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Gumtree... wish me luck!

wrenkins

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2018, 15:55:55 PM »
Oooooh! I was thinking about this this morning and wondering had it arrived yet. Fingers crossed for you.
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2018, 16:08:26 PM »
No sign yet... which has me worried!

Thank you for the crossed fingers! I have mine crossed too... I’m hoping I don’t have to tell the Mrs I was dun!
« Last Edit: May 03, 2018, 16:16:50 PM by Roger »
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132

b15erk

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2018, 16:23:05 PM »
Roger, I do hope all is well and you FW turns up.

I've got everything crossed.

Jessie
Jessie, who is very happy to be here!!  :),  but who has far too many sewing machines to be healthy, and a fabric stash which is becoming embarrassing.

Ploshkin

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2018, 17:06:31 PM »
I have often found that dispatched items can sit with couriers for a couple of days or more before they move, presumably for efficiency of delivery schedules.
Life's too short for ironing.

LeilaMay

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2018, 17:27:23 PM »
Hoping or the best Roger. Will you able to get your £££ back if it goes pear-shaped?
 :[

Efemera

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2018, 17:29:38 PM »
Hope it turns up. A friend of mine spent £600 on an embroidery machine on Gumtree.. it was a scam but she got her money back eventually.

arrow

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2018, 18:59:46 PM »
I hope you get the machine, it should be well worth the efforts to get in nice again. Scams doesn't happen very often, but delays and misunderstandings happens several times a year. One buy on ebay a decade ago was a scam, seller had loads of red marks which I should have noticed. Something when wrong, because seller had good feed back until the last few months before the account was closed. Another time I bought bee pollen from the UK and nothing ever appeared in my mail box. Seller was very angry when I contacted seller about it, and I suspected he actually never mailed anything at all. That's the two times I payed for something that never amounted to anything. There have been a few returns of payment for items that never turned up, always excluding p&p. Once a seller shipped an item a second time when the first one didn't appear for weeks, and after a months the second shippment arrived it w appeard in my mail box. Seller told me to just keep it. There's still a chance  it might arrive, but it is a bit worrying when seller doesn't reply to messages

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2018, 22:29:18 PM »
thanks guys!

I'm holding out and hoping! I'll let you know when/if.

Arrow i hope youre right that its just a misunderstanding/poor communications rather than something dodgy!
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132

wrenkins

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2018, 08:31:44 AM »
I contacted someone on Gumtree ages ago and never got a reply. Turns out her reply went into my Spam. Maybe that's where your's went.
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2018, 08:57:12 AM »
I just checked and there wasn’t any thing in there... fingers crossed for today!
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132

wrenkins

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2018, 09:38:52 AM »
Maybe your comms went into their spam. Dear knows. Fingers crossed anyway.
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2018, 09:39:51 AM »
Maybe your comms went into their spam. Dear knows. Fingers crossed anyway.

That’s what I’m hoping as they didn’t seem especially connected to their technology.
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2018, 18:04:24 PM »
No sign today!

I’ve tried contacting the seller again.
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132

Lizzy777

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2018, 18:24:02 PM »
No sign today!

I’ve tried contacting the seller again.

Oh that's so disappointing isn't it? Did you pay by PayPal by any chance? They are quite good at chasing things up if you haven't received your order?  Have you looked to see if your Seller is selling anything else at present? i.e active online?

Does seem a long time to wait. Mind you I get impatient if things take some time to come, after the date has passed.

Roger

Re: Gumtree... wish me luck!
« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2018, 21:58:08 PM »
Nope! It’s definitely an abject lesson in pay face to face or by PayPal... I suppose it could be second class which can take up to a really long time!
A bit of a vintage sewing machine nut! Singers: 500a, 401g, 48k Elnas: lotus SP & grasshopper, Bernina 530-2 F+R 504, Pfaff 30, Cresta T-132