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CPU bent pins and buyer issue

Whoever bought that processor is an idiot. 3rd party repairs aren't covered under a standard 12 months warrenty. If I bought something from Overclockers and then got it repaired by a local computer shop, I couldn't ask Overclockers to reinmburse the repair cost, they'd tell me to bugger off and quite rightly so. ebay and Paypal will hopefully be on your side but unfortunately buyers rights take priority in the upside down world.
 
Distracted said:
They have a damaged fx, they buy a new fx. They send a pic of the damaged fx to the seller claiming it arrived that way. The seller asks them to return it.

It should end here.

Instead the scammer, wanting to keep the item then sends the seller a pic of the pristine item claiming it to be the damaged item now fixed. They expect the seller to pay for the repair. They get to keep the new item and pay only half the asking price.

People will go to extraordinary lengths to save money / get something for less than it is worth.
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100% agree, had a mate that was stung in this exact same way. But tbh I did warn him to photo the chip before he posted it. The buyer obviously had a bent chip and bought my mates, then sent the pictures of his own mangled chip to prove his point. The buyer got a new chip for free as Paypal always sides with the buyer, why wouldn't they? It makes business sense.
I can't impress enough the need to photo serial numbers before you sell anything on Ebay, the place is full of scammers.
 
CuriousTomCat said:
Whoever bought that processor is an idiot. 3rd party repairs aren't covered under a standard 12 months warrenty. If I bought something from Overclockers and then got it repaired by a local computer shop, I couldn't ask Overclockers to reinmburse the repair cost, they'd tell me to bugger off and quite rightly so. ebay and Paypal will hopefully be on your side but unfortunately buyers rights take priority in the upside down world.
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But you've got to remember this is "sold as seen", no manufacturers 12 month warranty to void. I don't thin the guy is an idiot, he knew exactly what he was doing.
 
No. You did not consent to any repair. End of.

Do not feel guilty at all.

Edit:Amazed you went the route of reimbursement of the purchaser. I await the follow up of "the insurance didn't cover it". (Although I hope that is not the case). If the package wasn't damaged, I am struggling to see how you will claim it back. Did you get a photo of the package ?
 
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Scougar said:
Edit:Amazed you went the route of reimbursement of the professor. I await the follow up of "the insurance didn't cover it". (Although I hope that is not the case). If the package wasn't damaged, I am struggling to see how you will claim it back. Did you get a photo of the package ?
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I don't expect the insurance to cover it at this stage. I also don't expect the package to show any damage (what with the AMD FX retail box being made of metal). Maybe I'm just a big softy as he gave a story about going offshore to work on the oil rigs, which is plausible going by where he lives and explains why he rushed to repair it.

He did seem to appreciate the position he'd put me in and the fact he'd invalidated my recourse to claim for postal compensation. I was also aware my photographic evidence that the pins were fine before I sent it weren't up to scratch, which could put me in a naff position if it boiled down to that further along the line in a dispute. The net cost going 50/50 therefore seems small enough to me take on the chin and keep the peace, at least on this occasion.
 
JediFragger said:
For 25 poxy quid? Dude must be desperate eh!! Nah, sounds like he's just a bit dumb/stubborn.
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Too convenient that the evidence has all gone.

Also the buyer sounds capable of unbending the pins themselves, if still salvageable. I reckon we are seeing two different chips here. One that can't be fixed and the OPs.
 
The way I see it is you offered a reasonable resolution that fits ebay's expectations.

Taking it to a repair shop is an acceptance of the product as far as I cam concerned, so at that point he has paid for the product and chose to do that to the product, at no point did you agree to what he did.

Now whether ebay disputes agree with me no idea, but I think you should have a reasonable case given you did offer to refund for a return and then he didnt follow that course of action.
 
SlugForAButt said:
100% agree, had a mate that was stung in this exact same way. But tbh I did warn him to photo the chip before he posted it. The buyer obviously had a bent chip and bought my mates, then sent the pictures of his own mangled chip to prove his point. The buyer got a new chip for free as Paypal always sides with the buyer, why wouldn't they? It makes business sense.
I can't impress enough the need to photo serial numbers before you sell anything on Ebay, the place is full of scammers.
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yeah I did when I sold my gpu in case it got returned, if it did I would have checked the serial numbers to see if matched.
 
I'm thinking I might've been had afterall. He sold on the CPU he bought from me a few weeks later, even using the pics from my auction lol. He also sold an FX-8320 about the same time along with a bunch of other AM3+ era components. It could certainly have been his 8320 that had bent pins rather than my 8350.

Oh well. He only got about £12 out of me, so that's something.
 
You offer him the ebay option, he can return YOUR item with your serial number.
For a full refund.
What he has done to it in the meantime is his own issue.
Only allow an ebay return.

Then challenge when he either doesn't or returns a different serial number.
 
Destination said:
Then challenge when he either doesn't or returns a different serial number.
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even if the serial number is not the same ebay will refund him, ebay say you cant prove you sent XXXX serial number, and you cant.
take all the photos in world that dosent mean you put that item in the post.

when ebay first started it was one of the common scams, sell faulty items then claim they returned a different item
 
amigafan2003 said:
You're a fool.

I bet he did! His scam worked and he got your cpu for half price.
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A fool? Ouch :P He got £12 off a ~£50 processor in the end, that's not half price.

What's more ouch is the £150 I recently lost by buying a new monitor in a sale a month ago rather than in a sale today. A £12 loss avoiding a dispute on eBay doesn't seem so costly by comparison.
 
Vexr said:
A fool? Ouch :p He got £12 off a ~£50 processor in the end, that's not half price.

What's more ouch is the £150 I recently lost by buying a new monitor in a sale a month ago rather than in a sale today. A £12 loss avoiding a dispute on eBay doesn't seem so costly by comparison.
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I juat bought a new mb/2600/16gb ram and of course it was about 30 quid less 3 days later. Oh well.
 
Vexr said:
A fool? Ouch :p He got £12 off a ~£50 processor in the end, that's not half price.

What's more ouch is the £150 I recently lost by buying a new monitor in a sale a month ago rather than in a sale today. A £12 loss avoiding a dispute on eBay doesn't seem so costly by comparison.
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There's a difference to being a non-savvy buyer and getting scammed though.
 
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