CPU bent pins and buyer issue

[Vexr]

There's a difference to being a non-savvy buyer and getting scammed though.

Lol, yeah whatever. Says the guy who thinks £12 is half of £50.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Lol, yeah whatever. Says the guy who thinks £12 is half of £50.

Yeah, I read 50/50 as the sale price, not the repair cost - my mistake.

Still didn't need to refund the 12 quid though.

Oh, and stop assuming my gender

 

[Vexr]

Yeah, I read 50/50 as the sale price, not the repair cost - my mistake.

Still didn't need to refund the 12 quid though.

Oh, and stop assuming my gender

It was a fine margin. As stated elsewhere in this thread, if he did insist on the £24 repair cost I'd have stuck to my guns and gone the full process through eBay/Paypal. £12 on the other hand was just a say low enough for me to decide not to bother.

I'll be sure to review my inclusiveness and diversity policy regarding the use of the word 'guy' as soon as I start giving a damn

 

[Dervious]

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.

What doesn't seem plausible is that someone who works on oil rigs (a well paid job, I assume) is a) Spending £50 on a second hand CPU and then b) Trying to claim for a £25 repair that he had done after you offered a full refund.

 

[james.miller]

12 quid isn't much off 50, youre right. It comes down to principles and whether you mind somebody dishonestly trying for a discount on the sale price or not. If you are happy with such dishonesty then go for it.

Id have told him where to shove it though.

 

[Apone70]

100% scam.

 

[Vexr]

What doesn't seem plausible is that someone who works on oil rigs (a well paid job, I assume) is a) Spending £50 on a second hand CPU and then b) Trying to claim for a £25 repair that he had done after you offered a full refund.

There was something off about the whole thing, but then again someone professionally scamming to get 20-25% slithers off the price of low value items doesn't make much sense.

As said elsewhere in this thread, he sold the CPU on again a month later for £46 and using the pictures from my listing and falsely claiming it'd never been OC'd lol. A poor money making scheme if that's how he scams, though his selling history is bizarre compared with the story he gave to me. He's sold an 8320, my 8350, a 9390, a Ryzen 1600X, and a whole bunch of AM3 motherboards, one 1080 Ti, and some DDR4 RAM since I sold to him. I must say, doesn't seem he was as hardware deprived/desperate for my CPU as he made out.

12 quid isn't much off 50, youre right. It comes down to principles and whether you mind somebody dishonestly trying for a discount on the sale price or not. If you are happy with such dishonesty then go for it.

Id have told him where to shove it though.

To be fair, my eBay experience has been pretty positive recently despite this mishap:



£12 lost from that due to a potential/probable scam doesn't seem so bad.

 

[an0nym0us]

I feel that those types of serial cheats and scammers would eventually get found out and their actions will eventually end up coming back to bite them.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us OP, glad you've not taken this experience too negatively. It serves as a reminder for me to take as many photos of items and packaging before shipping sold items.

 

[beany_bot]

This is a well known scam. I see it almost everyday on facebook PC groups I am in.

 

[Vexr]

I feel that those types of serial cheats and scammers would eventually get found out and their actions will eventually end up coming back to bite them.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us OP, glad you've not taken this experience too negatively. It serves as a reminder for me to take as many photos of items and packaging before shipping sold items.

Yeah, definitely - photo it and photo it good. I can be glad if this example results in some future sellers being a bit more savvy than I when it comes to PC gear/CPUs, even if the burn I experienced on this sale was relatively minor.

 

[Double07]

This and a few other things Ive read has stopped me putting anything else up on ebay now. Im just going to wait until I have access to the MM and flog the stuff I have for sale on there. Doesnt guarantee anything I know but ebay really is a minefield and I'll take my chances on here I think.

 

[michty_me]

What I find works well if no visible serial numbers on items is by making a discreet marking with ultraviolet pen. At least you know if it's the same part returned or not.

 

[Double07]

What I find works well if no visible serial numbers on items is by making a discreet marking with ultraviolet pen. At least you know if it's the same part returned or not.

This seems like a good bit of advice, would certainly use this in future and hadn't thought of it before.

 

[michty_me]

This seems like a good bit of advice, would certainly use this in future and hadn't thought of it before.

In the past it has helped people after me if they have had the item returned. I advised them where the marking was and they determined that it wasn't what they sent out.

 

[Double07]

In the past it has helped people after me if they have had the item returned. I advised them where the marking was and they determined that it wasn't what they sent out.

Like a lot of good solutions, its simple yet highly effective.

 

[beany_bot]

So. Here is a hypothetical situation.

I have a good CPU and a duff one.
I sell you the duff one.
You send it back.
I tell eBay you sent back a different one. Show the pictures i.e. that don't match with the one sent back. eBay side with me.


Basically there is no avoiding scams on eBay!

 

[ED209]

Basically there is no avoiding scams on eBay!

Yes there is, don’t use eBay, simple