This seller is not a pony seller, but since lots of people here have different interests & collections, I thought it was worth posting.
I bought a Teddy Ruxpin book & tape set from
wadd5 on eBay. There was a minimal description & the picture cut off the top of the book. When the book arrived the top corner was severely crumpled & all of the pages were damaged, and the pages were coming lose from the spine. I messaged the seller & asked how we could work out this problem. He claimed that it must have happened in shipping (book arrived in a plain yellow envelope with no bubble wrap) even though there's a tiny bit of corner damage visible in the auction picture, and offered to send me a replacement. We're in the same state, so when nothing arrived within a week, I messaged him again. After that he sent out another book. The second one arrived today in worse shape than the first: the cover looks fine but half of the pages are torn off of the binding.
I messaged him again with this:
"Hi,
I received the replacement book today. While I do appreciate you sending a replacement for the first damaged book, I have to say that I'm really disappointed to find the second half of this replacement book is completely separated from its binding. Please see attached pictures. I ship & receive a lot of things, and I don't think this damaged happened during shipping. In the future, you may want to look over your items a bit more before sending them. I'm not asking for any additional replacements or refund. Best regards,"
Then I left neutral feedback: "1st book was damaged; sent replacement, also damaged. Poor attempt to resolve.". It's worth mentioning that he has had multiple neutrals & negatives in the last month.
Shortly after I got this message:
"this book was checked by multiple people why would I send another damaged book, when all I want is to make you happy.. you are damaging my seller dsr. I ask that you revise I paid shipping for t he second book, and didn't ask you to send back damaged. now I would like both sent back and will solve from there"
Umm?? Why would I pay to send anything back at this point? I already said that I don't want any more replacements or refunds. I'm considering this transaction a done deal & a bit of a loss for both him & I.
Then 5 minutes after he sent that message I got an email from eBay for a "keyword spamming" listing violation on one of my items. I have a strong feeling this guy is looking for ways to mess with me, since I've had very similar listings in the past & never had any violation notices.
I blocked him from bidding & further communication.
So, in short, this guy is probably a seller to avoid.