should i be angry??

[griffin]

Aaaarrrgghhh... I can't believe those toys got given to a kid under those circumstances. That's SpasticPower-Core-Combiner!!

But they're toys... and he's probably like most normal people and just sees that, without knowing that they are vintage toys that should only be 'played with' by Adults. It's like those people who give away toys and stuff to charity stores or have a garage sale - it's just another toy to them. As such, they went to the most likely candidate for toys - kids. Not surprising really.

[Tober]

In my opinion, blame falls on whoever was responsible for changing the address and not changing it back afterwards. If this usage of your account happened with your consent, then you should have checked.

I can't quite figure out how it ended up at your colleagues address if you paid for it. Sellers ship to the address on the PayPal statement. Was your eBay account linked to your 'friend's' PayPal details? Or did you pay via direct debit thus using the eBay listed name and address..?

As for the colleague, a bit difficult to gauge. Maybe he thought it was a Christmas present for his kid from an uncle or wife's friend he didn't know. Not many people outside of TF collectors know that a 25+ year old toy is valuable if in a good condition.

If the kid likes it and takes good care of it maybe you can take some solace in that. But, yeah, I'd be pissed about it too.

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It's not 'mail fraud' if the package is addressed to the recipient. It's not really theft if he thinks it's a gift for his kid.

[primatives]

I can't quite figure out how it ended up at your colleagues address if you paid for it. Sellers ship to the address on the PayPal statement. Was your eBay account linked to your 'friend's' PayPal details? Or did you pay via direct debit thus using the eBay listed name and address..?

That's quite confusing because I used my paypal account and that address is still the same so I dont know how the other adddress ended up being sent to the seller.

oh well its a waiting game now.

[jaydisc]

I can't quite figure out how it ended up at your colleagues address if you paid for it. Sellers ship to the address on the PayPal statement. Was your eBay account linked to your 'friend's' PayPal details? Or did you pay via direct debit thus using the eBay listed name and address..?

My partner had a similar situation. She only had her new addresses in PayPal, but somehow something got shipped to her old address. The old address was still in her eBay address book, and while she made the right choice at PayPal checkout, the wrong choice was still sent to the seller, who wrongfully acted on it. Perhaps you can PayPal dispute it. That would suck for the seller though.

[GoktimusPrime]

Pardon my ignorance of eBay and Paypal... but are you able to message the seller to let them know that your address provided by Paypal may no longer be accurate and give that seller a copy of your current postal address? Even after you've notified PayPal of your change of addy... just to be on the safe side -- c'est possible?

[liegeprime]

Pardon my ignorance of eBay and Paypal... but are you able to message the seller to let them know that your address provided by Paypal may no longer be accurate and give that seller a copy of your current postal address? Even after you've notified PayPal of your change of addy... just to be on the safe side -- c'est possible?

AFAIK, when on checkout using paypal - the final details are laid out there for you to final check before you hit the confirm payment thingie so this is quite weird if the Paypal address was ignored.

[canofwhoopass_87]

Ah dude it's only octane and the clones, you can easily get cheap replacements. We all make mistakes man! I'm sure your gf feels bad. I don't think throwing a tantrum over it is quite in the spirit of Christmas.

I've been in a very similar situation myself, but it's not till after everything is resolved that you realise how much of an ass you were. Hopefully you get them back in good order.

BTW, Id be cautious of that Octane. I think an ideal one would have at least some chromewear on the underside of the tanker cover.

[primatives]

Ah dude it's only octane and the clones, you can easily get cheap replacements. We all make mistakes man! I'm sure your gf feels bad. I don't think throwing a tantrum over it is quite in the spirit of Christmas.

I've been in a very similar situation myself, but it's not till after everything is resolved that you realise how much of an ass you were. Hopefully you get them back in good order.

BTW, Id be cautious of that Octane. I think an ideal one would have at least some chromewear on the underside of the tanker cover.

haha man!! I've been looking for these guys for ages!! They dont have many on ebay and look crap I think alot of them are yellow, I think??? Yeah i made sure Octane at least has some scratches on it and not so new looking to make sure its not fake

[GoktimusPrime]

But they're toys... and he's probably like most normal people and just sees that, without knowing that they are vintage toys that should only be 'played with' by Adults. It's like those people who give away toys and stuff to charity stores or have a garage sale - it's just another toy to them. As such, they went to the most likely candidate for toys - kids. Not surprising really.

Maybe he didn't even know they were vintage toys -- assuming this guy's totally ignorant about Transformers and they were in near mint enough condition that one might think that they're just regular toys. But if something doesn't belong to you, why would you give it away to other people (be it children or adults)? But then again, I suppose if I received a package with my name on it, I would assume that it was intended for me unless there was a note attached to it saying otherwise (or if I were told beforehand to expect a package on someone else's behalf).