Romantic Robot » ebay http://romanticrobot.net directionless. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:32:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 I dislike fakes. http://romanticrobot.net/2008/07/11/i-dislike-fakes/ http://romanticrobot.net/2008/07/11/i-dislike-fakes/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:33:44 +0000 Mark http://69105.net/?p=117 Continue reading →]]> Going away next week and I wanted to put some films on the PSP. The 1gb card will hold 2 but I wanted some more. I figured 4gb would be a good size for the photo backup backup when there. Into Ebay, search for 4gb pro duo, find heaps listed. Pick a user with good feedback and buy one. The card was cheap but the page on ebay said all the right things.
It arrived this morning and it’s a fake. Google ‘magicgate unknown’ and everything you find applied to the card. My fault for buying cheap? Maybe. The seller’s fault for lying? Oh yes. I checked his page today, took a screenshot. There is no ambiguity in the language – it’s a 4gb Sony card being sold. Unsurprisingly this really pissed me off. The reported size is 4gb but I have yet to try and fill the card. Fakes live for a very short time so data will be lost. So I’ve been sold a fake through ebay using paypal and the web page shows the seller really isn’t a good one. What to do?

I could leave negative feedback
I could open a dispute at ebay.
I could report the fraud to paypal and ebay.
At most I get my money back, I don’t know what happens to the seller.
I could make a deal with the seller.
Or I could make a deal with the seller then not keep my side of the bargain.

I’ve made my choice, but what would you do?

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2008/07/11/i-dislike-fakes/feed/ 3 Just p and p to add… http://romanticrobot.net/2008/01/29/just-p-and-p-to-add/ http://romanticrobot.net/2008/01/29/just-p-and-p-to-add/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:02:20 +0000 Mark http://69105.net/?p=5 Continue reading →]]> So ebay have decided to fiddle around with their fees because they want to sell more. And this will mean zilch to most. What ebay should do is nail the postage costs. You can probably buy a PS3 on ebay for a few quid. The postage will set you back a few hundred of course because that is where the profit is. ebay know it, sellers know it – and they hope that buyers don’t until they have confirmed. No matter which way you look it’s a scam and one that by their inaction ebay cultivate.

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