I ordered a gift card on eBay about 6 days ago for a clothing retailer. The person who I bought it from had 10 positive feedback reviews and no negative reviews; some are cheap, whereas a few are nearly three times as costly as the item I purchased. I initially contacted him before bidding asking if he could e-mail the gift card numbers rather than physically ship it so that I could make a quick purchase, and he responded that this was fine. (there was no additional correspondence) I won and contacted him and asked that he send "the information" to my e-mail... no response. Finally I sent a follow up a few days later, and he told me that he already sent the information. I asked if he shipped it and if so what the tracking number was. I've yet to receive a response. Am I out of luck in an eBay dispute because of this correspondence? If he does try to claim that he e-mailed me the information, am I out of luck?
I would try emailing him again and while you are waiting for a response go to eBay and search for their dispute polices. That should give you some indication if you should take the time to file a dispute. I would also mention in my email that you were thinking of filing a dispute. Good luck with it. I hope you didn't spend too much money.
I would file a dispute with Ebay and also with your bank, paypal, etc for who you paid for. And i hope you didn't spend to much. I've actually had a similar situation where I ordered an ATV part -- it was apparently in excellent condition, but when we got it, it was worst then the one I already had!! The guy tried to say we just switched the parts -- but lol, we had two feet of snow on the ground... we got our money back and left the guy a very bad review.
I would wait a few days and if nothing postive happens then I would contact ebay and/or Paypal (or your bank depending on how you paid).
I'd wait a few days if I was you, sometimes people can have anything happen to them, example a severe thunderstorm has caused a blackout in their area, can be small things like that. Mojachie.