You never know with Bill. He does a lot of screwy things. It might get there eventually. Don’t let your time to file a complaint with eBay pass you by though. He may be stalling so it will be too late. I think Bill bought out the 468 stock from Tape Works Texas, which is where I bought mine. The tape did exist at one time. I’m not sure if this is what he’s still selling. The current $40.00 per reel would be a great deal if it was someone else selling it. I can’t afford the time and trouble of dealing with him.
Unfortunately, eBay has a conflict of interest in policing themselves. It’s in their best interest for everything to sell and sell high. They respond best to outside legal action, and it’s gotten worse in the last year as far as engaging them in any dialogue over these issues, unless you’re a lawyer.
I don’t know what it takes to get eBay to ban members. One would hope there would be a certain number of complaints that would trigger some sort of action, but I don’t know what that number would be.
If you paid with paypal his shipping time is way overdue according to their rules. Paypal is better at getting something done fast. They may even suspend his account until he refunds your money.
If you paid by credit card either through paypal or directly you have options there as well to get your money back. Speaking of which, if you did pay using a credit card directly, be on the lookout for double or even triple charges by tapeandtape. Examine your statement carefully.
That’s what happened to me with Bill… the tape took several weeks to get here, it was the wrong tape, he double charged my credit card, and then charged it a third time instead of refunding. The whole thing cost me hours of frustration on the phone (mostly on hold) with him and my credit card company. From the time I placed my order to the time I got all my charges taken off was nearly two months.
You should mentally factor in long distance phone charges and lots of time and angst to the total cost of doing business with tapeandtape. His prices aren’t so good in the long run.