Firstly, I am not a negative person and let alot of things roll off my back, but Ed Miller has been nothing but difficult during the entirety of this transaction. I auctioned off a 1955 Bowman Don Larsen card on eBay and Ed (old78) won the auction. The winning bid was $4.37 + $3.00 shipping. The auction closed on December 9th, 2007.

I didn't received payment from Ed until sometime in early January, at which point I quickly mailed the card out. Ed claims that the delay in payment was due to the fact that he originally mailed the payment to a previous address of mine. He apparently mailed it to an address in another state that I haven't lived at for 3 years. I'm not sure how or why he chose that address as my current address (for the past 3 years) is clearly listed in the invoice. I have run many successful auctions and never had an issue with incorrect addresses and/or receiving payment.

So, I promptly sent the card upon receiving payment. I have mailed out plenty of items and a single card in a card sleeve, top loader, and bubble mailer doesn't cost all that much to send...I know from experience. Well, Ed received the card and claimed that he had to pay $3.47 postage due when the card was delivered. Okay, mistakes can happen, but $3.47 is way more than it would cost to send the card and I had already paid the proper postage on the front end. I had heard of other people having similar issues with postage due in early January, but the other examples I heard of were $0.13 or $0.33...nowhere near $3.47!!! For that price (plus what I initially spent on postage) it could've been sent Priority Mail or better.

Needless to say, Ed was not happy. At this point, I was less than thrilled about the transaction, but it's not a high dollar amount and I would rather take care of the situation. I thought about asking for the card back and refunding him, but Ed said the card arrived safely and that he was happy with it. I hadn't cashed his money order, so I told him I would refund him for the excess postage.

I figured that by the time I spent money getting a money order in the amount of the supposed postage due and paying to mail it back, I might as well just tell him that I can rip up the money order and he can get his money refunded from his bank. Ed claimed that he couldn't get his bank to cancel it and that he needed the actual money order. I don't understand this, but I sent him his uncashed money order attempting to leave the whole transaction on a positive note for the buyer.

Time transpired and Ed claimed to have not received the money order. I told him that I had indeed mailed it back and that he could try checking with his bank to get it cancelled if he couldn't find it. Now, just today Ed emailed me claiming that the money order was in the amount of $7.25 and that his bank claims it cleared on 1/22/2008. He continued his negative tone that has persisted ever since his first email back in December and claims that I still owe him. His money order to me was in the amount of $7.37 ($4.37 + $3.00), so I think he may have that amount mixed up with a $7.25 transaction he may have had with another seller.

So, at the end of all this, Ed has a very nice 1955 Bowman Don Larsen, his money order was returned to him and never cashed, and I incurred ebay fees, original postage, and additional postage when returning his money order. I have not gotten any payment at all for this card (by my own choice of trying to move on from this transaction, even though it's clearly extortion on Ed's part).

I am publishing this post now in anticipation of Ed's negative feedback that may be coming and I will post a link to this page in the feedback response if it comes to that. I don't know what more I can/should do to make this situation right and I don't appreciate his tone and manner he has displayed throughout this transaction. I can't change the fact that Ed is a bitter old man.