ninteno Wii we wanted to get for the kid for Xmas and of course....

There has not been any contact from the seller...

I am telling you, this whole process has been a giant headache from start to finish.  Trying to get in on a auction for what we decided was a reasonable amount of money, and then trying to not be outbid with in the last 5 seconds of the auction was enough to make me remember why i stopped using EBay in the first place.

It was pure luck that I managed to eek this one out with only 5 seconds remaining and only having to increase my bid by 5 bucks.  Luckily my parents gave us 100 dollars to go towards it so we coudl go outside our comfort zone with the price a little.

Follow up finally winning it with being unable to pay for it right away with Paypal was a complete and total pain in the ass.  1hour and 45mins or so on hold so I couls speak to "Jason" in India and getting the basic line they give everyone as to why their service blows.

So, we decide to forgo the paypal and take up the seller on their other option listed for acceptable payment, that being a Cashiers Check or money order, both of which I would gladly send overnight and registered mail to get them to the seller quickly.  The seller wants to make money right?

WRONG.  Its been about 36 hours since the auction ended and none of my messages have been replied to.  After 72 hours you can apparently put in a request to get the sellers listed phone number, and believe me, I will be doing that.  If I don't get any resolution from that, I am going to pretty much tell the whole thing to go to hell and go to plan B.   I'll get the kid a PS3 or something.