Have you ever been hustled on the internets?

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Originally Posted by SiM

Poor finlay666, the only one that has been truly ripped big time

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There was also lambbuster and another Hexite that got done at least at the same time by the same time as me, was double selling items that didnt even exist

You live and learn tbh, I could afford it as a nice luxury extra so could live with losing the money

Did better than my old housemate though, bought an Asus gaming laptop off ebay for nearly £1000 and all he got was shredded paper in a laptop bag....I was trying so hard not to laugh when I found out as I said it looked too good to be true and was probably a scam :lol:

fastmemoryman with a SODIMM on ebay, bought one fine from him but 2nd stick was DOA & had a hassle getting a refund, did in the end though but got a neg out of it :(

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Originally Posted by Cozwin

But tbh all company's should work like Ebuyer sending anything back ring up arrange pickup and city link come pickup and no stupid tested as not faulty stupidity if tested not faulty it is sent back simple as.

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Wish it were like that. eBuyer now do do this, I'm not sure if they charge for no fault found they only charge you for the return shipping. But they've got their process where you must explain to the tech team what you've done to rule that it is X item causing the fault etc so you don't waste their money and yours. It's still the best though.

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Originally Posted by moogle

Wish it were like that. eBuyer now do do this, I'm not sure if they charge for no fault found they only charge you for the return shipping. But they've got their process where you must explain to the tech team what you've done to rule that it is X item causing the fault etc so you don't waste their money and yours. It's still the best though.

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well the tech team thing doesnt work to be honest as they accept everything :P i once got refunded and they sent me the item back anyway so :O :? lol but i love ebuyer.

I once got scammed by some turd on ebay - sold me a duff Audigy 2 ZS many years ago. I learnt to be more than careful since and haven't been had since... <touch wood>

i've been stung twice.

Once on ebay for about &#163;15.

Once by a major on-line retailer which nearly cost me my life (kettle lead, with transparent insulation, had a flaw in said insulation. There was no CE mark, and it was 'own brand')

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Originally Posted by TheAnimus

i've been stung twice.

Once on ebay for about £15.

Once by a major on-line retailer which nearly cost me my life (kettle lead, with transparent insulation, had a flaw in said insulation. There was no CE mark, and it was 'own brand')

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omg :O sued?

looked at it, espesually when they didn't want to issue a recall. But it was tricky, as the computer case had screws, as such it wasn't an area of frequent access, so it was hardly open and shut case (pun intended).

In the end after a bit of hassle they replaced all the hardware (which after i'd shunted chassis ground to, i thought was rather important). Either way there off my list purely because they really didn't want to admit they had a problem with a line of theirs, one that i doubt had sold 1,000 units either.

ok now i know its a case and own brand ive got a feeling your leaning towards ebuyer haha yes?

Not unless paypal accusing me of scamming someone else and emptying my bank account counts. Scary solicitor got the money back along with a grovelling apology letter.

Other than that circus I've always managed to avoid scammers, but I tend to stick to the same few places nowadays(scan for comp gear, play for games etc etc), not used ebay in years, because of the paypal affair.

amazon market place. ordered a Sony MS PRO Duo. but when i examined it, thing was fake. so I complained, returned it for a refund.