Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] beware ebay seller

[maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com>]

> 
>  From what you've told us it's possible that the
> seller didn't look  
> inside the box and assumed it was a new PSU, after
> their spouse  
> tidied the old one up into an empty box. Certainly,
> I always keep  
> packaging in case I need to make a warranty return,
> and in the case  
> that a PC is just misbehaving, with random reboots &
> stuff, the first  
> thing I do is replace the PSU, keeping the old one
> in case that makes  
> no difference.

Nah, this guy sells lots of them. The power supply he
did mail is brand new -- just not the one I thought I
was buying. The box originally had been sealed by Best
Buy. The box came with the original Dynex User Guide.
My theory: these are cheap run of the mill PSs put
into Dynex boxes acquired from Best Buy which used the
original PSs in their PCs. The seller took a picture
of the box and put that on eBay. When the order comes
in he takes a shiny new PS "New" and puts it in the
Dynex box "in Box!". So, technically he hasn't lied.
Typical scamster M.O.

> 
> I would email the seller in the first instance & see
> what they have  
> to say. 

No reply

> feedback - a scammer with several negs will be
> quickly obvious from  
> their feedback score, 

This is puzzling. Maybe the seller gets his family and
friends to "buy" stuff and give him props. Then he
runs his scam, cancels his account and starts another.
Where's my tinfoil hat!


> personally  
> wouldn't have high expectations of the "buyer
> protection" offered by  
> fleaBay or ThievingScumPal.
> 
It should be in their best interest to supply good
service.

mw






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