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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?
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?
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Meh. What make was it? If it wasn't Sony, that's probably why. I only buy SONY, JVC, Bosch or... I can't remember their name, but they have a kickass shop opposite SONY in Kingston. Oh, and they make that phone that Graham Norton uses in "Graham V Norton". Damn straight. (No, not Graham.)
EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Plus thats why when i bought the player i sent a cheque, and didnt
> use my dads credit card.
Ironically, if you'd bought using a credit card it would be far easier to get at this guy and most credit card companies give extra warranties for items over £50 - Barclaycard do. Plus if you have any problems you can tell your card company and they'll do a chargeback if you have a case, hence you get your money back.
> Plus thats why when i bought the player i sent a cheque, and didnt
> use my dads credit card.
Ironically, if you'd bought using a credit card it would be far easier to get at this guy and most credit card companies give extra warranties for items over £50 - Barclaycard do. Plus if you have any problems you can tell your card company and they'll do a chargeback if you have a case, hence you get your money back.
Duncan David Brown wrote:
> 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*
Um but i did get it, in about 2 days.
Lasted 6 weeks.
> 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*
Um but i did get it, in about 2 days.
Lasted 6 weeks.
Bah bad luck Rob you've just been very unlucky. It probably jhad one of those devices that stops it working after *x* weeks.
Memorandum! wrote:
> 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.
*sigh*
Um don't you think i may of tried that?
> 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.
*sigh*
Um don't you think i may of tried that?
Well you never know
Beocom?
DW wrote:
> Beocom?
That was to Messy, btw :cDE
> Beocom?
That was to Messy, btw :cDE
Some people, eh!
EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> Memorandum! wrote:
> 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.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Um don't you think i may of tried that?
may have.
And I don't know. Sometimes people make stupid mistakes. Sometimes stupid people make stupid mistakes more often.
> Memorandum! wrote:
> 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.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Um don't you think i may of tried that?
may have.
And I don't know. Sometimes people make stupid mistakes. Sometimes stupid people make stupid mistakes more often.
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