My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I put in a PayPAl claim for a partial refund and the seller agreed immediately. Looking again at the pix he posted in the advert and the manual I downloaded plus what I see on the screen, I'm convinced it had a dead hard disk in it when it was photographed and sold.

With the partial refund, I bought a new 500MB 2.5" SATA drive today to replace the dead 120MB and now have it up and running.

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Well i'd claim that as a win :D.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I put in a PayPal claim for a partial refund and the seller agreed immediately. Looking again at the pix he posted in the advert and the manual I downloaded plus what I see on the screen, I'm convinced it had a dead hard disk in it when it was photographed and sold.

With the partial refund, I bought a new 500MB 2.5" SATA drive today to replace the dead 120MB and now have it up and running.

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Why only a partial refund?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Why only a partial refund?

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That's all I asked for. I assumed the HDD was faulty as the rest of the device seemed to work and I had priced a replacement HDD.

When I bought it, I had planned to do a HDD upgrade.

I just wish I'd asked for a bigger refund. :D

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

Well i'd claim that as a win :D.

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Probably right.

The question now is, what feedback should I give the seller?

If you've ascertained that HDD was kaput when sold, it indicates one of two things:
1. The seller didn't know it was busted
2. He did and was trying to flog it off anyway.
Given that he agreed to give you a partial refund immediately, No. 2 seems unlikely. Why would you do a dodgy deal and then give some of the money back from it?
I'd give positive but I'm probably naive. :)

The sellers description:

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Very good condition; missing software CD, user's manual but working perfectly and battery is very good; USB cable included.

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I'm not sure if this qualifies as a faulty goods purchase.... but it was for me.

I needed a SCSI CD-ROM drive to get a Testbook working. I couldn't source one here but TheTree got one off US eBay via one of his colleagues in the USA. It arrived today and I installed it.

No worky. :(

Tried it in my desktop PC. Yep, the drive is recognised but doesn't spin up when a CD is installed. Gaaahhh!

Can't really ship it back to the USA.

So I'm still on the look out for one.

I noticed this thread again when the thread count was at 666 .


I hurried on to save you but by the time I got into the thread, you had already posted that you have had more problems, so I was too late. :o


But I will have another look about down here for you for that SCSI CD ROM for you.
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I went to buy a gas bottle holder yesterday but was told they'd all been recalled as they were faulty.

My wife reckoned they'd saved me having to take it back. :D

The universe is catching up :p