Sold 5090 On eBay - Buyer says its faulty

[Darkpilgrim]

That was dead on arrival. OMG. You couldn’t make it up.

Never mind. I’ll get it replaced.
Thanks for all your help everyone.

I am starting to think that you might be jinxed.

 

[mcwildcard]

I was about to go to bed a while back, but then got drawn into this thread. I'm glad it had a happy ending, it was very compelling.
It could have done with a car chase near the end, but I guess a grumpy caravan dweller is more intriguing.

 

[MassiveJim]

I was about to go to bed a while back, but then got drawn into this thread. I'm glad it had a happy ending, it was very compelling.
It could have done with a car chase near the end, but I guess a grumpy caravan dweller is more intriguing.

caravan chase ?

 

[junpit]

@junpit

given that it was returned working, are ebay still making you foot the return cost ?

Yes. No way of changing the refund amount. There was no option for anything other than a full refund. The buyer, by saying it’s faulty, guarantees that apparently.

 

[Feared_Punto]

So glad it worked out for the OP, I’ve not been this invested in a thread in years.

 

[Nemiyen]

That was dead on arrival. OMG. You couldn’t make it up.

Never mind. I’ll get it replaced.
Thanks for all your help everyone.

There's gonna be a post on a forum somewhere about a scammer claiming a brand new 272qp monitor is faulty now.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

@junpit

given that it was returned working, are ebay still making you foot the return cost ?

Good question
Could be wrong here
But I think the OP paid for fast return off his own bat
Because he wanted it back in his possession fast
Rather than waiting as not knowing if they had ######
The card or not would have been excruciating if
They had taken their time returning it

Edit
Didn't realise the OP had replied
While I was typing (very slowly I know lol)

 

[AMDPower]

Card arrived today. Works fine. OMG. I feel mentally exhausted from it all.

This isn’t something I’ll be doing again.

Several read flags which were scary.

1. Mobile caravan site address. I did ring up the owner of the site who knew the buyer and said he’d been there for a long while as he worked locally.

2. Shop validated it not working.

3. Buyer was extremely rude generally.

4. Some feedback history where he had bought a laptop and had returned it smashed.

Anyway sorted. I now need to sell it again. Not sure how I’ll handle it. I’m very relieved it’s fine.

Booted into windows and GPU-z shows everything ok.

glad it worked out for you , did he not say he took it to some shop to check its working and it was not? either the shop is totally noob or he is lying and changed his mind.

get posting and you can access the members market.

 

[aaronyuri]

@junpit

given that it was returned working, are ebay still making you foot the return cost ?

If you're a seller on eBay, you automatically lose.

I sent a helmet intercom to someone a few years ago. They said it was "faulty" and "didn't turn on". I paid for the postage there, paid for the postage back (whilst I was on bloody holiday!). Got a family member to go to my house, wait for the intercom to be posted, then open it up, and it powered on immediately. The guy obviously just changed his mind about what intercom to buy, and decided I would foot the bill for returning it. It cost me about £10 in postage for both ways.

Some people are just **** bags.

 

[ICDP]

Yeah, had a lot of unwanted but working IT kit returned as faulty. This is because the buyer doesn’t want to foot the bill for the fact they changed their mind.

I stopped selling on eBay years ago for this reason. The last two items I sold were returned at least once as “faulty” or “not as described”. This cost me about £40 and a lot of hassle going back and forward with scammy ***** not to mention eBay customer service.

Now I just use CEX and take the bigger hit. It helps I have stopped “upgrading” for the sake of it rather than the need of it.

 

[degen]

Thread delivered. Good result too.

 

[junpit]

There's gonna be a post on a forum somewhere about a scammer claiming a brand new 272qp monitor is faulty now.

Not from eBay but cannot say where from.

 

[Solus]

Good result!

 

[Qitarah]

Blimey, that's a good result. You're a braver man than me selling a 5090 on Ebay

 

[DD_Crash]

I now need a thread to watch but I dont think it could match this one.

 

[SkeeterUK]

This kinda makes me bring out this (oldie but goodie) for these stressful situations. I should probs stalk some gfx cards burning connectors threads and use this for them topics hehe, or is that too evil .

 

[MassiveJim]

Yes. No way of changing the refund amount. There was no option for anything other than a full refund. The buyer, by saying it’s faulty, guarantees that apparently.

What a shame you've had a bad experience.
I sold something a few months ago, evri lost it. Ebay refunded both me and the buyer.
Then the item turned up a couple of weeks later
It's currently been sat in an evri delivery locker for 3 months waiting for them to return it to me like they keep telling the seller they will.

 

[tamzzy]

Now I just use CEX and take the bigger hit. It helps I have stopped “upgrading” for the sake of it rather than the need of it.

or just maintain MM access and sell here?

 

[Tinek]

1. Mobile caravan site address. I did ring up the owner of the site who knew the buyer and said he’d been there for a long while as he worked locally.

I wouldn't even bother selling it to that person afterwards... Buying luxury products whilst living in a caravan? Big red flag, sale cancelled instantly.

3. Buyer was extremely rude generally.

Not surprised here, with connection to the above.

4. Some feedback history where he had bought a laptop and had returned it smashed.

Second red flag for me that would instantly cancel the sale.

Anyway sorted. I now need to sell it again. Not sure how I’ll handle it. I’m very relieved it’s fine.

Do all these checks beforehand and just don't sell to dodgy people? If your instinct tells you something's not right - just walk away instantly. Your instinct is a well evolved mechanism, it knows better.

 

[Tinek]

Yeah, had a lot of unwanted but working IT kit returned as faulty. This is because the buyer doesn’t want to foot the bill for the fact they changed their mind.

Yeah... I wouldn't know anything about this with regard to one big retailer selling a lot of different things (not all IT). Though not had such issues on eBay yet (and mostly no issues at all), whilst having sold there all kinds of my items for over £2k in summary this year alone (and I've been doing it for over 10 years now). I just don't like to keep old stuff around and it's still best way to get most of my monies back from it. Still, with more expensive items I do check buyers carefully before actually conducting the sale - many themselves want to pick more expensive items in person too (like my previous OLED monitor).