I hate to bad mouth another fellow TD person but I feel I have no other recourse here other than to inform other list members of this deal. I paid 87CSX603, via PayPal, $40 for a power steering pump on Wednesday, January 14. He/she was unable to ship the pump until Wednesday, January 21. I was totally cool with that since we talked about it ahead of time. I waited a few days and it didn't come so I asked if there was a shipping or tracking number. I was told there was no tracking number but that they were told it would take 7 - 10 days. This person is located near Harrisburg, PA and I live in Rockville, MD. I could have spent a day and driven to get the pump, but I had it shipped. I wouldn't think it should take 7 - 10 days to go that distance, but I was OK with the shipping time after he/she told me about it.
Well, I still have not seen the pump yet and, as of tomorrow, it will have been three weeks since the supposed ship date and a month since payment. I have tried to contact the seller a few times asking about the issue and have stopped getting responses. I asked if he/she would send the money back to me, with the understanding that I would send the money back if the pump ever showed up, and have gotten no response.
I know $40 may not sound like a lot of money to some but getting that money back would double the money I have to my name right now. Not to tell a sob story or anything but I barely make it as is (single father, two kids, crappy job while I study at night in the hopes of a better job) and without a P/S pump (all I really need is the darn pulley!) I can't drive my car. I do have another car but I am trying to sell it to pay off some debt. I just can't afford to be out the $40 if it means I still can't drive my car. I am going to try to go through PayPal to get my money back but I don't know if there is anything they will do since it wasn't an auction purchase...I dunno...we'll see.