A few months ago, I made an offer to buy an item. The item being sold was particularly undervalued. I knew this, although I was uncertain that the seller did. The offer I made was a bit less than the sellers suggested sale price. The seller accepted my offer and I promptly paid via PayPal. When my purchase arrived, it was not the item I had purchased. I contacted the seller and he provided a return shipping label and provided an explanation that he had, for the first time in his life, mixed up shipments and offered to refund my purchase price and, when the item I had bought was returned to him, he was offer to sell it to me again. Suffice it to say, while I did receive my refund, the story the seller gave makes no sense. I think he figured out that he undervalued the item and set in motion a subterfuge to avoid the sale in order to sell it to someone else. What bothers me is the fact that the seller deprived me of my opportunity to purchase the item and there are few items like it being sold anywhere. I have been trying to contact Ebay to speak to a customer service representative about this issue, but, because it is unique and not pigeon-holed within Ebay's set categories, I cannot get any response. Any suggestions on how I can contact a human being with the Ebay "borg" for some genuine assistance?
