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Do you have to send it via post or just walk in there with one to sell? It'd be better than trusting to the vagaries of the post, but last time I went in one it was chav central ram packed
Walk-in I believe. Never sold anything at CEX but have heard lots of horror stories regarding “returns” on eBay. Always side with the buyer, don’t they?
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Yeah, I sold my 6800 XT on eBay. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, was only 3 months old and had been running for me undervolted fine in that time. Sold it on eBay and 2 days after receiving it, the guy claimed it was running hot and he wasn't getting the FPS he expected. Despite trying to help him with tech support, he just refused and raised a refund request with eBay claiming it was "faulty". So I ended up £25 out of pocket on postage. Tested the card when I got it back and it was fine. He probably just realised it was **** for mining. Why would I sell a card on eBay if I thought it was faulty when I could just RMA to the place I bought it from?! So I won't be selling anything expensive on there again. Especially when you can't block buyers with little or no feedback from buying your items!
To be fair the buyer bought a product they had not seen, they are legally entitled to a refund if they don't want the item for any reason. That's the law.
If you buy a chair, it arrives and it looks too big for your room, you are well within you rights to return it. I can't see anything wrong with that.
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As far as I was aware, DSR doesn't apply to private sales.
If you buy a product from these said sites mentioned, then those rules apply. Even if you list as "No returns". It's called buyer protection. These sites even give additional guarantees to buyers and sellers so it is worth checking in detail before buying or selling on these sites.
It can be annoying when a used product is returned, but just sell it to someone else.
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True, but eBays buyer protection doesn't cover "change of heart". Which people get around by claiming items are faulty. And if they do have a change of heart, why should I have to pay for postage? If you purchased something from an online retailer and changed your mind, you'd be expected to pay return postage costs. At the end of the day, the system is skewed in favour of the buyer, no matter the sellers standing. Sellers don't get much protection once a buyer decides to be "arsey" about something.
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Yeah, but when eBay have your cash "on hold" because the buyer has raised a case, you're kinda forced to just refund. All I would say is if you are selling anything on eBay, take photographs of serial numbers, lots of pictures of the item itself and be accurate with the description. And send using a tracked method.It’s also just their T&Cs not the law
Not really, some online retailers charge for postage so if a return is initiated they will collect the returned item for free, from the customer. Some sellers will offer return-prepaid postage envelope to the buyer. Some will ask the buyer to pay for the return postage.
You could charge the buyer with postage costs so if they make a refund you don't pay the postage cost.
It can be annoying when you sell a used item and then it's returned. But those sites are also known for bad sellers and sellers offloading used items as new , items not as described etc.. So protection for the Buyer and Seller is needed. It is not like the item was damaged, that would be a different situation ( your suggestions are also very good).
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Which is why I said to punt it on Facebook. You get the going rate, no fees and cash on collection.
Even cash on collection can be returned when the item is sold online. Although it's far more difficult. So I would only recommend buying GPUs from OcUK etc where you hopefully get a good RMA situation.
For example seller lists a Mined GPU on said site for £1500 as good condition. Sells it for cash on collection. Buyer collects and pays cash but gets home uses it for a day/week and the card stops working properly.
The buyer would be still entitled to a refund. The only thing with cash on collection is that the seller has the money in cash. The buyer can still proceed to get their money back via confronting the seller/ via courts if the seller does not cooperate. But this also depends on what site and what terms were agreed.
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Yes you can I do it quite a lot. My block buyer list is several hundred built up over the years.