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[ruddy]

I asked this already but my husband corrected me on a mistake I made in the information I provided, I had said that Parcel Post does not offer tracking, I was incorrect - Tracking WAS purchased - The problem was not that it wasnt offered, I apologize for that mistake on my part, the problem was that Parcel Post is rarely scanned for tracking and so even though it's offered as an optional purchase, it more than likely will not be tracked - so when the tracking is checked, it just says "shipping label printed, no scans"

- ORIGINAL POST MINUS THE ERROR -

My husband did a deal with a man on Ebay, we live in Florida, he lives in Alabama. The item arrived not as described, my husband wrote the man and opened an Ebay case. Ebay awarded my husband as the winner, the seller was to refund and my husband was to send the item back. The seller refunded our paypal immediately for the amount of the item, before he recieved it - which Paypal says NOT to do or he is not protected if the item does not get returned to him. My husband returned the item promptly and kept a shipping receipt - it was sent Parcel Post and while tracking was added (delivery confirmation), USPS is not required to scan Parcel Items and when the tracking on this item is checked, it just says "not scanned", but the seller refused to pay return shipping so my husband sent it the cheapest way possible through USPS, which was Parcel Post. Needless to say, around a month later, the man claims to have never received it after we have not heard from him at all that whole month. We apologized, but there was really nothing we could do, my husband has proof of shipping the item via shipping label receipt and that's all we can do. So a few weeks go by and we suddenly receive a Small Claims notice saying he is suing my husband... for $500 more than the amount of the item, mind you. There were several options to choose from in the response required to be sent back, one of which was, "I do not live in the the state of the suer, I would like to have this case transferred to the county where I live" Which is florida, SO WE CHOSE THAT OPTION and sent it back to him and the court clerk - We got a letter back today saying that the motion to transfer counties is denied! How can my husband be required to travel to this man's state when HE is the one opting to sue us via small claims? So this is my question, can we be forced to go to another state for a small claims issue? Shouldn't the suer be made to come to our county ?

[larry]

I asked this already but my husband corrected me on a mistake I made in the information I provided, I had said that Parcel Post does not offer tracking, I was incorrect - Tracking WAS purchased - The problem was not that it wasnt offered, I apologize for that mistake on my part, the problem was that Parcel Post is rarely scanned for tracking and so even though it's offered as an optional purchase, it more than likely will not be tracked - so when the tracking is checked, it just says "shipping label printed, no scans"

- ORIGINAL POST MINUS THE ERROR -

My husband did a deal with a man on Ebay, we live in Florida, he lives in Alabama. The item arrived not as described, my husband wrote the man and opened an Ebay case. Ebay awarded my husband as the winner, the seller was to refund and my husband was to send the item back. The seller refunded our paypal immediately for the amount of the item, before he recieved it - which Paypal says NOT to do or he is not protected if the item does not get returned to him. My husband returned the item promptly and kept a shipping receipt - it was sent Parcel Post and while tracking was added (delivery confirmation), USPS is not required to scan Parcel Items and when the tracking on this item is checked, it just says "not scanned", but the seller refused to pay return shipping so my husband sent it the cheapest way possible through USPS, which was Parcel Post. Needless to say, around a month later, the man claims to have never received it after we have not heard from him at all that whole month. We apologized, but there was really nothing we could do, my husband has proof of shipping the item via shipping label receipt and that's all we can do. So a few weeks go by and we suddenly receive a Small Claims notice saying he is suing my husband... for $500 more than the amount of the item, mind you. There were several options to choose from in the response required to be sent back, one of which was, "I do not live in the the state of the suer, I would like to have this case transferred to the county where I live" Which is florida, SO WE CHOSE THAT OPTION and sent it back to him and the court clerk - We got a letter back today saying that the motion to transfer counties is denied! How can my husband be required to travel to this man's state when HE is the one opting to sue us via small claims? So this is my question, can we be forced to go to another state for a small claims issue? Shouldn't the suer be made to come to our county ?

http://voices.yahoo.com/suing-out-state-party-small-claims-court-8702677.html