06-08-2010, 03:33 AM
+0 for a good transaction gone on too long. (She told me I could leave negative, but I don't feel it's a bad transaction, just not a good one.)
Here's the quick story: she listed an Alte at make your offer price, I offered a price (I believe $65 shipped). She said she would have her shipped out probably Monday or Wednesday. Wednesday came around and she said "I went to ship but I realized I forgot to ask for your shipping address, sorry!" Which is totally understandable, I should have double-checked myself, but I was too excited to finally find a secondhand Alte at a good price to realize. So she said she'd make a special trip tomorrow after I mailed her the address.
A week or so goes by and there's no sign of the doll so I PM'd her. I didn't get a response quickly so I ended up posting an FAO. (Turns out Radiant had accidentally saved the timely PM response as a draft rather than mailing it.) She said that the doll had been returned to her in the mail but she had thought it was another package so she had delayed going to pick it up. She had it in her hands at the time of the PM and would be posting it again soon.
And then a few weeks went by... I PM'd her occasionally to find out what was up. She sent me a partial refund of $15 for the wait because she felt bad. As it ends up, the doll I paid for on the 18th of April got mailed around the 1st of June and I received her on the 4th. That said, the doll was extremely well-packaged and as described in the sales post. The shipping, once she actually got re-shipped, was very fast and quite worth it.
The only problem here was the long delay with minimal communication; however, I feel like this is unlikely to happen again. I would certainly not hesitate to buy from Radiant again nor to recommend buying from her.
Here's the quick story: she listed an Alte at make your offer price, I offered a price (I believe $65 shipped). She said she would have her shipped out probably Monday or Wednesday. Wednesday came around and she said "I went to ship but I realized I forgot to ask for your shipping address, sorry!" Which is totally understandable, I should have double-checked myself, but I was too excited to finally find a secondhand Alte at a good price to realize. So she said she'd make a special trip tomorrow after I mailed her the address.
A week or so goes by and there's no sign of the doll so I PM'd her. I didn't get a response quickly so I ended up posting an FAO. (Turns out Radiant had accidentally saved the timely PM response as a draft rather than mailing it.) She said that the doll had been returned to her in the mail but she had thought it was another package so she had delayed going to pick it up. She had it in her hands at the time of the PM and would be posting it again soon.
And then a few weeks went by... I PM'd her occasionally to find out what was up. She sent me a partial refund of $15 for the wait because she felt bad. As it ends up, the doll I paid for on the 18th of April got mailed around the 1st of June and I received her on the 4th. That said, the doll was extremely well-packaged and as described in the sales post. The shipping, once she actually got re-shipped, was very fast and quite worth it.
The only problem here was the long delay with minimal communication; however, I feel like this is unlikely to happen again. I would certainly not hesitate to buy from Radiant again nor to recommend buying from her.