SC deal gone up the pictures ? Advice required please

[Gomers]

Selling 'on behalf of', eh...

Don't believe so, no. Watch is the sellers' property. It's the delivery of the watch by a 3rd party which has turned out to be a logistical challenge.

[krusty]

Don't believe so, no. Watch is the sellers' property. It's the delivery of the watch by a 3rd party which has turned out to be a logistical challenge.

Not Parcelfarce then? They never get it wrong...............yeah right!

[Omegamanic]

"Another device" & "someone died" – how terribly convenient, but at the same time utter bollocks!
Neither satisfactorily explains 3 weeks of no comms – not even over £50, let alone £5k.
2 minutes within that timeframe is all it would've taken to drop you a quick PM informing you planned actions didn't pan out as intended, and would be resolved asa very p.

Not really convenient at all. Picture a scenario - If I had given a friend a warch to post for me, and then they had an illness in the family. I would have expected the watch to be enroute. The friend would probably have forgotten all about the watch as they are dealing with a crisis/emergency. Then I find out the watch hasn’t arrived. I need to speak to the friend. And to add another element - It’s Christmas/New Year holidays!

Far from convenient.

[PJ S]

^
It wasn't Christmas 3 weeks ago, and as a reasonable person, I think I could at least remember to contact the person relying on me to do them a favour.
Even allowing for alternative behaviour, it doesn't excuse the seller from letting the OP know what he's done and waiting to hear from the friend doing him the postage favour.
You don't bury your head in the sand when someone else's money is involved!

[paskinner]

So where does the seller stand in terms of 'heroes and villains'?

[krusty]

So where does the seller stand in terms of 'heroes and villains'?

Jury's still out until OP gets the watch early next week, or is that this week?.........confused now.

[Gruntfuttock]

I'm sure the H&V post will be glowing so we will find out who it was then...

[wileeeeeey]

Can’t believe how understanding OP has been. The true hero in this situation.