bought a phone off ebay, 1,2,3 keys now dont work

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: AStar617

Wait, I'm confused here. Why are you trying to get a POP from THEM? Why don't you just give the OEM a copy of the eBay auction and your paypal (or whatever) receipt?

Aren't they asking YOU for a receipt? How is the seller going to furnish proof that it was bought in the US if you just stated you can't buy the phone in the US?
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The paypal receipt wont work, I asked. They also wont take the ebay auction receipt, I asked.

AFAIK they dont care where the person I bought it from bought it.

 

[AStar617]

Well if they aren't an authorized seller, you are officially SOL.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: AStar617
Well if they aren't an authorized seller, you are officially SOL.

If this is true...then damn!

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Nebor
I have a k750i, and a friend has one, and the joystick thing just comes from getting dust and dirt down in there I think. Once you mess with it for a while it'll clear up.

Yeah, its a pretty well known problem with SE phones.

I just open mine up every few weeks, I think its a Torx-6, and clean it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have tried opening, cnaned aired it.

I took everything on it apart! It was actually pretty fun. Lots of stuff inside, disconnected it all, but the same problem persissted.

 

[yosuke188]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: AStar617
Auction link so we can examine the exact verbiage in the listing?

Sorry I edited my last post out from under your reply.

linky to ebay auction

Doesn't the subtitle say that 3yr warranty is available? What am I missing here?

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I have tried opening, cnaned aired it.

I took everything on it apart! It was actually pretty fun. Lots of stuff inside, disconnected it all, but the same problem persissted.

Did you get the joystick off?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I have tried opening, cnaned aired it.

I took everything on it apart! It was actually pretty fun. Lots of stuff inside, disconnected it all, but the same problem persissted.

Did you get the joystick off?

you can pull it out of socket? I have not tried that...

oddly, the joystick works, kind of...in games.

yosuke188 I did see that.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: AStar617
Well if they aren't an authorized seller, you are officially SOL.

If this is true...then damn!

I don't see any other options based on the info you've given.

- They want to know where you bought it from (not the seller).
- They are looking for a certain receipt with special characteristics, and your eBay/paypal combo does not suffice.

Maybe this is just an indirect method for them to deny you service in the USA for a foreign phone.

This reminds me of the deal when marijuana was first outlawed. It wasn't really outlawed at all--you just needed to pay a tax by purchasing a government stamp--only problem was, there was no way to buy the tax stamp.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/taxact/mjtaxact.htm