Brought voucher on ebay, not received - is there anything I can do?

pleasedelete

FelinePrincess wrote: »

I totally didn't get the comment.. can someone explain the joke?

You BOUGHT not brought the item.

Brought derives from bring.
Bought derives from buy.

SnowTiger

FelinePrincess wrote: »

I totally didn't get the comment.. can someone explain the joke?

You wrote brought three times when you, presumably, meant bought. :rotfl:

terra_ferma

SnowTiger wrote: »

You wrote brought three times when you, presumably, meant bought. :rotfl:

I think she got it now, can't see the point of repeating the info on the previous post, except laughing at the OP.

hermum

SnowTiger wrote: »

You wrote brought three times when you, presumably, meant bought. :rotfl:

Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? :rotfl:

pinkshoes

hermum wrote: »

Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? :rotfl:

Yes! Those that BUY things from Ebay ought to know that the past participial is BOUGHT.

Incidentally, there seems to be a strong correlation between those who "brought" stuff "of" ebay, and being scammed. :eek:

OP, did you give the seller a call? Was the number a fake one?

DON79

When I sold a voucher a quite while ago, paypal would not release the money into my paypal account until the other buyer confirmed receipt and left me feedback. Can you definitely not open a claim of any kind through paypal? unless the rules changed again which is likely!

hermum

pinkshoes wrote: »

Yes! Those that BUY things from Ebay ought to know that the past participial is BOUGHT.

Incidentally, there seems to be a strong correlation between those who "brought" stuff "of" ebay, and being scammed. :eek:

OP, did you give the seller a call? Was the number a fake one?

I'm well aware that bought is to buy, brought is to bring.
However I think that as this is a board to help people to rectify problems they have with ebay, to then try & humiliate them because they've used the wrong word is a little pathetic.
Especially when used in conjunction with red writing & :rotfl:
It's not exactly helpful.
I expect the OP feels bad enough having potentially lost a fair amount of money.

FelinePrincess

pleasedelete wrote: »

You BOUGHT not brought the item.

Brought derives from bring.
Bought derives from buy.

Ahh, thanks for explaining, I was blissfully unaware - shame spell check don't point out grammatical errors

pinkshoes wrote: »

OP, did you give the seller a call? Was the number a fake one?

Not yet, didn't quite feel brave enough last night, it was a number I found on directory enquires for the corresponding name and area, so can't be certain it's correct

DON79 wrote: »

When I sold a voucher a quite while ago, paypal would not release the money into my paypal account until the other buyer confirmed receipt and left me feedback. Can you definitely not open a claim of any kind through paypal? unless the rules changed again which is likely!

When I went into the resolution centre on paypal and entered the transaction number it just said it wasn't protected by ebay buyer protection and to try and work it out with the seller. Anyone know of another way?

FelinePrincess

hermum wrote: »

I'm well aware that bought is to buy, brought is to bring.
However I think that as this is a board to help people to rectify problems they have with ebay, to then try & humiliate them because they've used the wrong word is a little pathetic.
Especially when used in conjunction with red writing & :rotfl:
It's not exactly helpful.
I expect the OP feels bad enough having potentially lost a fair amount of money.

Thank you Hermum, I appreciate the support

I do try and make sure spelling and grammar in my posts are correct but obviously this one wasn't, and whilst I don't object to it being pointed out to me - saves me making the same mistake again, my spelling/grammer wasn't really the point of the thread, as amusing as it may be.

hermum

You can get the contact number for the seller through ebay.
I would do that & give them a call.

You've checked your spam folder closely haven't you?