I won some MLP accessories in an ebay auction. The seller delayed the shipping, but I wouldn't have complained about the delay until I realised the strategy behind it:
I received the accessories 1 day prior to the German general elections. (In Germany, the post takes between 1 and 2 days to arrive, so you are able to calculate very accurately when an item you are sending will arrive.) The package included campaign advertising for one particular party.
It is illegal for parties to leave campaign advertising in your mailbox or to pester you with emails or calls if you have objected to receiving any campaign advertising at a registry office. However, if private citizens send campaign advertising to you directly, they act in a grey area of law which is open to abuse.
Elections say a lot about your ideologies, your beliefs, your identity etc. Consequently, you might find receiving unsolicited campaign advertising expressing certain opinions very explicitly extremely offensive. I am sure you can all think of examples in your own culture relating to this.
In my opinion, my political views and personal beliefs are not the business of a random ebay seller whom I have bought some MLP accessries from. They have abused the system to send unwanted and unsolicited mail to me which their party wouldn't have been able to send to me legally. I find their behaviour outrageous.
While I have no complaint about the sale otherwise, I feel they deserve negative feedback ... but I would really love to hear your opinion on this. I tried to be as general as possible and did not hint at any political views, so I hope this is allowed.
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If the seller still does not clearly answer those simple questions then I would not risk the transaction