I bought a laptop on Ebay from a very established seller there. I tried finding one on here but nothing came through, so I went to Ebay.
Before bidding, I asked the seller several times whether there were any problems with the laptop, no matter how small. He said it was in good shape and looked and worked perefectly. He is part of a business in GA that resells laptops and other computer parts both in a retail location and on Ebay.
Well, the thing got here today and it was a mess. Mainly, the whole left rear area of the chassis is cracked off and missing, along with an on off switch for the wireless card that is built into the laptop that apparently used to be there. The other big problem is that the hinges on the screen are very very worn so that the screen wobbles back and forth when in the open position.
These are obvious problems that are easily seen, yet the seller claims that the laptop was checked out and certified by their technician and they were not there when it was shipped (yeah, right, you know?) None of the broken off parts of the chassis (about 3" worth off the left rear of it) were in teh box, so there is no way the thing was damaged in shipping. Another problem is that the left click button of the touchpad is worn out and it sticks. Remember, I specifically asked this seller on 3 separate occasions-before I bid, after I bid, and before I sent the payment, whether there were any problems with it at all, no matter how small and he said no, each and every time.
The seller says he "might" refund my main payment if, after receiving it, they decide that it was broken before they shipped it. He also refuses to cover the $24 it will cost to send it back to him.
I paid for it via a credit card Paypal payment.
So, what should I do? Risk sending it back and hoping to get most of my money back from this lying bastard? File a dispute of the payment with Paypal and or my credit card company and hold onto the notebook for now or go ahead and send it back and then file the disputes?
It does work ok, just is suffering from the problems listed above.
What do you think? What would you do, for real?
The amount was a little under $700 for a P4 1.8M laptop by VPR Matrix.
Before bidding, I asked the seller several times whether there were any problems with the laptop, no matter how small. He said it was in good shape and looked and worked perefectly. He is part of a business in GA that resells laptops and other computer parts both in a retail location and on Ebay.
Well, the thing got here today and it was a mess. Mainly, the whole left rear area of the chassis is cracked off and missing, along with an on off switch for the wireless card that is built into the laptop that apparently used to be there. The other big problem is that the hinges on the screen are very very worn so that the screen wobbles back and forth when in the open position.
These are obvious problems that are easily seen, yet the seller claims that the laptop was checked out and certified by their technician and they were not there when it was shipped (yeah, right, you know?) None of the broken off parts of the chassis (about 3" worth off the left rear of it) were in teh box, so there is no way the thing was damaged in shipping. Another problem is that the left click button of the touchpad is worn out and it sticks. Remember, I specifically asked this seller on 3 separate occasions-before I bid, after I bid, and before I sent the payment, whether there were any problems with it at all, no matter how small and he said no, each and every time.
The seller says he "might" refund my main payment if, after receiving it, they decide that it was broken before they shipped it. He also refuses to cover the $24 it will cost to send it back to him.
I paid for it via a credit card Paypal payment.
So, what should I do? Risk sending it back and hoping to get most of my money back from this lying bastard? File a dispute of the payment with Paypal and or my credit card company and hold onto the notebook for now or go ahead and send it back and then file the disputes?
It does work ok, just is suffering from the problems listed above.
What do you think? What would you do, for real?
The amount was a little under $700 for a P4 1.8M laptop by VPR Matrix.
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