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Sun 14/09/03 at 01:08
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At the beginning on the summer holidays i bought an MP3 player from Ebay.
It cost me £70-75 including postage.
It was pretty cool, no bigger then a lighter and weighed about the same, 128MB and had a battery life of 12 hours on 1 AAA battery.
It was working fine untill the first day of school, when it stopped working. I tried 3 different batteries, left the battery out all night then inserted it the next morning and it still did not work.
So my dad emailed the company we bought it off, they replied within 10 minuets and said send it back and we will have a look at it and do some tests.
So my dad sent one back saying ok, but if you dont repair it within a week we would like our money back, they said ok.
Then when my dad when to send them an email today asking them something (cant quite remember what) We got a message back saying that the email address we specified does not exist. SO we went on the website and that has now gone, and the phone number is not there any more :(
SO my dad has sent a letter to the address the guy gave us saying that, why does his email not work, were has your site gone, and he is not going to send the MP3 player back to an unknown guy with no contact details. How do we know that you arnt just gunna recieve the MP3 player, repair it and then sell it on?
Then he said that if you do not reply to this letter we will be taking you to the small claims court.
There was loads more, but i cant be bothered to write it.

I hope the guy does reply and he gives my money back, i really dont want to be scammed out of £75.

Any one else had a problem like this on Ebay? is there a link were we can tell ebay and they can give us more information on him incase my dad does need to take this to the small claims court?
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:02
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Your a funny guy memo, a really funny guy :)
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:03
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My a funny guy?
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:12
"For the horde!!!!"
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I always buy from companys I know
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:19
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Bad luck Rob, you've been had.
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:40
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Fiery Salamander wrote:
> I always buy from companys I know

I always have done, i just thought i would try something else, i know not too now.
Plus thats why when i bought the player i sent a cheque, and didnt use my dads credit card.
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:42
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Keichi wrote:

> Wasting your time with the small claims court - the seller has
> offered to repair it and you didn't send it to them,

Because there site whent and their email went and their number stopped working, so would i trust sending it back?
Thats why we sent them a letter, then if they reply saying that they are still there and they will repair it, then i will send it back.
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:46
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The solution, Robin, is to move the little 'lock' slider back to its original position. Then it'll switch on.

And remember to put the batteries in the right way.
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:50
"Worf son of mogue"
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EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Keichi wrote:
>
> Wasting your time with the small claims court - the seller has
> offered to repair it and you didn't send it to them,
>
> Because there site whent and their email went and their number
> stopped working, so would i trust sending it back?
> Thats why we sent them a letter, then if they reply saying that they
> are still there and they will repair it, then i will send it back.

It's suckers like you that keep con men happy, I have a MP3 player you can buy off me for £70 but I want the cheque first.

*waits to see if he falls for it*
Sun 14/09/03 at 17:51
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Memo, unblock me on MSN a sec please.
Sun 14/09/03 at 18:42
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EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> At the beginning on the summer holidays i bought an MP3 player from
> Ebay.
> It cost me £70-75 including postage. It was 128mb.

I bought one for £60 from SR and it's like the same... But err that was like 6 weeks ago and it still isn't here because they still have none in stock... but if they were in stock then i'd have it by now...


Hopefully they get it in stock tommorow YAY.

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