eBay - item listed with "for spares/repair"

kefan77

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hi,

want to ask what are your views/experience with this.

Item being sold as "untested" or "for spares and repair".

Now I know untested on bay usually means "tried to repair but failed aka. fubar" but I've bought few items in the past that turned out to be simple fix, but...

are there any rules on returns policy on such items? I know that even if you state no returns in your listing on working items, if the buyer contacts paypal/ebay, they will make you accept the return or take your money and refund him anyway, but what about the sort of listings mentioned above?

thanks
 
If you list it as not working and aren't a business using Buy It Now then there is no chance that the person can open a claim and win.

'Untested' is eBay speak for 'it's broken but I want to introduce some doubt so people buy it'. I once foolishly bought something that was described as untested (I didn't scroll down far enough in the description) and it turned out that it most definitely had been tested because the person taking it to pieces couldn't use a screwdriver and managed to destroy the heads on the screws trying to put it back together. On that occasion I won the PayPal claim.
 
kefan77 said:
I'm asking from the buyer's point of view, not seller's - would you be able to return such item?
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As long as it's worded correctly i don't see how as spares or repair is a great catch all phrase, so as long as it's not an utter nail, & it can indeed be repaired, or broken down into spares then as the buyer, well, buyer beware surely?...
 
Well yeah, you bought something that someone has listed as being faulty. So it's as-described.

If you want stuff that's guaranteed to work then that's what shops are for, surely?

Edit: Why would you buy a CPU that was listed as for spares or repair? I can see why someone might buy a TV where the panel is broken because there's stuff to be salvaged out of it, but a CPU I don't understand.
 
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Caged said:
Well yeah, you bought something that someone has listed as being faulty. So it's as-described.

If you want stuff that's guaranteed to work then that's what shops are for, surely?
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well I bought RT-N16 off bay as faulty for tenner (dude bricked it). after it arrived, it took me 10 minutes to restore and have it up and running again. sold it for 45 about a week ago. I wasn't too bothered if it didn't work and was unrepairable, as I could have shifted it for tenner as faulty again.

so you see the point.
 
I see the point if you treat every purchase as a gamble. You're not really in a position to get upset when stuff sold as not working turns out to not be repairable though.
 
i do.

what i wanted to discuss was if there are any set rules to this as so far it's more about assumptions and personal experience.

something like ebay t&c stating you cannot dispute transaction if it mentions item not working or so.
 
I've seen items that are classed as used and in the description they say it's untested. Surely in that situation it can be returned if not working?
 
I bought a RROD xbox before and it was spares or repair but when it arrived all in pieces and components broken off the board by a screwdriver or something i knew I had been ripped off so left a negative.
 
There is no way to repair a cpu except possibly to straightem pins on an AMD one or to clean excess paste.

So any CPU sold as spares or repair or faulty, I would buy as a keyring with a slim chance of a working processor. Sold as untested is different as it does not mean non-working, a buyer could reasonably assume it is working unless informed otherwise by the seller.

Price is the key here if it is a tenner, no big loss, but if it is half the price of a new one or more, walk away.
 
I have sold a few items as "untested" as that's exactly what they were!
I got a couple of "broken" laptops and took some bits off them, like RAM, CPU etc as I new the damage was on the gpu but I also didn't have a way of testing the other components...
If you are worried about it, ask the seller what the situation is with it and would they accept a return if it doesn't work
 
I'd be seriously annoyed if someone tried to return something correctly listed.

All posts on OCUK about e-bay make me too worried to actually use it. It always sounds like someone is trying to rip someone off.
 
sold a galaxy s3 that wouldnt boot as spares or repair - thought the problem was a motherboard and someone bought it for the screen - told them up front that couldnt turn it on to confirm the screen wasnt the problem so it was their risk. I had a no return policy based on that fact
 
Item specifics
Condition: For parts or not working
Seller Notes: “Untested, from a faulty system”

auction, 99p start, 0 bidders, few days to go (means nothing)
private seller, Intel CPU
 
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