Am I being scammed? (SSD drive question )

[marktruman]

Unfortunately the robotic nature of the wording in his messages does suggest they're lying about it. It reads like a template. I hope you get your drive back.

I'm pretty sure he/she hasn't paid £87 for it to be checked either. It just makes it sound worse to the seller to get the seller to refund it quicker.

that was my typo. as stated above, he paid 87 for drive, no idea how much he paid to have it tested

 

[marktruman]

anyone got any tips on what tools to run on it when I receive it back?

 

[Cat_J]

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

Samsung Magician

It shows a lot of info, where did you buy it from. Its possible the retailer has a record of the S/N to protect themselves from this kind of thing. Also SM will show you the serial, so even if they managed to swap the label it would be obvious.

 

[toon_mad]

i always make sure i get as much info from a device before sending it and if not i make a tiny mark using an uv pen - just a dot and take a picture.
then if they send it me back for whatever reason i will know if it was mine or not.

Good tip

 

[marktruman]

he called my bluff and he is sending it back, I will test it when it arrives, if its broke I will just have to replace it via samsung

I sold a GTX 980 also a few days ago, hopefully the guy pulls no tricks on that one, but I did take a picture of S/N at least

 

[edscdk]

I shall send ebay a message, would that be under the " report a buyer "?

I have over 370 feedback, and this is first time this has happened. Its a shame

1) call his bluff say you will refund once you confirm the serial number is correct
2) one bad feed back makes no difference as long as you reply with "sorry for the faulty item, refund issued"

also maybe it has gone / was faulty

 

[varkanoid]

1) call his bluff say you will refund once you confirm the serial number is correct
2) one bad feed back makes no difference as long as you reply with "sorry for the faulty item, refund issued"

also maybe it has gone / was faulty

trouble is if he sent it back via a tracked method as soon as paypal see it delivered they refund the money regardless. If this is the case lodge an appeal with paypal immediately and they will put the refund to him on hold pending further investigation. This gives you time to test the drive etc and report back to paypal.

If you are really lucky and he is really stupid he wont have sent it back via a tracked method. If he didnt then he will not have proof that it was delivered and paypal wont automatically refund the money unless you say its received. You could then claim you never received it and its lost in the post and you would then have the SSD, and the money.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

After testing and as long as both serial and security markings match the drive that was sent.

As above UV Pens are good for this, hindsight and all that malarkey tho

hope it doesn't end to badly dude

 

[marktruman]

After testing and as long as both serial and security markings match the drive that was sent.

As above UV Pens are good for this, hindsight and all that malarkey tho

hope it doesn't end to badly dude

Thanks, I think this drive has actually gone bad, or he didnt know how to work it and sent it to a pc engineer, and they have been clueless on ssd tech. who knows

I can always get a replacement from samsung I guess

 

[ED209]

this kinda stuff makes me glad I don't use ebay for selling things on!

hope you get this sorted in the long run and your not out of pocket.

as others have said if its faulty send it back to Samsung and they should sort the drive out.

 

[marktruman]

this kinda stuff makes me glad I don't use ebay for selling things on!

hope you get this sorted in the long run and your not out of pocket.

as others have said if its faulty send it back to Samsung and they should sort the drive out.

anyone know how long this should take?

I should have kept it, but I bought a 512gb version as I'm on a game spree, so installing a lot of games, so thought the 256gb one could offset some of the cost :/

 

[wildman]

anyone got any tips on what tools to run on it when I receive it back?

run a hammer on it...................... ?

SSD life usually does the trick for me

 

[darknite]

I hear this kind of tail daily. Electronic item sold on ebay, refunded demanded days later. I doubt you will get the same item back, same serial number. They are just replacing their dead unit at your expense!

Hope you get it all sorted though. Best of luck with it.

 

[Freakster]

Have you got original receipt, serial normally on there or if you got it from online (Overclockers etc) access your account it should list serial on order history.

 

[neoboy]

Way the messages are worded, it sounds like a scam and they know what they are doing. Tried to pull a fast one asking for money before return but chances are the fall back scenario for them is that you will now indeed get a faulty drive back albeit not one you sent out, just same model. Wordpress "PC technician" website is probably theirs and just used when these cases go to resolution centre as 'evidence'.

Chalk it down to experience for not noting health and serial number of the drive you sent. Then again even if you had a screenshot of the Samsung Magician, receipt, serial number and your entire bowel movement database for last 10 years eBay would still refund him and you'd be left with a brick of a damaged drive that wasn't even yours to begin with. I do sell odd things on eBay but I don't bother for certain items that can be easily scammed like this.

Stick around the community and should have member's market access soon enough and deal on there, get slightly lower prices but after fees and discounting for hassle it works out around the same.

 

[Cat_J]

Have you got original receipt, serial normally on there or if you got it from online (Overclockers etc) access your account it should list serial on order history.

I did say this already but nothing...

Also if they managed to swap the internals then Samsung Magician will show this as it reads the serial from the drive internals.

 

[darael]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\Logs

Check that location. Although not clear, I can find my drive's serial number when I search for it in the log file. It also seems to show historial data, too.

 

[AthlonXP1800]

When buyer send you a message said the drive is faulty and ran full diagnostics, if I were you then you would send him message asked him to take a video clip run HD Tune to showed you info, health and error scan tabs with full scan to prove it is genuine, take screenshots is not good enough because it can be easy to fake by photoshopped it.

Just about every used SSDs sold on ebay had pictures both sides of SSD with serial number shown but I noticed sellers missed something very important. If I am selling a used SSD then I would do same as other sellers posted pictures both side of SSD, also post screenshots of Samsung Magician status, SSD Life status, HD Tune info, health and error scan tabs with full error scan that show the full status health of SSD with match serial number in screenshots.

When you receive back your SSD in package, just don't open it! To protect yourself from buyer, I recommend to record a video clip to showed off sealed package with tracked number that matched on ebay and paypal that buyer send you. Continue record clip showed you opened the package to see the SSD, if it was the same one you send then run Samsung Magician, SSD Life and HD Tune tests then issued refund. If it showed different SSD or HDD so buyer scammed you and then you sent all screenshots and video clip to ebay and paypal then you would get full refund back.

 

[MagicBoy]

Any update OP?