I made a recent purchase via Ebay from this outfit in NM called cheapimports. I bought a distributor cap December 3rd for my 300SE. To make a long story short, I paid immediately through my PayPal account--but as of yet have not received the cap. The owner of the outfit assures me that this is a rare problem--and indeed, they do have a 100% Ebay feedback score.

Yet there are troubling aspects--like the fact that the owner said that PayPal and Ebay were at fault, because Ebay (he says) failed to notify him of the sale, and PayPal failed to send him notice of payment. He also said that he would not have known that I had made payment unless I had emailed him--which I had done. Yet I have an email, from HIM, in my inbox two days after the auction ended, acknowledging the sale. He assured me today that I would receive the item today or tomorrow, but I am skeptical. The charge has already appeared on my VISA bill. Anyone else with experience with them?

My previous dealings with Ebay have been fine, and considerably more efficient. About the same time I won the auction for the cap, I had won three other auctions from three different sellers--all those goods have long since arrived.

Joe B.