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Just following up now, the seller did not respond to the Paypal complaint, much like they did not respond to my earlier emails. So I got my money back, although I made another newbie mistake, I had indicated on the Paypal complaint that I would be satisfied with a partial refund (the cost of the item won, minus shipping and insurance fees) instead of getting the full amount back. So I screwed myself out of twenty bucks by not saying I would be satisfied with nothing less than a total refund.
Here is where it gets interesting though. After I filed the Paypal complaint the buyer shipped me another phone. This one appears to be in working condition, a little dinged up but functional. If he had emailed me and sent me the phone in a timelier manner, like 27 days earlier than he did, this whole mess with negative feedback and Paypal disputes never would have occured. Now what do I do with this phone? I already purchased and activated another phone, and that phone can't be returned now, since it could only be returned within 14 days of purchase. So I can't use this phone the seller sent me. Do I return the phone to the seller, since I have my money back? Do I sell the phone on ebay to recoup my losses from the twenty bucks the seller got to keep and the eight bucks I spent shipping the original defective phone back?
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