Got rip off on Ebay. Update again: I am getting my refund!! WOOHOO.

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: emmpee
he's got 'as is' and 'untested' all over the place in the auction... i don't know if that's a proper defense or not, but I probably would have stayed away from the auction.

In all seriousness when one has "untested" and or "as-is" I'd stay away from it. It looks like he may be in the safe. He does not neccessarily say that it comes with the cd-key and game. It just says COD game. You'd assume it did come with the cd-key though.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever

Originally posted by: kermalou
so pissed you couldn't use propert english?

If you're going to make fun of someone's english, you probably shouldn't have spelling errors in your own post.

Damn, thanks for pointing that out. Kermalou, that's nuts of you, dude.

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal

Originally posted by: emmpee he's got 'as is' and 'untested' all over the place in the auction... i don't know if that's a proper defense or not, but I probably would have stayed away from the auction.

In all seriousness when one has "untested" and or "as-is" I'd stay away from it. It looks like he may be in the safe. He does not neccessarily say that it comes with the cd-key and game. It just says COD game. You'd assume it did come with the cd-key though.

There is something in this world called "Common Sense". You buy a car, it comes with the car key. You buy a game, it comes with the CD key. You don't fvcking assume.

 

[kami]

Members who left a positive: 44725
Members who left a negative: 1440

Way too many negs...damn. Yes he has a 96% positive rating but when you're talking numbers like this he probably doesn't care if he gets a couple negatives per day. People still see 40,000 and get all googly-eyed.

Sorry about your luck.

 

[Dissipate]

WTF were you thinking bidding on that auction? The guy has 1300 neutral feedbacks and 1200 negative feedbacks within the past year!

 

[Ranger X]

You might be at a loss because of your decision to bid on his auction that states "As-Is". I hate to encourage this type of behavior but if you really want to play it, it might be best to play it with a pirated cd-key.

 

[Dissipate]

Check this out, on page 17 of his feedback someone put:

I received a PC game without a CD Key. Cannot even install or play without one!! Buyer isupermojoi( 8 ) Feb-15-04 19:48 3075873234
Reply by buyessex: We gave them all info to return this item to us for a full refund..

If you had bothered reading his feedback you would have seen this coming.

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Check this out, on page 17 of his feedback someone put:

I received a PC game without a CD Key. Cannot even install or play without one!! Buyer isupermojoi( 8 ) Feb-15-04 19:48 3075873234 Reply by buyessex: We gave them all info to return this item to us for a full refund..

If you had bothered reading his feedback you would have seen this coming.

Yeah, thank you very much, moron!!
I bought the game on the freaking 10th of Feb, the feedback is on the 15th of Feb.
If you had bothered reading the feedback date you would havn't post this thread.

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Originally posted by: Ranger X
You might be at a loss because of your decision to bid on his auction that states "As-Is". I hate to encourage this type of behavior but if you really want to play it, it might be best to play it with a pirated cd-key.

The only reason I am buying the game is to play online. You can't do it with a pirated cd-key.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: SOFTWARE2ndComing

Originally posted by: Dissipate
Check this out, on page 17 of his feedback someone put:

I received a PC game without a CD Key. Cannot even install or play without one!! Buyer isupermojoi( 8 ) Feb-15-04 19:48 3075873234 Reply by buyessex: We gave them all info to return this item to us for a full refund..

If you had bothered reading his feedback you would have seen this coming.

Yeah, thank you very much, moron!!
I bought the game on the freaking 10th of Feb, the feedback is on the 15th of Feb.
If you had bothered reading the feedback date you would havn't post this thread.

Ok, here's one on Feb. 9th:

Sells defective merch. Does not try to resolve the situation in any way! FFFFFF- Buyer cozmo35( 52) Feb-09-04 17:50 3072928200
Reply by buyessex: We stated untested and as-is...you took the gamble and are mad at us??

Feb. 9th:

Not complete product. Where is disc two? Didn't ship disc two? Buyer tklundt78( 2 ) Feb-09-04 13:54 3075873058
Reply by buyessex: NEVER EMAILED US TO TELL US THERE WAS A PROBLEM..WOULD HAVE HELPED

Feb. 9th:

Product was defective and seller knew it, said on box item would not load Buyer michaelb789( 78) Feb-09-04 13:15 3070304749
Reply by buyessex: READ THE AUCTION!! WE STATED EVERYTHING HE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT!

Feb. 9th:

The information gave on the item was very vague, the camera didnt power up!! Buyer mrdak1963( 15) Feb-09-04 08:23 2979720479
Reply by buyessex: We stated untested and broken...why is this our fault? We stated all info clear

Feb. 9th:

case was beat up and it didn't work, watch out for this guy!!! Buyer stewartru( 30) Feb-09-04 06:56 3064801781
Reply by buyessex: has had item for 2 months and never contacted us with any problems..c'mon!

Feb. 8th:

PRODUCT DID NOT MEET DESCRIPTION! VERY POOR AND RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE! Buyer adamlendi( 9 ) Feb-08-04 22:11 3073322065
Reply by buyessex: We offerred him different solutions and he decided to leave neg..w/o working w/

Feb. 8th:

sold me a product that was not complete. Has not returned e-mails. Buyer gc0834( 2 ) Feb-08-04 18:31 3071455827
Reply by buyessex: We did send the item to him...check your email...we have responded twice

Feb. 7th:

Trash Dealer Next time throw it away Save Me the Time ,Money and Trouble ! Buyer bonne_terre_bubba( 24) Feb-07-04 20:11 3074620054
Reply by buyessex: We stated what was missing and that it was untested...where did we go wrong?

