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The question is how many of us have parted with money only to find that you don't get what is described, you don't get anything or you get out of pocket after a retailer sells you second hand goods, etc.?
No naming and shaming of companies unless the mods say its ok...
I can't think that I have to be honest, certainly nothing sticks in my mind.
I have to admit I have lost out buying something on a forum once and another time when I got ripped by a company charging me for a cancelled order
someone has made off with your avatar if that counts?
pedobear was captured by the FBIQuote:
Originally Posted by MadduckUK
you can't edit the poll can you?
"Never, I am very lucky" would have been the option for me i think :)
Don't think I've ever not gotten anything from a seller, although I have recieved the wrong product a few times...which is rather annoying when you think you're buying something quite rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiM
ditto...Quote:
Originally Posted by funkstar
Pyro on here....was the only time
Never (so far, touch wood). Almost though in the summer before SiM warned me :D
I'm fairly new to buying/selling on the internet, I never knew what the hell classified forums meant until I starting seeing the sale threads :mrgreen:
scammed once via amazon marketplace. never again.
lost a few quid via ebay on a cd that never arrived...
big seller in states, and took off with alot of peoples monies...
I replied incorrectly to the poll, the second option better fits whats happened to me. I've been 'hustled' once on this forum, thankfully that user won't be back any time soon. Never did get my money back :(
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Originally Posted by Funkstar
Ditto, I'm not ultra careful but I'd like to think I can spot something dodgy.
Had not as described, but not lost any money, so no correct poll option for that :p
got scammed by amazon market place a few years back. some cheap asian ripoff james bond boxset £100.
in the end i brought the uk box set for £85.
still less than the RRP for both lol.
Luckily never (touch wood),
Mostly because I only ever purchase from the major shops (amazon, play etc.) and whenever I venture onto fleabay I always check that paypal is offered and that the feedback is decent.
A copy of Sin City from ebay. It turned out to be a dodgy asian bootleg but the guy did refund me in the end. He claimed it was real but the chinese (?) writing all over the disc and case gave the game away really.
Overclockers took me for about £36 in postage charges once. Never again.
Same with me but I did manage to get my money back after a month or so though, got to hate the hassle.Quote:
Originally Posted by directhex
oh, yeah, dittoQuote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
some dodgy bugger on here flogged me a fake sony memory card
I've had 2 wireless cctv cameras sent from ebay that didnt work, got 100% back though so no...
I bought a fake powerball off eBay, but the seller did give me a refund so I only lost out on postage
I've never been scammed per se, although I've had a couple of items which were not quite as good as I thought they would be, and too much hassle/cost to return. Only small value, though, for anything of large value I'd have made the effort!
Poor finlay666, the only one that has been truly ripped big time
Betting in an online casino that conveniently 'crashed' a couple of times. Luckily, onlu had a few £s in the room when it did.
haha, you sound like an addicted gambler making excuses... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JK Ferret
No seriously, it did.
I never made any excuses for the ks that I've lost gambling.
Ive had the "awesome shop" (hah) that is Scan take me for a ride on a faulty motherboard which still doesnt work and is not sitting in the cellar after i paid about 40 pound total sending to scan twice and also a stupidly expensive tested as not faulty fine so id consider that a big hustle maybe just me.
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.
oh and overclocker tried to scam me on here but having a brother in law detective does make threatening slightly effective so i got my money back (kept details if he rips anyone else off).
oh just read up looks like thats 4 of us then :P
am i only one that made him give me postage costs as well as my money back :P
Scammed once via ebay. Lots of people in the same scam. :embarrassed:
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 existQuote:
Originally Posted by SiM
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 :(
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cozwin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by moogle
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 £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')
omg :O sued?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAnimus
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.