Hi guys!
Bad news. Looks like I won't be getting the one I ordered on ebay. Here's what happened...
I ordered it first thing Tuesday morning. Within a couple of hours, I checked my email and got a message saying "item has shipped". I thought, "Wow, that's fast". But I realized that just means that they probably just created a shipping label and the package probably hadn't been accepted at UPS yet. I checked the tracking number they supplied Tuesday night and it was the same thing. Checked again Wednesday morning was the same thing. Got home from work and no change. I checked again at about 9:00 p.m. and still not accepted by UPS. At about 10:00 I got an email saying that it was out of stock and it would be at least two weeks until they got more in. But they may not be getting anymore! They said I could return and buy somewhere else. I replied immediately that I wanted a refund so i could buy elsewhere. This morning, no reply yet. I sent them another email directly saying that I want a refund now. Haven't heard back yet.
I went to ebay and tried to cancel the order, but it says that the order has been shipped so I can't cancel it. SO THAT'S WHY I GOT SUCH A QUICK REPLY THAT IT HAD SHIPPED! That way people can't cancel orders. The item is still listed as for sale with more than ten available. I tried to contact ebay, but just get stuck in a endless loop directing me here, there, and everywhere. I'm going to call them tomorrow after I get home from work and try to talk to someone directly. (good luck with that eh)
The good thing is that I used Paypal, so if it's not resolved soon, I'll contact them and tell them the story. I have the email they sent me so the seller doesn't have a leg to stand on. I have been using ebay for MANY years and never had a problem, so I usually glance at seller's ratings, and this one was 97.7%. That seemed pretty good. But I didn't notice that they have over 203,000 sales! I checked their negative feedback and there are 208 in the last month and over 2600 in the last year! I'm now going to look MUCH closer at seller ratings before spending this kind of money!
Anyway, to make a long story short. Where did you guys buy your A8's?
Thanks for reading, and any input you may have!
EDIT:
After doing a lot of Google searching, I found a LOT of places that looked just as sketchy as the ones on ebay. I finally found a place in MN that looks like it should be good and I won't have to deal with ebay. I can get an A8 with self leveler option for $210. That's not much more than ebay, and looks a lot more reputable. The link is below.
https://www.3dprintersbay.com/