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Here’s a good one to chew the cud on. And it may be of interest to others.
Having just driven from the UK, I’m in another country. And just as the day’s journey was almost complete I discovered our fuel-pump was leaking.
I carry an assortment of tools and spares, which included a pump - recently overhauled.
I was prepared to fit our spare pump, but my wife was more cautious. If I did, we would be left without a serviceable spare, she said. And while we were still in Europe (Spain) why don’t we buy a replacement and fit it instead, thereby retaining our spare – just in case. I couldn't argue.
I searched Ebay and found three possibilities. Two I discounted, for various reasons, whilethe third seemed good-to-go. I tried to buy a pump from the 3rd, but they wouldn’t post it to Spain. I wrote to them, explaining my situation and the fact their Ebay advert said to contact them for P&P to another country other than the UK. A common enough scenario.
I looked at their Ebay ad’ again, and their list of Excluded countries included, believe it or not, the UK, along with almost every other country on the planet. I queried this, with humour, informing them I only needed the P&P for Spain. And in a round-about way they said, DHL would quote P&P when ordering a pump.
I tried to buy one, three times, with the same reappearing message, the seller will not post to Spain. I wrote to them, again, telling them what was happening and might they do something to help me buy a pump?
Their next message was, and I quote,
Hi Going off your comments we really dont want your business now so we are going to block you as a buyer. Get a pump elsewhere.
Eh?
And my Plan B, which was on the cards, was to get one delivered to a family member, in the UK, and get them to forward it to me. That is now a no-go. The seller lost a sale and they couldn’t give a toss.
Which forced me to go down another road. Today, I removed the leaking pump and discovered the fault. It was a single round-rubber seal. I’ll include a photo, if I can.
Here it is.
From my spares box, I fitted a new seal and the pump is back together. I’ll refit it tomorrow. It’s so hot here (even in the shade of two large walnut trees) I can only work in the morning.
In a way, the seller who banned me has helped in the financial term. But their Ebay advert is not only misleading and badly organised; it also suggests - to me, there is something not quite right there. I think their lights are on, but there is no-one in. As for their pumps? The jury is out on that one!
Hopefully, after tomorrow, we’ll be on our way again – less a seal.
Having just driven from the UK, I’m in another country. And just as the day’s journey was almost complete I discovered our fuel-pump was leaking.
I carry an assortment of tools and spares, which included a pump - recently overhauled.
I was prepared to fit our spare pump, but my wife was more cautious. If I did, we would be left without a serviceable spare, she said. And while we were still in Europe (Spain) why don’t we buy a replacement and fit it instead, thereby retaining our spare – just in case. I couldn't argue.
I searched Ebay and found three possibilities. Two I discounted, for various reasons, whilethe third seemed good-to-go. I tried to buy a pump from the 3rd, but they wouldn’t post it to Spain. I wrote to them, explaining my situation and the fact their Ebay advert said to contact them for P&P to another country other than the UK. A common enough scenario.
I looked at their Ebay ad’ again, and their list of Excluded countries included, believe it or not, the UK, along with almost every other country on the planet. I queried this, with humour, informing them I only needed the P&P for Spain. And in a round-about way they said, DHL would quote P&P when ordering a pump.
I tried to buy one, three times, with the same reappearing message, the seller will not post to Spain. I wrote to them, again, telling them what was happening and might they do something to help me buy a pump?
Their next message was, and I quote,
Hi Going off your comments we really dont want your business now so we are going to block you as a buyer. Get a pump elsewhere.
Eh?
And my Plan B, which was on the cards, was to get one delivered to a family member, in the UK, and get them to forward it to me. That is now a no-go. The seller lost a sale and they couldn’t give a toss.
Which forced me to go down another road. Today, I removed the leaking pump and discovered the fault. It was a single round-rubber seal. I’ll include a photo, if I can.
Here it is.From my spares box, I fitted a new seal and the pump is back together. I’ll refit it tomorrow. It’s so hot here (even in the shade of two large walnut trees) I can only work in the morning.
In a way, the seller who banned me has helped in the financial term. But their Ebay advert is not only misleading and badly organised; it also suggests - to me, there is something not quite right there. I think their lights are on, but there is no-one in. As for their pumps? The jury is out on that one!
Hopefully, after tomorrow, we’ll be on our way again – less a seal.
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