Being scammed on Ebay

GlitterBalls said:
People still use eBay?!
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I've used it to sell low value items like old sofa's, beds left over bricks from my garage conversion (there was a high demand for these in 2020) and out of date computer hardware. I wouldn't use it for selling anything valuable, for anything half decent I would use Facebook classifieds or OCUK for computer hardware and payment via bank transfer or cash on collection.
 
Jono8 said:
People really are morons.
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Looking at photos of PC components on eBay, it amazes me how much they are morons. Big fingerprints on the underside of a processor. Scratches all over a motherboard heat sinks and trim. Missing CPU cover. Graphics cards that look like the owner popped it in their pocket with a handful of gravel and ran a marathon. What are these people doing? All my PC hardware is immaculate. Not a scratch, not a dent, not a huge misplaced fingerprint. The same goes for everything else I own. Accidents are rare. These people, accidents are an hourly occurrence.
 
SpellowHouse said:
I do, but it is not what it was.

The downfall of many sellers is they try to sell at a fixed price, these days, and many of them set the price too high.
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If I find something I want but the price is too high (or even ok) then I watch the item, it must alert the seller and they can send you a reduced offer. Seems to work ok in practice.
 
AS a seller do you have any comeback for incorrectly assembled and user damaged?

i guess it is a he said she said issue and ebay almost always side with the buyer........... but that sucks.

hope it is fixable.... however unless under heavy discount i know i would not want to buy a user repaird item tbh so even if you fix it, unless it is totally undetectable, you will likely still be out of pocket

(if i bought it unless it stated in the add as a user repair i would likely dispute it if the damage was visible)
 
bigmike20vt said:
AS a seller do you have any comeback for incorrectly assembled and user damaged?

i guess it is a he said she said issue and ebay almost always side with the buyer........... but that sucks.

hope it is fixable.... however unless under heavy discount i know i would not want to buy a user repaird item tbh so even if you fix it, unless it is totally undetectable, you will likely still be out of pocket

(if i bought it unless it stated in the add as a user repair i would likely dispute it if the damage was visible)
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Ebay have refunded him but from their own funds not mine after i explained the situation. On the case details they said it was because i received the item back not in the same condition i sent it which is correct. The fix seems fairly straightforward even for a luddite such as myself, basically it's a bit of disassembly, then glueing the base connector back into place, then reassembly. The manufacturer of the joystick have sent me a pdf with clear pics+instructions on what to do, there's only 3 or 4 steps.
 
Jono8 said:
My betting is that he almost certainly is not an IT technician.
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I love messages like this "I am a <insert expert in whatever field/xx number of years old here>" you know its spotty teenager in their bedroom which are exactly the type of people attracted to these products unfortunately. Saw a message from similar on a modding forum saying they'd paid for premium downloaded xyz mods and were now doing a chargeback because "I'm not paying for premium". The response was enjoy your permaban and they're very well tracked/enforced. Idiots will be idiots.
 
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SpellowHouse said:
Looking at photos of PC components on eBay, it amazes me how much they are morons. Big fingerprints on the underside of a processor. Scratches all over a motherboard heat sinks and trim. Missing CPU cover. Graphics cards that look like the owner popped it in their pocket with a handful of gravel and ran a marathon. What are these people doing? All my PC hardware is immaculate. Not a scratch, not a dent, not a huge misplaced fingerprint. The same goes for everything else I own. Accidents are rare. These people, accidents are an hourly occurrence.
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Yeh, I don't really know how people end up scratching and damaging pc components so much.

I mean, they are carefully placed in and out of a motherboatd slot within a metal case , maybe a few times at most in their lifetime.

Unless someone has made a genuine mistake and dropped something, interior pc components should be spotless really.
 
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