Maybe you couldn't have seen that comment but there were PLENTY more prior to your auction. I rest my case.

 

[Savij]

the guy doesn't have the greatest feedback, but he certainly looks like a business so it might be legit that they wouldn't respond to emails right away?
with the number of auctions that guy has i'm sure it takes him (them) a day or two to even see your email. you might look up his info and give him a call tomorrow

 

[Savij]

btw, here's their contact info off their website:
Buy Essex
1411 Elm Hill Pike
Nashville, TN 37210
(615) 620-5424
Help@EssexTechGroup.com
http://store.yahoo.com/buyessex/info.html

 

[AnyMal]

What is it about UNTESTED, AS-IS, NO RETURNS, and NO REFUNDS that's hard to understand?

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
What is it about UNTESTED, AS-IS, NO RETURNS, and NO REFUNDS that's hard to understand?

So? That doesn't mean he didn't get ripped off. Not saying he has a valid way to get his money back, but it certainly shady to have that type of business. Buyer beware.

 

[sillymofo]

Ok... do you see the number inscribed onto the CD? (in the middle), that's kinda like a serial number. Call up Activision tech support or customer service and tell them you lost the fcuking CD case, and ask them to give you the CD key. They will ask you for those numbers on the CD, damn... easy fix, nothing to fuss about.

 

[DogFromDuckhunt]

Ummm... when Call of Duty first came out, a LOT of copies shipped without cd-keys. Contact Activision and they should rectify the problem. I'm going to assume you got actual game disks, and not some burned copy. You will have to verify somehow that you bought the copy, but that shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[Vic]

IIRC, selling software (even used) without a CD key is piracy, as the CD key is the de facto software license. Maybe someone should call Activision or the BSA?

 

[Kelemvor]

Well I can see two options.

1) He said it is sold AS IS and no where does it say it comes with the CD KEY so you could be SoL.

HOWEVER

2) He says "The packaging has been open for product inspection"

This implies that the packaging was SEALED and he had to OPEN it to inspect the product. Now if it was sealed, then there would be a CD KEY in the box. If all he did was INSPECT IT, then there would STILL be a CD KEY in the box. So, he's obviously lying and didn't open it to inspect it, he had it laying around, with no key, and decided to scam someone on ebay with it.

Did you pay Paypal through a Credit Card or bank? If Paypal won't help, go to your CC company and dispute the charges. Not sure if that would work because technically you gave paypal permission to do that but who knows...

Anyway, good luck.

P.S. I'm sure you could find a different CD KEY online somewhere if you needed one.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Go to Walmart. Open up a Call of Duty box. Record the CD-Key. Put the CD back in the box, put the game back on the shelf, walk away casually.

 

[Derango]

By the way, I also got a Call of Duty retail, sealed box from gogamer.com without a cd-key. When I e-mailed them about it, it sounded like it wasn't an uncommon problem. They just had me send in the back paper from the cd case. They then e-mailed me a key and send out a new back paper with cd key through the mail.

Obviously you can't do that...

Oh, to the person right above me, not only is that an incredibly stupid thing to do, the CD key is printed inside the jewel case, which is, IIRC shrinkwraped. Good luck trying to get at that without anyone noticing.

 

[BuyEssex]

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: BuyEssex
I work for BuyEssex and no, we're not just a garage based operation, we are indeed a business that uses eBay for part of our model. We get returns from a lot of major retailers. It's honestly not worth our time to test a PC Game to see how whether or not it works. I'm sorry, but this is why we sell it as-is. We literally have more product than we can process. It's a liquidation company, folks!

As for the 96.9% feedback, no it's not good for a regular eBay seller. But for a Liquidation company that deals with the kind of product that we do, it is excellent. We're going to have people leave negitive feedback that is legit and was unquestionably our fault and our bad. And then we're going to have people who don't read the auction completly.

Lastly, we don't test something, see it doesn't work, and then list it as "untested as-is". If it doesn't work, we'll tell you that. If we say it's as-is and untested, its exactly that. You're taking a risk and sometimes you get a great deal, othertimes you do not.

You don't need to test it to know if a cdkey is included or not.

 

[ajpa123]

Can't he just call tech-support for the game and explain what happened and see if they would provide him with a key. (he could fax over the ebay invoice if they wanted proof. Just a shot in the dark, but all it would take is one simple phone call to find out).

 

[lancestorm]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal

Originally posted by: emmpee
he's got 'as is' and 'untested' all over the place in the auction... i don't know if that's a proper defense or not, but I probably would have stayed away from the auction.

In all seriousness when one has "untested" and or "as-is" I'd stay away from it. It looks like he may be in the safe. He does not neccessarily say that it comes with the cd-key and game. It just says COD game. You'd assume it did come with the cd-key though.

I think this is a bunch of bull what is going on in this auction. It's basically a coaster or an extra AOL cd to lay around the house without the code. Not fair at all....but the wording definitely fits with the description. He did sell 'as is' although missing a cd-code is something I would never have thought someone would try to pull off...

 

[DWW]

I'm willing to bet the key was included
Its not on the box, its not in the box on a paper, its not on the back of the cd case.

Open the CD case, pull the flap forward (there are two CDs you realize?) and its hidden behind the second CD printed right into the jewel case.

DUH