A tale of three badges - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Rob Miller · #1 26-06-23, 05:47 PM

Around the middle of May I bought two badges on ebay, badge1 and Badge2.

Rob Miller · #2 26-06-23, 05:54 PM

But unfortunately the seller made a mistake and sent me badge1 and badge3.

I contacted him immediatly and he asked me to return badge3 which I did, he ackwnoledged its safe return but told me buyer2 wasn't replying to his messages. Some time later he got a reply and said buyer2 was going to send badge2 directly to me, but here we are much later and no badge.

A sad tale.

Rob

Rob Miller · #3 26-06-23, 05:56 PM

Oops forgot the picture of badge3

Rob

Home Guard · #4 26-06-23, 06:04 PM

Hmmm, Sorry to hear it Rob! A real bummer!!! Hope it eventually works out.

I had a buy once where I was shipped he wrong badge, but the seller never replied so I was "stuck" with it. Actually, the wrong one was on my want list, but a bit pricey for me, and was well over the cost of the badge I bought... So, I was quite happy and of course the original badge is not uncommon, so I've since gotten it as well. I like to do the right thing and would have returned the more expensive badge had the seller ever replied. But I know they seldom turn out like that.

Good luck!!!

Terry

Luke H · #5 26-06-23, 06:05 PM

I had a similar experience four years ago Rob,
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=74578

It actually all worked out in the end and reminded me there are still good people out there. Took over a month in the end.

Hopefully the outcome is the same for yourself and you get your badge shortly.

Rob Miller · #6 27-06-23, 10:25 AM

Thank you for the replies, hopefully it will work out in the end, I wonder if either of the other two parties are members of this forum?

Rob

Rob Miller · #7 03-07-23, 08:03 AM

Badge two has now arrived safely, hooray.

One little mistake can make such a mess, the winners must be the post office who ended up with 5 transations rather than two.

Rob