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Post-Pandemic557trouble with one particular company %u2014 Marlen Stamp and Coins of Great Neck, New York. In all, I placed several different orders with them, for a total of 23 items, over about a three-week period. Just days after placing one order, it was cancelled (and refunded) because they said the items were not in stock, and had been listed by mistake. When I hadn%u2019t received anything at all from them after two weeks, I sent the company several messages (one for each order) asking why there was a delay, and they replied that my orders would be shipping within another two weeks. When I still hadn%u2019t received anything, they cancelled and refunded another order, saying those items were out-of-stock. This was a lie, because they still had most of the items listed for sale %u2014 but at a higher price. Another time, I was told that three items would ship soon, then was issued a refund instead several days later. After additional waiting, I contacted them once again, and they said they were waiting on a shipment of stamps from Europe, and would fulfill my order as soon as it arrived. After yet another delay, they shipped me two partial orders, saying all the other items were out-of-stock, and I%u2019d receive refunds for them. Again, most of what they said were unavailable were still listed for sale, but at a higher price, and I never received a refund. By now, more than two months had elapsed, so I tried to telephone them, but the phone number they advertised was disconnected.In all this time, I only received 4 items (and one incorrect item, which I returned) out of the 23 items I had initially ordered. And I had been issued a refund for 11 other items. Which left 8 items that I never received, for which I was entitled to a refund of about $50. Of course, no refund ever came through. So I prepared a detailed letter enumerating what I had ordered, what I had not received, and how much of a refund I was entitled to. I sent it off through the Post office %u2014 with tracking %u2014 but never received a reply. The tracking did tell me that my letter was forwarded to somewhere other than their place of business. I%u2019d never had this kind of trouble with any on-line purchase in the past. As I mulled over the situation, I realized it was as if I had been dealing with Donald Trump himself. There were so many delays and lies, the communication had been horrible, and of