RunButDontHide
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Got ripped off once, never again... But I have successfully bought something once as well. I don't really like to buy online...
BabyTyrant said:Yeah that is one thing with eBay, anything that has a lot of fake versions going around could easily be a target for people to say "item is a fake, I want a refund", that happened once with my mom when she sold a purse and unfortunately how it usually goes is eBay/PayPal will usually just give the buyer the refund and not ask for them to send the item back, so it can easily be a way for some scumbag to try and steal your figure.
But more times than that I had people claim the item never arrived at all, mind boggling considering I always buy tracking and upload the number for the customer to see and use, if it shows as being delivered I've done my part and if they really didn't get the item they need to follow up with the shipper (mostly when selling on Ebay I use the postal service) and see if it got mis-delivered; or maybe someone stole it off their porch or mailbox.
Calico said:I don't understand fake items. Who cares how it was made, just as long as it works, that is all it matters.
I wouldn't buy SD cards on ebay though because lot of them are fake. They will easily corrupt because they will have less memory on it than the card and package says.
I have bought stuff from China and never had a issue with it. People always complain how cheap the items are and how fake they are. I once bought a thick cloth diaper from one of the Chinese seller and it was not very absorbent despite the thickness.
If video games are set too low of price like Kirby, Mario, Sonic, etc. chances are the game is fake. Why are fake games bad? The files on it can corrupt, sleep mode might not work properly, your game system might not be able to read the card. What it is is the games are pirated and the label had been made and printed off to try and make it look like the read game label and they tape it to the SD card. Sometimes you can tell the card is fake just by how glossy the label is or how the Nintendo seal logo is different color. But you can end up buying a fake game at Gamestop or at any other used game store and not even know it. Some people do a good job making the game look real but IMO, if the game works like a real game, who cares.
I have only had some problems on ebay. Some people suck.
BabyTyrant said:Well, with a lot of items people pay more for the name than anything else, think Luxury Handbags (Purses), do they actually do anything to indicate why they are "worth" the cost? No it's all about the name on the Bag/Purse, and maybe the design.
Luxury goods are very rarely about functionality/what the item does, and in these cases obviously a "fake" wont do; what I hate though is they make it way too easy for a buyer to claim an item to be fake, because even if it isn't fake if they make that claim and customer support takes their side they will be able to keep the item and the money you sold it for.