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Hey guys,

I don't have much experience with this. I bought a motherboard on eBay from a seller I should have checked out more closely. He's got 98.2% positive rating, but there's a ton of feedback that's been recalled by both parties--presumably he talked people out of negative feedback. Anyway, after waiting a rather long time after paying a rather lot of shipping, I received a bare motherboard (in a static bag at least) in a box of foam peanuts. The posting was for a brand new retail motherboard including everything in the pictures--which were of cables, and a riser board, and a box, etc.

I emailed the dude, haven't heard back yet, and googled his email addy. I found a web page dedicated to this guy and his sales. Apparently, he often pulls this, and then uses tons of delaying tactics to hold buyers off as long as possible (presumably long enough so that they can't file a complaint with paypal.)

Anyone had experience with this sort of thing? Several years ago, I managed to bully another guy into giving me my money back for a monitor I bought that was not as advertised, but I think this guy has a little more experience than the monitor guy.

Arg. I don't need this stress right now... and I don't need to lose $150, either. Grr....

Sounds kind of like my boss. Just blows smoke up your ass telling you what you want to hear for 6 months until you threaten with some kind of lawsuit. then things get done. Good luck with this dude.


Oh whoops did i say that out loud?

Heh... don't I wish I had money for a lawsuit. Of course, if I did, I wouldn't care about losing $150...

i just had a bad ebay experience.
trying to sell a laptop.
someone ended the auction with buy it now,
then started talking about his kid in nigeria... not worrying about shipping it out now... just get me the total and i will send it to you.

yea right
i didnt know the nigerian bogus certified check scam had trickled down to used $300 laptops.

now I gotta wait a week to report him as nonpaying before i can get my fees refunded. I even had the auction as US only. ( no offense to my canadian friends )

How did you pay? Even with the waiting period the Paypal and Ebay have, you should always be able to call your bank or credit card company...

Tough situation...

Credit card through paypal.

Take a look at the ebay rules. There is likely some kind of recourse buried there. Certainly some info on how to complain to ebay and have them take action.

Can you dispute the charge or is it considered that Paypal delivered it’s service by transferring the money.

Can you find out where this guy lives?

I've got his address--or an alleged address on the package. Also have an alleged phone number, which I will probably call later today. I just want the money back so I can just get a mobo from a reputable source. Sigh.

good luck man, I always by my mobo's from either zipzoomfly, directron, or newegg.....