unluckybob wrote on Yesterday, 19:43:

asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 19:27:

Ouch. Damaged in what way exactly? Did the purchase have some kind of money back guarantee? Is the seller going to refund anything, what's going to happen now?

The plastic housing is cracked and broken, the tube has some problems with maintaining a stable brightness and the focus is way off. I'm sure some of it can be fixed but I paid good money for a CRT that was listed as being perfect I tried to open a return but the seller blocked me so I really have no way of contacting the seller but given how they shipped it to a PO box in anther area and postage due I would say they are a scammer, they're a dime a dozen in the retro/vintage PC market place anymore. I did a charge back with my bank and got my money back already.

That's a crappy situation to be in.

What selling platform did you buy it from? I can't think of any that will be too happy about you doing a credit charge back. For example, ebay will ban your SSN for life, so I have heard, and the money owed to them (as the payment processor) will go to collections and will follow you until you pay it off. Paypal is basically the same way. You will have a negative balance until you send them funds somehow, and if you don't it will eventually go to collections and you will be banned.

Also, chargebacks usually take months... seems odd that it was completed so quickly for you.