The Wing Kong Exchange

[wingkong]

For those of you who purchased a Pork Chop Express, Wing Kong Exchange, Dragon of the Black Pool, or Egg Foo Young Tours shirt and haven't received it yet, I thought I'd explain just what's been taking so long.

I first started selling the abovementioned shirts about 3 years ago after discovering someone on ebay selling the design. I originally partnered up with him, selling his shirts on my site. After a while, the arrangement went a little sour, and I arranged new terms where I would accept payment, take a commission, and send the funds to him in exchange for him shipping the shirts to the proper buyers.

This worked well for a while, but then he started being late on his deliveries, eventually dropping off the face of the earth for about 2 months with no explanation. After complaints from customers, ultimately everyone either got their shirts or a refund, but I vowed not to continue selling the shirts with him again.

The fans continued to write me asking about the shirts, so I arranged to purchase the shirts from my distributor directly this time, avoiding a chance he would flake like he did last time. This worked out pretty well for a while, and I sold out of all the shirts I bought. I purchased another order from him, and that too sold out.

This last order was my largest yet, 150 shirts. In anticipation, I decided to take pre-orders for the shirts, and figured they would be filled once I received the shirts in about 2 weeks, which was his estimate.

Then my distributor disappeared again, only to pop up sporadically to tell me he'd get the shirts to me in a few weeks, next week, some time, etc. Direct calls to his phone never reached him, and he never returned calls. It's now been 7 weeks since I paid him, and no shirts have arrived yet.

I filed a complaint against him on PayPal a few weeks ago, and am planning on escalating it to a claim if I don't hear back from him this weekend. I fully expect PayPal to side with me on this matter, but I'd rather get him to deliver the shirts I paid him for than get a chargeback and be forced to refund all the pre-orders I received.

So that's where things are at. I vow to not deal with my distributor again after this botched experience, though I might consider purchasing his designs from him in order to print them myself and not have to deal with this anymore.

[Clockwork]

That sucks about the shirts, i really hope it works out. Has anything been resolved since?

[wingkong]